I Love You More than “Love”

jumechi

2006年09月11日 19:13

It is impossible to capture in words
the feeling I have for you

They are the strongest feelings
that I have ever had about anything
yet when I try to tell you them
or try to write them to you
the words do not even begin
to touch the depths of my feelings

And though I cannot explain
the essence of these phenomenal feelings

I can tell you what I feel like when I am with you

~・~・~・~・~・~・~・~・~・~・~・~・~・~・~

When I am with you it is as if
I were a bird
flying freely in the clear blue sky

When I am with you it is as if
I were a flower
opening up my petals of life

When I am with you it is as if
I were the waves of the ocean
crashing strongly against the shore...

When I am with you it is as if
I were the rainbow after the storm
proudly showing my colors

When I am with you it is as if
everything that is beautiful
surrounds us

~・~・~・~・~・~・~・~・~・~・~・~・~・~・~

This is just a very small part of how wonderful I feel
when I am with you

Maybe the word “love” was invented to explain
the deep, all-encompassing feelings that I have for you
but somehow it is not strong enough

But since it is the best word that there is
let me tell you a thousand times that...

I love you more than
“love”

ここをワンクリックするとjumechiさんのランキング順位が上昇します。ポチッとよろしくなのだ!
今日はお仕事がお休みなので本屋さんに行ってきました。
そこで出会ったのが、この美しい詩です。
Susan Polis Schutzという人の作品で、米国では結構知られているようです。

日本語でこんなことを言うと、濃厚すぎて少しイヤラシク聞こえそうですが、英語では心地よい響きになるんだなぁ。
スペイン語で語ったらさらに熱く語れそうな気がする^^

言語とは文化であり、思想でもあるんだな。
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