去年10月7日,我在英文詩歌網站Allproetry上發表了一首英文詩《What's Your Language?》,當天被選上了首頁。今年11月份這首詩入選了Allproetry出版的詩集《Is There Ever An End》。詩的主題是:愛是人類共同的語言(Love is the same language we all speak)。詩中象征性地采用了五種語言文字包括漢字“愛”,而這個“愛”字也因此成為了詩集中唯一的漢字。
Is there ever an end? 詩集封底上的引用語(quote by Antonio Brown)回答了這個問題:“The journey never ends, you just have to do what's right, continue to grow, continue to live in the moment.”現在正值歲末之際,借此和大家一起共勉。
《What's Your Language?》
love
answers a British girl
counting the ravens on Tower Bridge
amor
shouts a Spanish boy
kicking a ball in a soccer field
amour
says a French woman
sitting on the black iron bench under a sycamore tree
Liebe
whispers a German gentleman
riding a white horse in a forest
愛
speaks a Chinese lady
walking on the Great Wall with a purple skirt
Comments from Allproetry* :
brendan law - A wonderful piece with very good structure.
Stiff Little Shrew - Great idea. Perhaps all languages are languages of love after all.
Jferry - Yes, there are several ways and languages in which to celebrate love. And we should celebrate that fact ... as this lovely poem does.
Poetryan - Grá (love)
responds an Irish boy
reading a lovely poem in the comfort of a home
*Allpoetry is the world's largest and best poetry site.
中文版本
《什麽是你的語言?》
愛
一個英國女孩回答
她在數塔橋上的烏鴉
愛
一個西班牙男孩喊道
他在足球場踢球
愛
一個法國女人說
她坐在梧桐樹下的黑色鐵椅上
愛
一位德國紳士低語
他在森林裏騎著一匹白馬
愛
一位中國女士說
她穿著紫色的裙子走在長城上
(photo by CBA7)
Happy New Year! 新年快樂!
相關鏈接:【美壇綜藝秀假日篇】含有一個漢字的英文詩入選詩集《Is There Ever An End》 - CBA7發表於 美語世界 - 論壇 | 文學城 (wenxuecity.com)