紀念閻先生：六七 – 家人親友最後的告別

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這是閻先生女兒用英文敘述的追思會和葬禮思緒和場景，中文由友人譯出。

Memorial Service (11/25/2020)
We honored Dad in a beautiful service, where we felt the presence from not only family and friends, but also all his readers. The room was overflowing with flowers, filling up the secondary room in a moving display of love and support!

追思會 （二〇二〇年十一月二十五號）
懷著無比悲痛的心情, 我們為父親舉行了隆重的追悼儀式。我們不僅感受了家人和朋友們的支持, 而且也體會到了所有讀者的厚愛。兩個房間都布滿鮮花，寧靜中, 盈灌了大家的深厚關愛與沉痛哀悼。

一世賢良潤物無聲千人益
滿腹博學濤滔不盡萬戶傳

修身齊家論道評天下
厚德載物克勤攜眾生

——閻先生內弟海潮獻的挽聯和花籃

黑堡老友們獻的花籃

部分朋友，同事和讀者的獻花

閻先生的靈柩

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Sea Burial (12/7/2020)
On the 3rd day after we received Dad’s ashes in a beautiful, Himalayan rock salt urn, we went to the ocean and laid him to rest. Dad “jumped waves” with us one last time, and we saw so many rainbows on this beautiful, cloudless, warm December day. The sky and water were so blue, and the waves were like comforting pats on our shoulder telling us that Dad is here and loves us. We felt deeply blessed that we could fulfil his wishes of returning to the sea and to nature, being part of all of us and the universe once more.

海葬儀式（二〇二〇年十二月七號）
父親的骨灰盛入一個由喜馬拉雅山鹽岩石琢造的精致器皿。在一個陽光明媚的日子，我們最後一次與父親乘船“海遊”。夕陽斜照下，波浪翻騰，水光粼粼，彩虹熠熠。海鳥追逐中，小船乘風破浪，搖擺顛簸，浪花翻轉，似乎嬉戲著酷愛“踏浪”的父親……

最後，父親的骨灰浸入碧波如玉的大海，與在天之靈永久聚合，實現了他生前的願望： 回歸大海和自然。從此，他永駐於我們的記憶，永生於浩渺的宇宙。

Our Uncle also adapted lyrics from a beloved American song, and sang this at Dad’s sea burial. 

Farewell

Country road
take you home
to the place
where you belong
the Gulf of Mexico
the oceans of the Earth
the planet of the universe
and to eternity

我們的舅舅改編了一首經典的鄉村歌曲, 在海葬儀式上唱頌我們遠去的父親。

送別

鄉間路
回歸的征途
到達一個
屬於你的蜃樓
墨西哥海灣
潤澤四海的濤流
沐浴星辰的曦光
翼翔永恒的宇宙

Love,
潤濤的女兒