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My suggestions in blue
That I Met You Besides A Church
Meeting You By the Church
This is not magical luck,
nor some mysterious fate,
just happiness in from daily life.
We once suffered similarly,
then run away from a church separately.
Each of us running from the Church
In this "special" land,
A special place of
there aren't many physical churches,
of no church to be seen
yet the mental churches are everywhere.
and yet their images are everywhere.
Luckily I met you and have found you.
This is not the first time that this wonderful feeling happens
Not my first time but hopefully with you, the last one.
but this is the only time that these kindd of feelings can be so real and stable,
so simple, relaxed, and peaceful,
without any illusions or fantasy.
neither expectations in advance nor worries accompanied with.
I feel safe in your presence,
No complication or otherwise.
My mind is free from
Woes of the world.
No other boys else who were would like liking me for who I am.
But in front of whom could you, I still be myself I am who I am,
and be encouraged to be more brave to be “I”
One brave soul
instead of And not one a fragile and delicate Chinese porcelain doll.
Good imagery
Translating...
遇见 在教堂边 A meeting by the side of the Church/Our meeting.../Meeting you...
这不是神奇的幸运
This is no wondrous luck
也不是神秘的命运
Nor some mysterious fate.
只是欢乐的点滴日常
Just only the trickle of daily life.
我们曾历经相似的磨难
We had experience similar trials and tribulations
在看不见的遥远彼岸
No longer do we see the distant shores. [彼岸 = paramita, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81ramit%C4%81]
然后从各自的教堂逃离
Then each of us seek our own sanctuary to escape. [Here, 教堂 does not translate to church in your meaning. This is very different from what you wrote in English].
在这块神奇的土地
In this piece of the wondrous earth,
你看不到教堂
We see no churches [Here, 教堂 is the physical church you are referring to. It is the same as the poem, 去年今日此問中,人面桃花相映紅,人面不知何處去,桃花依舊天春風, where 桃花 means both the girl and the peach blossom]
却遍布它们的影像
Yet its traces are everywhere. [Your English is very similar but the meaning is not exactly the same]
如何幸运是遇到你
How lucky it is to have met you.
也许不是第一次 这美妙的感受
Perhaps it's not the first time, this wondrous feeling I felt
却是第一次 这份真实和安然
It is but the first time reality and peace for me.
没有任何复杂的情结
None of the complication of love,
例如裹挟的不安和早产的企盼
Such as the premature birth of uneasy expections
多少人喜欢的我
How many had loved me
却不是我
It is not I, whom they loved
是谁鼓励我舒展更锐利的灵魂
And whom to give me solace and mould my soul.
而不是一具精致的陶瓷娃娃
For I am no delicate porcelain doll.
As you can see, there are many subtle differences in your real intent and what you wrote in English. Now I understand more of your inner thoughts.
paraphrase:
遇见 在教堂边
这不是神奇的幸运
也不是神秘的命运
只是欢乐的点滴日常
我们曾历经相似的磨难
在看不见的遥远彼岸
然后从各自的教堂逃离
在这块神奇的土地
你看不到教堂
却遍布它们的影像
如何幸运是遇到你
也许不是第一次 这美妙的感受
却是第一次 这份真实和安然
没有任何复杂的情结
例如裹挟的不安和早产的企盼
多少人喜欢的我
却不是我
是谁鼓励我舒展更锐利的灵魂
而不是一具精致的陶瓷娃娃
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