Late Autumn in the Desert

Late Autumn in the Desert

 

Magpies made a fuss when leaves were falling.

You didn't foresee this, fortune tellers?

Still your cawing made the desert field quieter,

while the tall mountain looked on silently.

 

At season's turning, my soul lives inside the tree of life that had

its lush moments and its dull moments.

Together we strode across that lifeless bridge.

 

Nearby a bell is ringing "dong, dong, dong…"

as if complaining "frozen, frozen, frozen…" in Chinese.

In the far away sky, geese are forming

the letter 'humanity' in Chinese.

 

I look for the swallows living under my eaves,

but they are all gone. Maybe they have found

another house to build nests and live with

people who don't speak a foreign language.

 

【五律】大漠秋晚

 

鵲噪葉飄飄，山高野寂寥。

魂棲生命樹，人度寞石橋。

訴凍鍾聲近，懷人雁影遙。

試尋簷下燕，已往趙家巢。

 

(© November 20, 2023, godog)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

所有跟帖： 

• 沙發！占位點讚～～ -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/20/2023 postreply 15:07:49

• 欣賞中英文雙語詩。趙家巢，another house to build nests and live with -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/20/2023 postreply 15:56:15

• people who don't speak a foreign language. -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/20/2023 postreply 16:10:28

• 謝謝盈盈 -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/20/2023 postreply 21:18:44

• 讚dodog兄的新作！the swallows know more languages:)) -衛寧- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/20/2023 postreply 18:57:08

• +100086 -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/20/2023 postreply 19:40:55

• 謝謝。雨燕是語言大師：）） -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/20/2023 postreply 21:19:28

• Godog兄的雙語詩不是翻譯，是中英文獨立創作的，所以中英文讀起來有不一樣的感覺，英詩俏皮一些，中文的嚴謹一些，都很喜歡 -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/20/2023 postreply 23:54:46

• 謝謝鼓勵。您說得很對，我在以前的貼子裏說過，英詩我會根據英語本身特點再結合西方文化重寫，假想以後的讀者主要還是英語母語者 -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/21/2023 postreply 07:50:13