To My Friends in Texas

【七絕】秋色漸濃

 

獨立西窗漠野空，霜林次第老秋風。

德州舊友如相問，遙寄秋枝一片紅。

 

To My Friends in Texas

 

Standing in front of the west window, alone,

I stare at the vast emptiness of the desert.

Over there in the woods near the house,

maple leaves are gradually turning red,

as if hurried by the autumn wind to age and ferment,

so to acquire the color of wine.

 

If my old redneck friends in Texas

tell me that everything is bigger in Texas,

I'll tease them and ask,

“Why can't it house a single red leaf?”

I'll offer to send them some fall foliage

so they don't waste their big land

that I voluntarily left behind.

 

(© October 5, 2023, godog)

 

 

 

 

 

 

所有跟帖： 

• 再讀再讚！霜林次第老秋風。“老”字用得妙。剛剛讀了這句的英文翻譯，讚！欣賞學習～～ -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/05/2023 postreply 11:21:00

• 謝謝盈盈。互相學習 -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/05/2023 postreply 11:45:16

• “Why can't it house a single red leaf?” I like it! -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/05/2023 postreply 12:39:11

• Thanks. Glad you like it -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/05/2023 postreply 19:15:13

• 遙寄秋枝一片紅 - Beautiful sentiment -waterfowl- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/05/2023 postreply 14:16:18

• Thanks -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/05/2023 postreply 19:18:27

• Texas is a state of mind.... -Marauders- ♀ (823 bytes) () 10/05/2023 postreply 14:33:16

• 大德州V5，聽起來魅力無窮。我還沒去過呢。疫情期間，我閨蜜搬回了德州。打算得空去那邊看看。 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/05/2023 postreply 16:34:55

• Texas landscape isn't very interesting -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/05/2023 postreply 19:28:25

• At times mind boggling -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/05/2023 postreply 19:19:23

• Yes. A few colleagues and friends ditched CA for TX. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/05/2023 postreply 18:43:19

• I ditched TX. Time willl tell if that was wise or not. -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/05/2023 postreply 19:21:00