翩翩黃蝴蝶 (w English)

初秋的正午，外麵的陽光依然燦爛無比。我站在廚房的窗口，洗著菜，忽地又見金黃色的蝴蝶在窗前飄過。那一束豔黃在驕陽下格外奪目。

翩翩的蝴蝶本是屬於原野山穀的。而今年，隻有在今年的夏天和初秋，我卻時不時瞥見它出現在家門口。有好幾次，我拿起相機衝出去，卻怎麽也無法追逐著它忙碌的身影、清晰地撲捉到它的靚麗。隔壁的Tom說，因為今年是El nino, 我們才有幸在夏天常常見到它。如果果真如此，蝴蝶，你從哪裏來，又將去向何方？若幹年後，如果再有El Nino, 你還會翩然而至嗎？

 

Like any sunny day in southern CA, the sun is shining brightly outside. Standing in front of the kitchen window, I was cooking for the lunch.  Butterflies, the golden butterflies, came to my sight again, flittering in the bushes. For the whole summer, and now the early autumn, I have been seeing them flying around, in my area and  in the community. While it is common for butterflies to frequent in the wilderness, it is quite a rare scene for them to appear in this arid season in the community, not at least for years.  They are like a sparkling yellow streak that dances in the air, adding color and liveness to this dull neighborhood. Enticed by its yellow wings,  I grabbed a camera and stepped out in the  hope of captivating its beauty. However graceful they are, the butterflies are busy, and non-stopping, no matter how hard I have tried and how long I have waited under the sun. I had to give up in the end, but the joy of encountering them stays with me in a quiet Sunday afternoon.

[暖冬cool夏]

謝謝獅子和波波的來訪和鼓勵。一時興起，小文一段，不足掛齒。
謝謝思韻MM的指正，我這個人做事就是心急毛糙。女兒要是看到了，又要說我了。謝謝你！

[思韻如藍]

寫得真好!英文寫作的好處是將來孩子也可以看。
向你學習。quite Sunday afternoon 是quiet嗎？

[波城冬日]

寫的好，喜歡both chinese and english version!

[獅子羔羊]

beautfully writen. 讚！

[暖冬cool夏]

回複子喬： Wow， drab, a very good word. Thank you so much! So your vocabulary is big. You must read a lot too. Reading is the best way up. Enjoy!

[ziqiao123]

Ah, I remember it now, "drab", it is probably a little too dreary in your case -:)

[暖冬cool夏]

回複子喬：謝謝，過獎了，也有段時間沒寫，昨日興致來了，就寫了幾句。說來有意思，你說的dull這詞，我昨日寫的時候也在搜索更好的詞，我是因為用過一次了(走在周日清晨的社區),所以想換個詞，想來想去好像還是這個詞比較符合我想表達的意思“色調上的單一”。肯定有別的詞的，我也一時想不起來。你那日的翻譯非常impressive的，我們互相鼓勵。謝謝你的留言。

[ziqiao123]

你的英文真好，我總是想什麽時候用英文寫點東西，可提起筆來又很難。有一個地方跟你商榷一下，dull neighborhood , dull是不是可以用另外一個詞，但是我現在一下想不起來了。