Absolve Thyself

Spoken Word (Modern Shakespeare / Li Bai Style)

Absolve Thyself
The court was full — yet empty stood the soul.
Silk tongues did weave what iron hearts concealed.
They washed their hands in silver bowls of law,
and called the water virtue.
Lo — the people watched,
yet sight is oft the servant of the tale.
For power walks not crowned by truth alone,
but by the gentle art of looking clean.
As moonlight spills on wine in silent halls,
the wise man drinks — and speaks no needless word.
The river knows:
the stone that shifts the blame
outlives the flood.
O fragile throne of spotless, polished hands —
how bright thou gleam’st in borrowed dawn.
Yet mark me well, thou architect of clouds:
Absolve thyself — and thou shalt reign.
But kingdoms built on mirrors fear the night.
For when the wind remembers every name,
even the silent stars bear witness. ✨

自我开脱
法庭座无虚席——灵魂却空空如也。
巧舌如簧编织着铁石心肠的伪装。
他们将双手浸入法律的银盆，
将清水称作美德。
看啊——民众注视着，
可视线常沦为故事的仆从。
因为权力不仅戴着真理的冠冕，
更披着洁净的伪装之衣。
当月光倾洒于静室的酒杯，
智者啜饮——不发无谓之言。
河流深知：
推卸罪责的石块
终将超越洪水。
啊，无瑕抛光之手筑就的脆弱王座——
借来的黎明里你多么耀眼。
但听我言，云层的缔造者：
洗净罪孽——你方能永世为王。
镜面筑就的王国终将畏惧黑夜。
当风记起每个名字，
连沉默的星辰都将作证。