Friday, February 14, 2014

The square root of 3

The square root of 3
I fear that I will always be 
A lonely number like root three 
  A three is all that's good and right
Why must my three keep out of sight 
  Beneath a vicious square root sign
I wish instead I were a nine 
  For nine could thwart this evil trick 
with just some quick arithmetic  
  I know I'll never see the sun, as 1.7321 
Such is my reality, a sad irrationality 
  When hark! What is this I see
Another square root of a three 
  Has quietly come waltzing by
Together now we multiply 
  To form a number we prefer
Rejoicing as an integer 
  We break free from our mortal bonds 
And with a wave of magic wands 
  Our square root signs become unglued
And love for me has been renewed
- Kumar Patel

孤独的根号三
我害怕,
我会永远是那孤独的根号三。
    三本身是一个多么美妙的数字,
我的这个三,
    为何躲在那难看的根号下。
我多么希望自己是一个九,
    因为九只需要一点点小小的运算 ,
便可摆脱这残酷的厄运。
  我知道自己很难再看到我的太阳
就像这无休无止的
  1.7321…………
我不愿我的人生如此可悲。
  直到那一天,
我看到了,
  另一个根号三。
如此美丽无瑕,
  翩翩舞动而来,
我们彼此相乘,
  得到那梦寐以求的数字,
像整数一样圆满。
  我们砸碎命运的枷锁,
轻轻舞动爱情的魔杖。
  我们的平方根,已经解开。
我的爱,重获新生。
  我无法保证能给你童话般的世界,
也无法保证自己能在一夜之间长大。
但是我保证,
  你可以像公主一样永远生活在自由,幸福之中。
- 爱1