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仙客来

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冬仍睡，春已醒。圣诞、元旦、春节，如龙须串珠，接迎不暇。

更街市厅堂，花团锦簇，赏人心，悦人目。然令我怦然心动，

追忆无穷者，莫甚于风姿绰约的仙客来。

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龙蛇嬗替，

天涯梦醒。

良天美景，

佳庆频仍。

有仙客沓来纷至，

得无乐融融？

纵幽幽南山犹披雪，

闹市早已胭脂浓。

忆少年，

徒汗颜。

羡君曾把彩笔弄，

风华意气何从容！

惜只惜，

狂心一片空幼稚，

香韵依约看未清。

画衣画面难画骨，

得来貌似神不同。

羞，

你欲笑还止；

愧，

我欲言不能。

几度春消万里客，

流水西东又相逢。

凝眸，

细辩。

十分春色七分情，

骄花宠柳不似侬。 

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注：

写此诗时，正值龙年将去，蛇年在望之际。是谓

“龙蛇嬗替”。

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Cyclamen

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Winter is still sleeping but spring has already waked. Christmas, New Year’s Day and Spring Festival are coming like a string of pears strung together with a dragon feeler. Flowers have come into bloom both indoor and outdoor. They please my mind and eyes. But the one which makes my heart leap most rapidly and makes me recall my own stories is no other than the elegant cyclamen.

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Places exchangin’ w each other,

Dragon n snake came out of remotest dreams.

On fine days wid nice scenes of prosperity,

Happily holidays came constantly.

Havin’ good friends visitin’ us,

Isn’t it a pleasure?

Elegant southern mount is still snow-topp’d,

But downtown’s been decorat’d wid red flowers.

Recallin’ my childhood,

I feel quite asham’d.

Admirin’ you, I once paint’d u in pictures w color’d brushes,

In my prime n on my mettle, how free n easy I was!

But it wus a pity,

I wus too childish n arrogant

To clearly see yr true beauty.

Easy to paint clothes n face, but bones difficult.

I only made appearance similar to yrs except for spirit.

I felt shy,

Y want’d to laugh but stopp’d;

I felt asham’d

N want’d to say but couldn’t.

Many yrs pass’d yet I’m still an oversea visitor.

But v meet again though separat’d w each other

Like two rivers, one flows eastward, de other westward.

Look at u

Closely.

Sprin’ scenery includes seventy percent of feelin’s.

De arrogant flowers n spoil’d willow r not like u.

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Note:

I wrote this poem just at the time when the dragon year would pass and the snake year would come. So I say: Having exchanged places with each other.

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注意：

诗歌应该把语言凝练到极至。有鉴于此，我把原来粗糙的译稿中的一些事态更改以下，比如把完成事态改成过去是，就可以省掉 have, 还删除可有可无的冠词等。甚至为减少单词中字母的数量，我有意尝试一些英文诗的通用做法。如：d=th, an’=and, ‘d=ed, in’=ing, 为进一步简练化，又以电报代码替代一些本来已经够简练的拼写。如：n=an’=and, v=we, w=with, u=you, yr=your, year. 我现在把自己原来粗糙的译稿附在下面，修改前后效果的差别，会一目了然。

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Having exchanged places with each other,

Dragon and snake have come out of their remotest dreams.

On fine days with nice scenes of prosperity,

Happily holidays have come constantly.

Having good friends visiting us,

Isn’t it a pleasure?

The elegant southern mountain is still snow-topped,

But the downtown has already been decorated with red flowers.

Recalling my childhood,

I feel quite ashamed.

Admiring you, I once painted you in pictures with colored brushes,

In my prime n on my mettle, how free and easy I was!

But it was a pity,

I was too childish n arrogant

To clearly see your true beauty.

It’s easy to paint clothes n face, but difficult to paint bones.

I only made the appearance similar to yours except for the spirit.

I felt shy,

You wanted to laugh but stopped;

I felt ashamed

N wanted to say but couldn’t.

So many years have passed I’m still an oversea visitor.

But we met again though we’re separated with each other

Like two rivers, one flows eastward, the other westward.

Look at you

Closely.

The spring scenery includes seventy percent of feelings.

The arrogant flowers and spoiled willow are not like you.

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