春天故事（组诗）

春天故事（组诗)）

SPRING STORY (SUITE POEM)

诗作者｜白鹤清泉 (Baihe Qingquan)

英译｜周柯楠 (Zhou Kenan)

1.

春天故事

Spring Story

周而复始，年复一年

Going round and beginning again, year after year

枯萎里一抹嫩绿又来了

A touch of light green appears again in the withered

是一缕阳光殷勤的呼喊

It’s a ray of sunshine that shouts affably

对着那些渴盼照耀的种子

To those seeds that yearn to be shone

一朵花正在梦里寻找

A flower is looking in its dream

那些上天赐予自己的光辉

For the brilliance given by God

正如我在尘世的暗黑里

Just as I am in the darkness of the earth

寻觅那一缕有你的微光

Looking for a glimmer of light with you

从前那些叹息全都枯萎

All the sighs of the past have withered

成为寒风里掩护绿芽的纱巾

Turning into gauze scarves to shield the green buds in the cold wind

无数无数的僵硬

Innumerable rigidities

顿时柔软生动起来

Suddenly become soft and vivid

为什么我的眼里常有泪水

Why are there always tears in my eyes

因为少年总会在春天又回来

Because early youth always comes back in spring

2.

把一盆盆多肉移到温柔乡

Moving Pots of Succulents to a Gentle Spot

亮亮晶晶，圆圆滚滚

Glistening and chubby

你清澈的眸子湿润了晨光

Your clear eyes have wetted the morning light

你的世界更大了

Your world is even bigger

空气里已闻得见

What can be smelt in the air

你均匀的呼吸

Is your evenly breath

一整天你都温存和顺

You've been tender and gentle all day

如我的母亲一般

Just like my mother

我是你乖巧的孩子

I’m your cute child

搬一把凳子

Bringing in a stool

柔顺地坐在你身旁

I’m seated gently by your side

把周围空气涮洗得无比清新

Rinsing the surrounding air so that it is perfectly fresh

3.

雨水

Rainwater

大年前我解读立春的诗句

In my poem of interpreting Beginning of Spring before the Spring Festival

绿色的梦一直翻来覆去

I’ve been dreaming green dreams that go back and forth

七十二岁的母亲

My 72-year-old mother

把菜秧籽也育在多肉棚内

Has raised vegetable seeds in the succulent shed

连同每日耶和华的祝福

Along with daily blessings from Jehovah

窗外雨疏风骤时

When it’s drizzling in the sudden wind out of the window

你在夜里无法成眠

You cannot go to sleep at night

其实，你的多肉

In fact, your succulents

和背不完的立春诗

Along with endless recitation of poems about Beginning of Spring

都冒芽了

Are all budding

春光如此赶路

The splendour of spring is in such a hurry

我还腾不出时间修改

I don't have time to modify

那些关于雨水节气的句子

Those sentences about Rain Water, the 2nd solar term

4.

新天净沙.春野

New Tianjingsha—Springfield

蔷薇 燕子 篱笆

Roses, swallows and fences

小桥 流水 人家

Small bridges, flowing water and households

大道 春风 宝马

Roads, spring breezes and steeds

三阳开泰

Auspices beginning of a new year

醉了诗赋乡间

Intoxicates the countryside of poetry

5.

新生

New Life

燕子忙着

Swallows are busy

在窗前桂花树巅筑它们的巢

Building their nests at the top of the osmanthus trees in front of the window

小蜜蜂们抖落春寒

Little bees shake off the spring cold

早早在屋后菜畦里细嗅

Sniffing early in the vegetable bed behind the house

一只蚂蚁很雄气

An ant is very heroic

拖着一片比它的天空

Dragging a piece of colored candy paper

大很多倍的彩色糖纸

Many times bigger than its sky

就像拖着一个甜蜜的梦想

Just like dragging a sweet dream

刚开过花的瑞草很神气

Newly flowering grasses are very spirited

根茎上浅浅红衣交叉包裹着

The rhizomes are crossed with light red clothing

它们都在认真地做着自己

They are all serious about being themselves

在尘埃里单纯着卑微着快乐着

Being simple, humble and happy in the dust

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我栽下五棵红火香苗

I have planted five fiery-red fragrant seedlings

豆子般大的红芽苞布满青茎

The green stems are covered with red buds as big as beans

把老婆的使命也栽进了沃土

Planting my wife's mission into fertile soil

春节前我也认认真真

Before the Spring Festival for the first time

第一次染黑了鬓白

I seriously dyed my grey hair black