Half is not Enough

Half is not Enough 
半而未满
 
Do not love half lovers
不挚爱，那些投入一半的爱人
Do not entertain half friends
不取悦，那些交付一半的友人
Do not indulge in works of the half talented
不沉迷，那些浮于一半的文化
Do not live half a life and do not die a half death
若生，就不半死不活；若死，就不带走云彩
 
 
If you choose silence, then be silent
若沉默，就无声
When you speak, do so until you are finished
若雄辩，就淋漓
Do not silence yourself to say something
不靠欲言又止来表达
And do not speak to be silent
不用止而又言来自讨无趣




If you accept, then express it bluntly
如接纳，就坦然
Do not mask it
不扭捏作态
If you refuse then be clear about it
如拒绝，就明白
for an ambiguous refusal
因为暧昧的拒绝
is but a weak acceptance
就是半推半就




Do not accept half a solution
不屈从一半的解答
Do not believe half-truths
不相信一半的真相
Do not dream half a dream
不做半个梦
Do not fantasize about half hopes
不幻想半个期待












Half a drink will not quench your thirst
半口水，岂能消渴？
Half a meal will not satiate your hunger
半顿饭，岂能裹腹？
Half the way will get you nowhere
半途，岂是终点？
Half an idea will bear you no results
半念，岂会结果？




Your other half is not the one you love
你的另一半，不是你所爱的一半
It is you in another time yet in the same space
她是你，在同一空间，另一时间
It is you when you are not
做着你没做的事情




Half a life is a life you didn't live,
活着你没活的人生
A word you have not said
一句没出口的话
A smile you postponed
一朵推迟的微笑
A love you have not had
 一段未敢的爱情
A friendship you did not know
一个未知的朋友




To reach and not arrive
你伸出手，却没抓住的那些种种
Work and not work
你出工却没出力的凡事
Attend only to be absent
你身在却心不在的场合
What makes you a stranger to them closest to you and they strangers to you
那些终究把擦肩而过的人，稍纵即逝的机缘变成陌生的不作为
The half is a mere moment of inability
那些瞬间的看似的无能为力
but you are able for you are not half a being
但你，你有能力，你不是一半
You are a whole that exists
你是一个完整的人
to live a life not half a life
所以别活半满的人生