布达拉宫，久仰了
这次我迢迢千里而来
却无缘亲自进去参访
只在路过时短暂下车
远远地照一张相片留念
因为我没能支持那么久
我还头晕，乘坐救护车和轮椅
我怕高山反应症会惩罚我
护送我的医师也不允许

说来奇怪之至
我到别处旅游
高度和青藏高原差不多
从没发生过问题
为什么这次会这样？
而且更奇怪的是
除了在布达拉宫这里照的照片
同在一个相机里的其他照片全部消失
这是为的什么？这是为的什么？

An Absurd Thing That Happened Beside Potala Palace
Hsu chiCheng

Potala palace, I have long been looking forward to visiting you
Today I have come from afar
I haven’t the pleasure of a close visit to you
But take a photo as a souvenir
From a distant place
Because I am still weak
And still feel dizzy due to altitude sickness
The doctors and nurses escorting me don’t allow me
To get out of the ambulance

I feel puzzled
Why I didn’t suffer from altitude sickness
When traveling in the other plateaus
Which are almost as high as this plateau
Why I feel like this
What makes me feel more puzzled
Is all the photos memorizes in my digital camera
Have disappeared but the photos of Potala Palace
Why? Why? Why…
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