1.Born into misfortune, defiled—that child
2.And yet you called them beautiful
3.But through my eyes, watching from the side
4.They looked utterly vile5.
6.In the stifling greenhouse air
7.A fragile child is lured in as nothing more than a careless distraction
8.A happiness too much to bear, morality bent to convenience
9.Pity carefully concealed10.
11.Stroke my head, just say “Good kid”
12.Look at me with the same eyes you turn toward that child13.
14.If only I could live
15.As gently as you do16.
17.Mocked, unloved—
18.I watched through the window, relieved
19.That the one being left behind in the game of Old Maid
20.Wasn’t me21.
22.Hit me hard, call me a bad kid, scold me
23.Fix me into someone different from that child24.
25.If only I could live
26.As gently as you do27.
28.I want to be kind. I want to be right
29.I want to be beautiful. Just like you
Translated by:
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