当我说我来自“远方”

When I answered that I came from "far away",

关卡的警察质问：“那是什么地方？”

The policeman at the roadblock snapped,"where's that?"

他没听清我的话就以为

He'd only half heard what I said and thought

那是这个国家某地的名字

It was the name of some place up the country.

如今它——我曾一直生活

And now it is — both where I have been living

又选择离开的所在——仍有很远的路要走

And where I left — a distance still to go

像来自很多光年之外，

Like starlight that is light years on the go

又要走很多光年才能抵达的星光

From far away and takes light years arriving.