Three Deep Sighs
By Bai Hua
What is meant by blessings?
Not care for abode with big size, but clear and bright;
and take to being young when you young, old when old.
What is the meaning of senility?
Life is both ruining and hardenning for people;
to the well-read, leaves yearning fatigue.
What is meant by a new life?
Thrilled one always good at multitasking---
here, card playing, tea drinking, a path walking in garden...
July 16, 2018/ translated by Chen Zihong
诗人简介:柏桦(1956-)中国当代著名诗人,西南交通大学艺术与传播学院教授。代表作《表达》、《往事》、《水绘仙侣》、《一点墨》
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命途三叹
何谓福气?
住的地方不在大小,在于晴朗;
在于人年轻的时候年轻,老了的时候老。
何谓衰老?
生命对人既是破坏也是磨炼;
对有学问的人,它刻下令人憧憬的疲劳。
何谓新生活?
那兴奋的人总是一心多用——
牌呀,茶呀,花园的一条小径呀……
2018年7月16日