七律:十月囑子

嬌兒遠別莫匆匆，此去暢遊天地中。
振羽穿雲鷹得意，揚蹄破霧馬從容。
山高豈止千年事，玉潤難憑一日功。
母欲讀書頭已白，夜深猶自伴鳴蟲。

兒子去年進了大學。時值練習七律，便把嘮叨之語做了十月詩題。詩雖湊成，惜乎子之中文水平隻夠問母要東西吃。隻好請詩友作舟翻成英文，然後寄與他讀：

My son, there is no need to hurry
Before leaving home for the world.
Your journey will take you
To each corner of this earthly sphere.

Look how proudly the eagle flies!
Its wings cuts through the clouds like blades;
Or a galloping horse, hooves in midair
Breaking through the morning fog with grace.

It takes thousands of years
For the mountain to reach its peak;
To have a perfectly polished jade
You need more than a day's worth of work.

There are still books I want to read
Though your mother's hair has turned gray.
It's late, and I am sitting here alone
Listening to the insects sing.

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