As I stood outside its brokenness that day nearly a year ago, chiding the sea, a solitary black high-heeled sandal of mine teetered on a broken slab of concrete.

一年前的那天，我站在房子的废墟旁怒斥大海时，看到了我的一只高跟黑色凉鞋行影孤单地在一块破混凝土板上摇来晃去。

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You had your rudder broken many a time, my boat, and your sails torn to tatters. Often had you drifted towards the sea, dragging anchor, and heeded not.

我的小船呵，你的舵几经损毁，帆也破成碎片，你常常飘向海洋，拖着铁锚，你并不在意。

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The unending yearning, like a boat with broken OARS, rows across the sea of my sad heart.

不尽的思念，如—只断桨的小船，在我心中划过我忧伤的心海。

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Only the mosque and a handful of other buildings remained- amid a sea of broken concrete, splintered wood and twisted metal.

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As I wandered, the still air was broken by the sound of roaring engines, while at the harbour, a dozen speedboats powered their way out to sea.

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