我居住過的地方 曹小莉
我愛北京，我生命的源頭來自她古老的城郭，她永遠牽動我遊子的鄉愁。她的一顰一笑都在我心中泛起漣漪。
我愛南京，我無慮的童年被擁抱在溫柔的水鄉江南。紫金山矗立在長江口岸，亞熱帶的陽光讓梧桐遮蓋著滿城滿巷。
我愛內蒙古，隻要想起朔風呼嘯著的軍墾排屋，跳動的燭光在暗夜裏閃爍，讓我倍加渴望光明，艱辛的生活為我注入勇敢。即使有一天我一貧如洗，也不會再陷入那窒息的悲涼。
我愛加拿大，二十多年前我走進海關大門，“加拿大歡迎你”用英法兩種文字向我致意。在皇家山眺望遠景的第一夜，我宣誓，我將在這塊土地安身立命，就是這裏永遠的公民。
Places I Have Lived
Translated by Professor Jan Walls 加拿大漢學家王健教授翻譯
I love Beijing. The fountainhead of my life comes from her ancient city
walls, and she will always affect my Peripatetic nostalgia. Her various
poses stir up ripples in my heart.
I love Nanjing. My carefree childhood was embraced by the gentle waters
south of the River. Purple Mountain towers over the Yangtze River port,
and subtropical sunlight lets parasol trees shade every street and lane.
I love Inner Mongolia. Whenever I recall the north wind whistling through
the barracks, the flickering of pulsating candlelight in the darkness of
night, my longing for the light is doubled. The hardships of life imbued
me with courage, and even if I should become penniless one day, I would
never again sink into stifling despair.
I love Canada. Twenty-some years ago I walked through the customs gate
and was greeted by "Canada welcomes you" in English and French. My first
night of spring, gazing into the distance from Mount Royal in Montreal, I
vowed "Now I will settle down and get on with my life as a permanent
citizen."
