等一场雪过年（英汉双语）

等一场雪过年

WAITING FOR A SNOW TO CELEBRATE THE SPRING FESTIVAL

文/白鹤清泉

英译/周柯楠

纯净如斯，冰冷如斯

幽静如斯，寂寞如斯

So pure, so cold

So quiet, so lonely

等一场大清洁的来临

让冷却的心灵在晶莹里起飞

I’m waiting for a big cleaning to come

So that my cool heart can take off in the crystal snow

异乡的小年夜里

一种深入骨髓的期待在燃烧

On the evening of Minor New Year in the foreign land

A kind of expectation that goes deep into the bone marrow is burning

如果灵魂真的可以转化

来世我一定用一场场雪显灵

If the soul can really be transformed

I will show it for sure with snow after snow in the afterlife

无非是小年与大年之间

看后人来到我的坟前

It's just between Minor New Year and the Spring Festival

That I’ll see my descendants come to my grave

无非是乱雪中那些新年的祈愿

以声波的方式撞击天堂的灵魂

It’s just those New year's wishes in the flying snowflakes

Hitting the soul in heaven in the way of sound waves

在空旷的异乡的北风里

我是那一只飞向家乡的夜鸟

In the north wind of the open foreign land

I am the night bird flying to my hometown

我奋力抓一把雪

让它盈盈的泪水从手上

湿到心头

I managed to grab a handful of snow

Letting it melt like tears flowing

From my hand to my heart

因为山头躺着的父母

收到了我灵魂里

发出的新年祈福的声波

Because my parents lying on the hilltop

Will receive,from my soul

The sound wave of New year's prayers

(2020年小年夜于长沙)

(Written on the evening of 2020 Minor New Year in Changsha )