A Prayer in Language

:::Translation note-
Gan xie ni (very sincere thank you)
Zhu a (God)
Zan mei Zhu (praise God)
shi de (true):::

Dear Daddy, in Heaven,
thank you when I hurt so badly
and I cannot feel love
(Gan xie ni)
When my own hands feel strange
and hurtful
When you're gone
(Gan xie ni)
I want to thank you for these things
because my faith is breaking
(Zhu a)
when I doubt and
there is empty, empty
(Gan xie) emptiness
in my hands
in your hands.
(Gan xie ni)
I thank you when my friends are scattered
their faces breaking
mine, dis remembered
(Zan mei Zhu)
And time won't hold us
Space only beholds us
and turns.
(Gan xie ni)
Thank you for the cold
that drops like a stone
And the way it hurts
my limbs in the morning.
Thank you when you're gone
(shi de)
I can't see you
(Zhu a)
Did you really promise
anything?
(Zan mei Zhu)
Thank you for the
aweful space and
(Gan xie ni)
time.

dec 30, 08