第六部分： 海外 II 1999--2016

 

断崖的传说 199906xx

 

西跨口海边有山崖，原为一体，后一巨岩裂出，状如妇人头面向大海。余为之编写故事。

 

幽居山崖里，闭门数百年。待君出海归，捕得鱼虾还。

崖为居之屋，屋顶树蹁跹。为之遮风雨，为之酿清泉。

屈指百年过，夫君犹未见。海潮倒入河，往来百复千。

良人无踪影，大海快捞完。海草多病色，日下尽晒干。

山崖对空海，未见夫君还。一日开崖出，涉水大海边。

大洋波汹涌，水深颈项淹。目极海天处，日日觅孤帆。

 

The Legend of a Broken Rock 199906xx

 

At West Quaco, a huge body of a cliff broke loose several years ago. Viewed from a certain angle on the West Quaco Road, this part of the cliff resembles the head of a female looking out to the sea, as if waiting for her beloved to come back from fishing. 

 

For centuries she

hid herself in the cliff,

confident that her loved one,

who had gone out to the sea

to fish salmon

and catch lobsters,

would come back soon.

The cliff was her home,

the trees its roof,

fending off the storms

and filtering the rain,

nourishing her

with clean water

and giving her

secure shelter.

Centuries have passed,

her man never returned.

tides have come back 

into the St. John River

thousands of times,

but her man never returned.

The sea has been emptied

of her contents--

her fish grow sparse

and lobsters dwindle

and kelp lies in sick color,

withering under the sun,

but her man never returned.

One day she opened the cliff

and waded into the sea,

 

太平林海岸即景 19990630

 

晨雾低垂，闲涛扑岸，海礁云立如堆。一片汪洋天无际，群鸥贴浪飞。

两三人影，高岸垂钓，罔听涛碎如雷。小径蜿蜒，满地花紫，人语车声偶相随。

游兴正浓，不忍即归，坐长凳与远帆孤影默相对。

 

Pacific Grove Coast 19990630

 

Morning fog hangs low,

Leisurely, waves rush onto the shore,

Rocks crowd together like clouds.

Vast is the sea, its horizon melts into the sky.

Almost touching the ocean, lines of sea gulls pass by.

Totally ignoring the splashing water

Two people fish a high cliff 

Purple blossoms border the winding path,

Traffic mixes with human voice,

High is my mood for sightseeing.

Hating to return

I sat on a bench, facing a sail, distant, and alone

 

登富丽蒙峰 19990711

 

富丽蒙峰在加州蒙特瑞县，乃此县最高峰，约海拔三千米，是美国国旗首次在当年墨西哥领地树起的地方。

 

时近黄昏上高峰，满山枯草与葱茏。云海沉沉压碧水，星旗烈烈舞罡风。

天线无语群山静，心思如烟寄昆明。落日不管人间事，银河迢迢万户灯。

 

（注：天线--峰上有电视转播天线一组。昆明--此峰附近地貌颇似云南山地）

 

Climbing the Fremont Peak 19990711

 

At dusk we climb the towering Fremont Peak

With brown grass and green trees in sight

A sea of clouds weighs heavy over the Bay

High wind briskly dances the red, blue and white

Silent are the antenna and quiet the hills

Memories, like smoke, trail into days bygone

Oblivious of human cares, the sun sinks down

A river of stars meditates with a river of light

 

 

 

 

下课遇雨 19990806

 

微雨茫茫，云烟漫漫，海湾水映天昏昏。正早秋天气，体舒气爽，盼枯草转青，欲览燕山色。想西山，叶红否？曾上鬼见愁。刻石留名，已是廿多年前事。老同学，官居京城隅，音讯全无有年矣。笑此身，不惑已过，仍是海外飘零客。人生苦短，何处是，陋室娇妻憨儿日。罢罢罢，归视一间屋，零乱被褥都是书。

 

After Class, It Rained 19990806

 

From the smoky clouds comes the hazy rain,

Sea in the bay is dark reflecting the sky.

It's early fall, the body feels nice, the air is clear

And I look forward to grass turning green,

For a scenery of the Yanshan Mountains.

Ah, yes, the Western Hills, have the leaves turned red?

I have been on top of the Ghost-feared Peak and

Inscribed our names in a rock, 20 more years ago.

Now he, my school mate, is a petty official in Beijing.

No news for years of course.

I laugh at myself, a man over 40, still a drifting weed, away from home.

This life is short and where is a shabby house, a pretty wife and a na?ve son?

Forget about it. 

Back in my room

The bed, the sleeping bag and the books, all in disorder

 

看万圣节鬼屋有感 19991031

 

学校鬼房赛丰都，积年魔怪一夜出。颤颤行尸来腙毙，幽幽鼓翼看黑蝠。

刑房血溅孤魂喊，肉宴油烹朽骨枯。堪救嘤嘤无助女，施援未敢惧祸福。

 

注：腙毙也者，Zombi之音译，活尸也。见电影"The Dead Men Walking"

 

Haunted House 19991031

 

More scary than those in China's Fengdu 

Ghosts of many years come out overnight 

With legs shaky, Zombi roams in the street 

Their wings fluttering, bats hang in dim light 

In the blood-smeared chamber, lonely ghosts cry 

At the fleshy banquet, rotten bones fry 

Pitiable are the sobbing girls on the ground 

A helping hand halted, fearing the end 

 

题高中同村插队同学照 19991220

 

延寿三杰已中年，暗惊风度仍翩翩。隔洋电子传佳照，多少往事飘如烟。

混沌未谙人间事，有口无心书乱翻。离合是非对错事，他日一会皆笑谈。

Photo of High School Classmates Who Worked in the Same Village as I Did 19991220

 

The three Yanshou ladies are now in middle age

Still I marvel at their composure and elegance

This photo they sent to me by email from China

Invoking past memories dissipating like smoke once

At that time I was like a child without enlightenment

Heartless, tongue untied and books flipped in random way

Such things as meeting, parting, the right and the wrong 

Would be all laughingstocks should we meet someday

 

 看北京原单位新网页有感 20000120

 

天涯万里一线牵，英特网上回校园。南北大门皆依旧，东西群楼有新颜。

饭厅鱼香闻犹在，操场太极人未还。办公九楼夕阳里，可复临窗望西山？

 

Looking at the New Website of My Former Workplace in Beijing 20000120

 

One line links places tens of thousands miles apart

On Internet I visited my former campus

The south and north gates remain the same

Buildings on east and west sides pose new faces

I can still smell the fragrance of fish at chowhall

People practicing Taichi on drilling field are still there

In the setting sun can my office on the ninth floor

Allow me to look at the Western Hills from the window?

七律•半岛冬雨  20000214

半岛冬来雨水多，湿风润面草婆娑。乌云滚滚遮红日，白雾茫茫掩绿波。

假里无由行旅路，闲来爱对远山歌。遥寻梅雨江南落，却少心情忆旧柯。

 

(2019.8.25  改)

 

Winter Rain in Monterey 20000214

 

In the rainy winter of Monterey peninsula

Wet wind nourishes the face and fatten the grass

The sun, hidden in the rolling clouds, appears red

The green bay lies under the cover of white fog

Though on leave, I have no reason to travel

I like to sing to distant hills in my hours idle

Seeking the plum rains in the Yangtze Delta

I however have no mood to recall my past

 

 

 

 

今夜加州月 20000912

 

今夜加州月，云中只独看。人寰尘市中，赏月无空闲。

若非读旧帖，焉知有婵娟。只缘月饼香，远在旧金山。

 

Moon in California Today 20000912

 

This California moon in the clouds

Is being watched by me here alone

In the busy chores of the human world

I have no mood to appreciate the moon

If not for reading my old writings

I’d have forgotten about the fair lady

Because the fragrance of mooncakes

Is in San Francisco, far from me

 

为新旧千年之交作 20001231

 

“岂有豪情似旧时，花开花落两由之。”世事如潮来复去，往日难觅逝如斯。

世纪钟声两度起，却问大洋谁为迟？宇宙千年一沙粒，人寰以后无空时。

 

On the Eve of Year 2K  20001231

 

Do I have passions of past?

Nay, I do not care if flowers bloom or fall

Like tides, world events come and go

The past disappears like a river, hard to find at all

Twice the bells of millennium have sounded

I ask the ocean who is late

The universe is a piece of sand after a thousand years

When people is gone, there is no time and space

 

回国访洛阳 200104xx

 

去国五六载，积日有余暇。四月初春日，来就洛阳花。

京汉行旧路，中原览奇葩。楼新识故道，万变仍为家。

 

Visiting Luoyang 200104xx

 

Absent from my country five or six years

I have accumulated quite some paid leaves

In the beginning of spring in this April

I come to see the peonies of Luoyang

From Beijing to Wuhan I traveled the old route

In Central China I enjoyed the beautiful flowers

Among new buildings I saw the old roads

New changes can’t deny my old home

 

 

汉堡店的共产党  20010404

 

饥肠辘辘过堡店，下车进去花小钱。有人对我笑颜开，告知打下直升机。

疑阿富汗问谁打，笑言南美反叛军。又说他是共产党，问我是否越南人。

我说本人中国来，那你更是共产身。环顾四周忙否认，食客已有好奇人。

问他美国白种人，成为共党何道理。自言本是劳动者，如今残疾领福利。

观其个头大而壮，但知美国自大方。认定残疾不苛刻，且有蓝牌易停车。

社会主义莫非此？欲告比我中国甚。却用汉堡自钳口，吃完匆匆站起身。

老兄缘何去匆匆？共党分明欲留客。此地小城无政治，共党一定很寂寞。

挥手向我呼老毛，我回应以一声：“翘！“（再见）。出门登车趋菜场，

减价资本主义好。

 

A Communist at Burger King 20010404

 

Hungry when passing Burger King 

I went in to buy a bite

A man smiled broadly to me:

"D'ya know? They brought down a helicopter!"

"Who?" I thought he meant Afghanistan

"The rebels!" he smiled," in South America!"

"I am a communist!" he continued,

"Are you from Viet Nam?"

I told him I was from China

"Then you ARE a Communist," he said

"NO I am NOT," I looked behind me

Diners were looking this way

I asked him how he became a communist

Since he is a pure white American

"I am from the working class," he told me

But he is now on disabled welfare 

He is tall and looks OK to me

But what the hell, the U.S. is lenient

In labeling people disabled

And issue them a parking permit

You see, man, THAT is socialism

And I wanted to say it is more so than China

But I held my tongue and finished my burger

And stood up to quit the scene

"Already leaving?" he looked at me

Wanting to chat more, it seemed

I guess a communist must be lonely

In this town of no politics

"Mao Tsetung!" he waved at me as a greeting

"Ciao!" I said in return

Mounting my bike I went to Ralph

And enjoyed discounted capitalism

 

 

 

吃自助餐  20021207

周日黄昏倍懒散，驾车城里吃中餐。久违布非欲开荤，两盘过后难下咽。
食客多为鸳鸯对，独坐尚有流浪汉。脑满肠肥肚子大，身宽体胖坐如山。
俄尔老板劝离去，一问方知净捣蛋。进餐中间擤鼻涕，马桶便池纸塞满。
旁有西客欲质疑，老板英文解释难。连说带划终达意，我叹经营不简单。
若是此兄在中国，三拳两脚定滚蛋。奈何西方顾客大，动辄开口说人权。
华人在美居不易，处处小心陪笑脸。能屈能伸夹缝生，事业成功泪斑斑。

Eating Buffet 20021207

 

On this weekend evening I was too lazy to cook
I drove to downtown to a Chinese restaurant

Long time no buffet, the foods were so enticing

But I was fed up after having two plates

Most diners were couples

But there was a homeless guy alone

Big head, beg belly he was a giant

Sitting there he was like a huge mountain

Then the boss tried to persuade him to leave

Upon asking I learned that he was a trouble maker

When eating he would oft blow his nose

In restroom he blocked toilet with much paper

Some westerners  wanted to question the boss

The boss had difficulty explaining in English

With gestures and words she finally expressed herself

I sighed that managing a business was really hard

If this guy were in China

He would have been kicked out immediately

In the west customers are the kings

On the tip of their tongues is the word “human right”

It is not easy for Chinese to live in the States

They have to keep a smiling face whatever

Living in the narrow space they have to adapt

The success of careers is smeared by tears

 

看墨西哥人Posada  20020213

 

圣诞风寒夜，烛光闪若星。约瑟玛丽娅，瑟瑟暗中行。叩问路边屋，借宿可答应？答曰莫打搅，家人睡意浓。余自那城来，木匠为营生。拙荆玛丽娅，上天已封圣。借宿只一夜，回报有神灵。屋主闻言毕，开门将客迎。合家俱欢欣，一睹圣母容。陋室虽粗鄙，因客光辉生。墨人记此事，歌舞与游行。重演耶诞戏，街头秉烛行。警车为开路，毛驴当道中。唱和室内外，余音绕梁生。来至目的地，众人皆欢庆。小儿随乐舞，排队领糕饼。糖包高高挂，闭目挥棒重。击之多失手，一片嬉笑声。

 

 

 

Watching Posada 20020213

 

In the windy night of Christmas Eve

Candle lights flicker like stars

Joseph and Maria, his wife

Shivering, walk in the dark

They knock at doors on the road

May we be lodged here?

Leave us alone, is the answer

We are already down on bed

I am from Nazareth, says Joseph

Carpentry is my profession

Here is my wife Maria

Who has been favored by God

We only need to stay one night

Your kindness will be repaid

Hearing this the host opens the door

And let in the unexpected visitors

All the family are happy and gay

To see the face of the holy mother

The house is shabby indeed

But is glorified by the guests

This is remembered by Mexicans

Who use dances and parade

To reenact this Bible story

By walking in street, candles in hand

Police car leads the way

A donkey walks in the middle

Inside and outside houses they sing

The melodies to the house beams cling

When they come to the final stop

All are happy to celebrate

Children dances with music

And line up to get cakes

There a piñata hangs high

Eyes closed, kids hit it hard

In most cases they would miss

Making audience heartily laugh

 

蹭迪  200312xx

 

游行观毕后，骑车回家行。路过游乐场，忽闻蹦迪声。一厅灯大亮，当中悬花灯。绸带连四角，场中人影动。停车问把门，何事闹哄哄。莫非是婚礼，答曰成年庆。墨女凡十五，总角便告终。从此为成年，聚会别顽童。把门请我进，跳舞可尽兴。进门脱外套，上场四肢动。蹦迪无需伴，得意忘形中。音乐何其好，一曲十分钟。如此二时辰，离时曲未终。

 

 

 

Dancing Disco 200312xx

 

After I watched the Posada

On my bike I rode back home

When I passed the Fair Ground

I heard people dancing disco

A room was brightly lit

By a flower lamp in the middle

Colored tapes extended to four corners

Many people shook and rocked

I stopped and asked the door keeper

So noisy, what was the matter

Was it a wedding I asked

They said it was Quinceañera

When Mexican girls are fifteen

They end their innocent years

This rite of passage into adulthood

Is celebrated with a party

He invited me to enter the door

Saying I could dance as I wished

I took off my jacket

And danced among the others

No need for a partner

I fully enjoyed the moment

How nice was the music

One piece lasted ten minutes

This I spent two hours there

As I left, the music was still on

 

蒙特瑞俳句

 

清晨的雾气

润我心以浮露滴

海湾沉睡里

 

Monterey Haiku

 

Fog in the morning

Wets my heart with floating dew

Sleeping bay in view

 

望月

 

我住宇之西，君住宇之东， 思君不见君， 同享一苍穹。

今日月有心， 横跨天洋中。共望一轮月，君眠我已醒。 

 

 

 

 

Under the Same Moon

 

I live in the west of the world

And you live in the east

Missing you, I can't see you

But the sky above is the same

Today the moon deliberately

Appears high in the sky

We look at the same moon

But when you sleep, I wake up

 

为什么鸟类不需要交通规则?

 

湖水静静水鸟浮,各行其路不冲突。何以不需交通警，原来它们不高速。 

悠闲自得慢悠悠,临乱不惧莽撞徒。纵然对面突将来，四散开来莲花出。 

 

Why Birds Do Not Need Traffic Rules?

 

On the serene lake float the water birds

In all directions but they do not clash

I now see why they do not need traffic rules

For they never want to speed

Their graceful and leisurely cruising

Allows for any unexpected intruder

Who would shoot in from opposite direction

The birds would scatter, a blooming lotus

 

无题 20251206

 

旅翼为宾不得回，遗踪异土伴相谁？叶凋尚可寻根去，春到犹需望国悲。

体魄成烟形羽化, 英魂永在史长垂。激扬文字自由曲，雁过留声有剑眉。

Title-less 20251206

You had wings but they didn’t fly you home

Who accompanies your remains in a foreign tomb?

Fallen leaves go back to the root of the tree

Spring gave you sadness on thinking of your country

Your body has turned into smoke that drifted away

Your soul will pass down forever in history

With your pen you advocated the freedom of mind

Like a goose gone you left your cries behind

 

时近圣诞怀扶桑女 20051215 

 

去岁南游桑树国，佳人邂逅舍空窝。 良宵举箸无曾有，归返修书不谓多。 

闹市携孩身错过，易媒索照影摩挲。伶仃总叹无欢事，淼淼凭洋唱奈何。

 

Thinking of a Lady in Mexico 20051215

 

Last year as I roamed the land of mulberry trees

I met a beauty of that country in an empty inn

We had no wine nor food for a meeting at night

And the messages from her later were also thin

In the town I passed her leading a daughter

Later I asked her to email a photo as keepsake 

My lonely heart often laments the lack of a child

To a large ocean I give a sigh making my heart ache

江城子–抗洪  20080619 

 

洪天水地没江南, 望无边，速来船。救我众生，勿使丧黄泉。墙倒屋倾不要紧，青山在，有柴烟。 

 

无独有偶美利坚，看中原，漫平川。为止决堤，众志筑沙山。威武警伯枪在手，别怕怕，很安全。 

  

Fighting Flood 20080619 

 

The south of China is flooded with endless waters 
Rescue boats speed up to save lives from death 
Collapsed walls and houses do not matter much 
When the green mountain is there, there ‘s forever firewood 

Also in the United States 
Central Plain is flooded much 
To stop dyke breaking 
Sandbags are piled up 
Fearful police carry guns 
But fear not, they are safe 

 

 粽子 20090528 

 

温柔玉体白，滑腻竹衫青。君子欣然至，罗裳解几重。 

  

Zongzi Dumplings  20090528 

  

White is your jade like body 
Your bamboo shirt sticky 
A gentleman comes in glee 
He unties you greedily—- 
an edible beauty 

 

早上冒雨上班，得诗一首 200905xx
 
满城风雨近耶诞，人去楼空气肃然。电脑依窗欣读字，书房望海乐观船。 

键联老友千云外，梦会新朋一刻眠。假日喧嚣都散了，荒心寂寞好参禅。 

  

Go to Work in Rain  200905xx

  

Around Christmas wind and rain besiege the town 
Empty buildings are in a desolate atmosphere 
By the window I read happily at the computer 
And watch boats in the bay from classroom here 
On keyboard I get in touch with friends far away 
In dreams I meet new friends in a moment’s sleep 
Dispersed are the noises of the holiday 
In my wasted heart my Zen meditation is deep 

  

庚寅2010 端午吃陈老师粽子有感  20200625

  

半岛清晨多阴霾，细雨欲飞润老腮。办公桌前方就坐，却闻竹气扑鼻来。 

隔壁老陈声未落，沉甸已现塑胶袋。自言本是夫人做，送与同仁乐开怀。 

拨开碧衣视白玉，玲珑剔透西施赛。手捧把玩不忍噬，溢香流脂脾胃开。 

一口糯软暖败牙，二口肉香江南来。三口半壁河山尽，四口余味难得衰。 

食罢不由起自怜，佳节难得佳人爱。孑孑海外一游子，白发更添百事哀 

  

On Lunar Double Fifth Day Mr0 Chen Gave Us Zongzi 20200625
 
It was overcast this morning in Monterey 
Drifting drizzles wetted my old cheeks 
Sitting at my office desk I suddenly 
Smelt the fragrance of bamboo leaves 
Mr0 Chen of next door hadn’t stopped talking 
Heavy plastic bags already appeared before us 
He said the Zongzi dumplings his wife made 
To ask him to share with colleagues 
Peeling off the green dress I look at the white jade 
Like the skin of Beauty Xishi, it is nicely transparent 
I hate to finish it right away so it in hands I played 
Inhaling the fatty fragrance to make stomach pleasant 
One bite , the soft and sticky rice warmed my bad teeth 
Another bite, the pork reminded me of China’s south 
The third bite, half of the fertile land went into the mouth 
The fourth bite, the lingering flavor refused to cease 
Eating finished, I stood up pitying myself 
On fine festivals I have no loving lady by my side 
A lone roamer overseas year in and year out 
Things becomes sadder when my hair turns white 

 

无题 20110113

 

烹茶于岚亭，吟句斑马鸣。日月 光耀良，河湖水连清。

开卷求司哲，闭目祷和平。陋室当英宇， 贫贱心亦宁。

 

 

 

Title-less 20110113

 

Brewing tea in the Pavilion of Mist

Reciting poems as zebras neigh 

The sun and the moon shine brightly

The rivers and lakes remain clear

Opening books to see wisdom

Closing eyes for peace to pray

A humble house serves a noble one

 Keeping mind calm in lowliness

 

篱笆为小儿所破歌 20110913 
 
八月秋高金轮俏，光洒庭院影绰绰。月上中天不动了，惊现篱笆断头梢，急趋近前瞧一瞧。原来邻童欺我上班去，常学无赖太尉高。公然街头踢球玩，误将飞弹入我巢。必曾翻篱回收之。篱老骨裂未曾料。前日归家见桶倾，心中诧异竟何事。定是断篱不得入，绕至矮门复入之。再忆前月下班来，半片篱板委于地。曾见小儿无聊紧，攀篱上墙显能奇。为免人伤遭讼事，挂牌警告篱笆弱。自此该侧安无恙，谁料正面墙又破。我自无暇监守之，菩萨前头默合十：安得拦网高万丈，大筑我家球防若金汤，任你高逑逞凶狂。呜呼，何时眼前突兀见此网，吾庐安然小儿与我俱欢畅！ 

  

My Fence Was Broken by Kids 20110913 

 

Nice golden plate high in sky in this fall of August 
Its light is spread in the yard with shadows overlapping 
As the moon stops in the zenith of the heaven 
I notice the head of my fence wood is broken 
I hurry up to have a closer examination 
It turned out that kids, while I was at work, played 
Soccer in the street and shot the ball into my yard 
They must have tried to climb over the fence 
But did not expect the fence to give in 
Days ago back at home I saw pales tumbled over 
What the hell had happened, I often wonder 
So they failed to get in over the fence 
Must have entered by the low gate to get the ball 
More, I remembered months ago after work 
I saw half of a fence piece lying on the ground 
Once I saw kids who had nothing to do 
Showing of his skills by clinging to a fence 
To prevent potential law suit of injury 
I posted a sign saying the fence is weak 
So that side has been free from accidents 
Who knows that the front fence should break 
I am busy and not time to monitor all the time 
Silently I close my hands in front of Bhuddha 
When can I have a bug net high and unreachable 
To protect my house with invincible defense 
And let kids play whatever ball games 
Alas, When can I see such a net suddenly appear 
My house safe, kids and I are all happy 

 

人生两个十二年   20120626 
 
昔日高考辞京走，寒窗讲台十二秋。邙山古冢几为家，命运多变梦未酬。 
转业故地人篱下，一日去国不回头。觅得番营打工仔，偏安一隅迷魂酒。 
稀里糊涂十二载，对镜青丝已白头。日暮乡关无处寻，国王山上无限愁。

 

Two Twelve Years in Life 20120626 
 

Once upon a time I left Beijing to go to college 
12 years since then I spent in study and teaching 
Near the Mang Mountain tombs I almost settled down 
But life ruptured smashed all I was dreaming 
A job transfer put me under a roof not my own 
Once overseas, I forgot the homeland moon 
Finally I landed a job on a foreign base 
I drank the wine of oblivion at this place 
Mind not clear, I spent another 12 years hereby 
And my black hair has turned gray I do sigh 
At dusk looking around nowhere can I see hometown 
On King’s Mountain my sadness is profound 

 

 浮生偷得半日闲 20120916

 

浮生偷得半日闲, 渔人码头望海湾。 泊船扬子应如是, 隔洋却是两重天。

光阴有限半身老, 故土故人行渐远。 当年呱呱坠地时 可知何人有何缘?

 

Stealing Half a Day of Leisure from Busy Life 20120916

 

Stealing half a day of leisure from a busy life

I gaze at the bay from the Fisherman's Wharf

Boats moored on Yangtze should be just like this

Yet across the ocean, it's a totally different world

Time is finite, and I already covered half of my life

Homeland and old friends are fading into distance

When one was born, did he know his future

Such as whom would he be destined to meet?

 

 

2012年中秋题诗  20120929 
 
秋来叶少挂残枝，疏影横斜落寒池。莫向人间寻美满，月圆还有月缺时。 

 

 

 

 

Mid-Autumn Festival of 2012 20120929

  

As autumn comes few leaves are still on the trees 

The shadows of lean branches fall on the cold pond 

Seek not perfection in this human world, please 

The moon’s grows and wanes and is not always round 

 

Version 2

 

In autumn, leaves hanging to the trees are scarce
The shadows of them crisscross the cold lake
Nothing is perfect in the world, so stop seeking
For after a full moon, a waning one follows

  

夜半遥闻爆竹声 20121013
 

夜半遥闻爆竹声，疑是帮徒把枪鸣。今日读报果证实，帮徒暗杀毙敌命。 

此去陋室无多路，让子弹飞演家中。一颗头颅挂腰间，此路每夜我必行。 

萨利纳斯战未息，滨海又起杀戮风。经济凋敝警力少，恶少狂妄恣意行。 

社区散沙人自保，政府束手繁文经。严打在此闻未闻，美国也有美国情。 

  

At midnight I heard fire cracks 20121013

  

At midnight I heard fire cracks 

I suspected it was gang shooting 

The news I got in the morning confirmed 

A gang member died of gun shots there 

It was very close to where I live 

Let the bullet Fly now shows at the door 

I have my head tied to my belt 

Because every night I pass that place 

War has not died out in Salinas 

Now killing becomes fashion in Seaside0 

Poor economy renders police impotent 

Gang teens now can do what they want 

Community is but some loose sand 

The government is helpless before multiple laws 

What China can do is unheard of here 

For the U0S0 also claims her special situation 

 

浣熊颂 20130123 

  

浣熊两眼放光芒，莫误以为老鼠王。昼伏夜出行诡秘，翻找剩饭垃圾箱。 

同伴嬉戏大树下，有人来时逃惊慌。几步之后回头望，看看来人何模样。 

(back translation) 

  

 

 

Raccoons 20130123 
 
This is a raccoon with shining eyes 
Don’t you mistake it for the mice0 
It lurks at night and sleeps off the day 
Seeking the left-over in the trash tray0 
It frolics with friends under the tree 
And fled when someone says “Oh see, do you see?” 
After a few steps away from you 
It turns to study you as a view 

 

夜醒得句 20130129 
 
夜半觉来时，浑然忘此身。寒窗浮月影，陋室卧孤魂。 
往事行渐远，今生耗将尽。还寝梦旧事，无暇泪沾襟。 

  

Waking Up at Night  20130129 
 

 Waking up at night 
I totally forget who I am 
The cold window bathes in the moon 
In the shabby house lies a soul alone 
Past things gradually travel away 
My life will soon come to the end 
Better return to the dream of old days 
There is no time to shed tears 

 

杰峰公园之怪树 20130207

 

山中有大树，根深枝杈横。伫立偏僻处，面目何狞狰。

似欲行人缚，森然来势汹。把尔捉将去，填他腹中空。

老夫不畏惧，相机快门轻。咔嚓霹雳过，怪树入牢笼。

 

Strange-shaped Tree in Jack’s Peak Park 20130207

 

There is an old tree in the mountain
With deep roots, its branches stretch out
In a lonely place it stands
With ugly face so terrifying
It seems to capture a passer-by
It's gesture so fearsome to look at
It will take you away from earth
And turn you into its food in the belly
I am old but I am not afraid
I lift my light camera
After my shutter sounds
I put the grotesque tree in jail 

 

 

论翻译的诗  20130521 
 
写作自当敬，翻译亦非轻。材料不难找，手脑缚囚笼。 
欲达前人意，劳薄思虑重。一事须牢记：译者莫自欺。 
力禁虚伪貌，扪心详分析。不自量力者，佳作成烂泥。 
一朝错铸就，百世遭人批。诗人各擅长，文旨不一样。 
李杜风不同，二曹异文章。慎审尔所好，肯定心之想。 
寻找钟情人，如同娶新娘。志趣相投者，日久分别忘。 
思想与话语，彼此不分张。妄语不可恕，言秽理智无。 
世间书万卷，慎择莫糊涂。当译高雅文，烂选自招辱。 

  

On Translation  20130521

 

In writing one should respect oneself 

Same with translating a literary work 

It’s easy to find things to translate 

But hands and minds may be bound 

To express the meanings of writers of the past 

It’s not the labor but the thinking that is hard 

One thing you must bear in mind 

Never engage in self-deception 

Do not fake things you are not 

Do an analysis true to your heart 

Those who do what they are incapable of 

Will render good works into garbage 

Once they make such a mistake 

They will be criticized for many years to come 

Poets all differ from one another 

They write differently in different styles 

Li Po is not the same as Du Fu 

Cao Cao did not write the same way as Cao Zhi 

Examine carefully what you favor most 

Be certain about how you think 

It’s like looking for a bride 

Who must be someone you love 

Those who share same likings 

Will forget their differences in time 

Their thinking and speaking become one 

Unable to be separated from each other 

Bad discourse is unpardonable 

Dirty words make one lose the mind 

Of all the books in the world 

Be careful what to choose to work on 

Translate those that are refined and elegant 

Do not bring shame by translating the low 

  

 

鸣禽  20130615 
 
鸣禽何需养，日日闻鸟音。细辨六七调，声声清我心。 

我有鸟笼空，诱捕其何忍？不如观之野，你我自由身。 

  

Singing Birds 20130615 

 

A singing bird I do not need to keep 
Its melody I hear everyday 
Six or seven tunes it produces 
My heart is cleansed this way 
I have a bird cage, big and empty 
Yet I hesitate to  trap one 
Better to watch it in the wild 
We both enjoy the liberty fun 

 

石园诗  20130711 
 
蚂蚁搬家筑石园，驱车往返几多天。挑黑捡白围棋下，铺就枯水为参禅。 

异乡败屋兼破院，好似幻海一孤帆。人过中年万事了，烟波澹澹无篙船。 
 

Pebble Garden 20130711 

  

Like ants moving their home I build this pebble garden 

Driving back and forth to fetch pebbles for many a day 

Selecting black and white ones as if I am playing Go 

To pave a Japanese style dry lake for meditating the Way 

In the alien land I have this shabby house and yard 

It is like a solitary sail in the ocean of non-reality 

I give up all my efforts at this middle age of mine 

Across the hazy waves there is no ferry to carry me 

  
谢顶诗  20130808 
 

 天天对镜不觉老，头皮发亮才知晓。三十余年发渐失，当年英姿哪去了？ 
设若彼时即老态，安得陋室藏娃娇？青年不问老年事，水会枯竭云会消。 

  

Growing Bald 20130808 

 

I do not feel old seeing myself in the mirror everyday 

Until I see my head front giving a glowing ray 

Over thirty years my hair has been losing gradually 

Where is the past young man of youth and beauty? 

Had I looked old back in those days 

How is it that a pretty girl in my room stays 

If in youth the old age one does not fear 

Waters will dry and clouds will disappear 

  

结庐在西塞  2013 

 

结庐在西塞，单路车不多。问君何能尔？孑然夜夜过。 
拔草白篱下，赫然见老墨。山气日夕佳，举目望星河。 

  

Residing in Seaside 2013

 

In Seaside I have now my house 
On a one-way street with few cars 
Asked what I can do in this place 
I said I spent each night alone 
Weeding under the white fence 
Mexicans I often suddenly see 
Sunset in distant hills is nice 
I look up to seek the Milky Way 

 

上海忆旧 20131216

 

沪上清新雨，迎我过路客。雾霾千里外，故地感慨多。

昔读复旦园，洋人讲新说。囫囵乔夫子，头昏符号逻。

异校研究生，同楼有切磋。未敢非分想，辰光空蹉跎。

中原折戟后，德春孙山落。名人已作古，同学今执舵。

悠悠虚拟网，新友交曾得。瞻前又顾后, 时机未把握。

今我来黄浦，岁月水流过。孑孑白头翁，电脑徒啰嗦。

 

Fresh rain in Shanghai welcomes me a passer-by

Smog now thousands mile away, I feel much at the old site

I once studied in Fudan with foreigners teaching theories new

Swallowing Chomsky undigested and feeling puzzled by logic symbols

Greduate not my same school lived in the same dorm and we discussed things

But I never had other thoughts and wasted the precious time

After frustrations in central China, I failed to become a Prof’s diciple here

The wellknown academician has passed away and my classmate now is the leader

On the vast intenet I found new friends but hesitations caused me to lose my chances

Today the old white haired came to Shanghai to recall the past years

In front of the computer screen I talk too much in vain

 

加州雨  20140202 
 

是岁加州旱，庭院草未新。春节气候转，清晨雨淋淋。 

聊拔石上绿，轻拂车顶尘。松间聆道场，来求主义真。 

  

Rain in California 20140202 

 

Drought this year is rampant in California 
In my yard, new grass is rare 
As Lunar New Year came climate changed 
This morning, on and off, it rained 
I pulled some weeds in my rock garden 
And did a mopping of my car 
To that temple amidst the tall pine trees 
I came to seek the guiding star 

 

20140212

 

黑夜独骑单车行。雨后马路似霓虹。两鬓花白心未老，却无娇娘后座乘。

遥想当年少壮时，人约黄昏起华灯。并肩齐驱长安道，亦有玉臂揽腰中。

情话绵绵燕双飞，稚语滔滔侃人生。未料彩云因缘散，而今天涯各飘零。

 

I rode alone in the dark night

The post-rain roads are like neon light

My hair is white but my heart is young

But I have no lady on back seat riding along

I recall the days when I was young

I dated someone when street lights were on

We rode together on the Chang’an Bouldvard

Sometimes around  my waist she put her arms 

Like a pair of swallows we chat amorously

Her innocent voice talking about life and destiny

But who knew that rosy clouds would disperse soon

Now at tne ends of the world we each have lives of own

 

半岛情事  20140213 

 

http://www0montereycountyweekly0 … 1-001a4bcf68780html 

 

有兵陷囹圄，二战火犹燃。加州军营锁，乏味实难堪。 
长官施恩典，周末可亲探。七姑八大姨，攀亲未谋面。 
只为佳肴美，岂敢图姻缘。未料有佳人，好奇来窥看。 
一见堕情网，二见不忍还。三见暗相约，四见盟海山。 
他乡认故乡，停战成熬煎。被遣罗马地，鱼雁数百篇。 
意国结连理，双双把家还。夫妻劳渔业，育子行成三。 
鱼竭船网挂，建筑做领班。勤劳社区事，庆宴常司餐。 
不觉岁月老，妻先离人寰。鳏夫心破碎，存世仅两年。 
同穴松柏地，遥闻车马喧。和谐白头曲，半岛佳话传。 

 

 

The Love Song of Monterey 20140213 
 
In the raging fire of the Second World War0 
A POW was thrown into bondage 
Locked up on a base in California 
His life was dull and meaningless 
Kindly the authority granted 
Host family weekends for POWs 
Through the maze of Italian kins 
He found a family of strangers 
All he cared was a good meal 
And none like a romantic deal 
Yet there was a curious girl pretty 
Who came to see this enemy 
At first sight they fell in love 
At the second none wanted to part 
At the third they promised secret dates 
At the fourth they vowed a life of union 
Taking the stranger’s land as hometown 
The POW now feared the end of war 
Sent back to the land of Ancient Rome 
He wrote hundreds of love letters 
Finally they tied the knot in Italy 
And returned as a married couple 
Into fishing they worked hard 
And brought up three children 
Ocean depleted, he turned to construction 
The boat laid aside, the net went dry 
They laboriously served the community 
With their wonderful cooking 
Time passed without one knew it 
The wife left before the man 
Heart broken was the left-behind 
He followed within two years 
Now in the same bed they rest 
Distantly the city traffic they hear 
The love song of their harmony 
Is still sang around Monterey 

 

有女颈项长 20140328 

 

有女颈项长，洁白雪花香。黄发亮似焰，耀眼有金光。 
侧面女神古，提笔拟摹状。却恐丹青后，干戈起大洋。 

  

A Girl with Long Neck 20140328 
 

 I saw a lass with long long neck 
White as a flake of snow 
Her hair a torch of golden fire 
What a wonderful show 
Her profile the goddess of antiquity 
I would like to take up a pen 
But can I do justice to her beauty 
And start not a war betwixt men? 

 

院有花绽开  20140406 

  

院有花绽开，犹如紫气来。一年多少次，扣我寒舍宅。 
剪枝栽贫壤，不久叶满怀。只待时机到，起舞锦缎裁。 

 

The Blazing Blossoms in My Yard  20140406 

 

Purple, purple is the color 
The blazing blossoms in my yard 
I know not how many a time 
They shock me with a visit card 
Branches I buried in the ground 
Soon some robust bushes made 
When the time proper is around 
They dance in shining brocade 

 

 

雾 20140408

 

流如牛奶河，飘似婚纱白。 浮云悬道路，荡荡城中开

海湾盖棉被，高天落下来。 纱巾遮山远，满坡草不衰。

 

Fog 20140408

 

A river of milk it flows

A piece of wedding gown

Hanging above the roads

The traffic of the town

A quilt over the bay

Bringing the sky down

A gauze over the hills

Of grass no longer brown

 

上班下山有感  20140508 

 

乌云蔽日海墨青，铁骑下山自轻盈。晨风拂面精神爽，天边寂寞是空灵。 
人生如雾路不明，随车逐走心自宁。太阳一出阴霾尽。回首却在歧路中。 

  

Riding Down Hill at Workplace 20140508
 

The sun hidden in cloud, ocean is dark green 
Down the hill my bike rides light 
My spirit boosted by the morning breeze 
The empty horizon is a lonely sight 

Life is like an unclear foggy road 

Just ride the bus and you feel at ease 

When the sun rises, the mist is gone 

Looking back you see several roads meet 

 

在美国不过端午节有感  20140603 

 

国殇日来复端阳，菖蒲不挂绝雄黄。苇叶高束十年久*，洋插低眉五载双。 
虽生楚地无楚俗，仅爱肉黍有肉香。欲把枯碧来浸水**，粽子包成共谁尝？ 

* 我十年前买过一捆棕叶，一直没用，束之高阁。 
** 枯碧，指干枯的棕叶 

  

Not Honoring the Triangle Dumpling Day  20140603 

 

Double Five followed the Memorial Day 
I hang no herb nor drank the magic wine 
My reed leaves put aside for a decade 
I labored humbly in this alien land 
Born a Chu I do not follow their way 
I like only the pork rice pyramids 
Now I want to soak the dried reed leaves 
But who’s there to share the festival food? 

 

朋友五十大寿  20140608

缘结中州未能忘，鱼雁两地页已亡。廿余年后思旧国，重阳时节读残章。
城火池鱼恩尽断，情天怨海斗难量。相知莫云水流浅，此忆沉浮扬子江 。

 

Recalling a Friend Who Should Be 50 Now 20140608

We met in the center of China, I still remember
Long lost are the letters we wrote to each other
I recall the past after these twenty plus years
And in this early summer read a poem of yours
Our feelings died in the fire with which we once played
Whatever there was, judgment can hardly be made
Don't say that our acquaintance is but skin deep
The memories of you I've given to the Yangtze to keep

 

夏至步王昌龄韵 20140622 
 
驱车稀松林，番营山故道。加州入夏寒，处处黄枯草。 

此身幽燕客，心随日月老。莫学隔靴儿，争夸他乡好。 

 

Driving on Presidio 20140622

  

On this sparsely wooded place I drove 
The same old roads of the Spanish fort 
Cold was Monterey’s solstice in June 
Yellow dry grass seen everywhere 
A stranger from north central China 
My heart ages as years go by 
Don’t praise the grass over the fence 
If you have never set foot there 

 

独处有感 20140622 

  

美女空如云，蒙湾长寂寞。青丝变白发，独为逍遥客。 
何时告老退，唯愿精神烁。长假无需请，单骑走山河。 

 

Solitude 20140622 

  

Beauties are like clouds, useless to me 
In Monterey I feel forever lonely 
My black hair has turned silver white 
All by myself, I enjoy a life style right 
When can I finally retire 
While my spirits are still high 
No need to ask for a long leave 
I can ride wherever I like 

  

天气晴好口占 20140624 

  

苍天尽碧色，万里无纤云。入夏早犹凉，夜来阶不温。 
城市花园道，从容车流滚。觉后精神爽，皆是上班人。 

 

A Fine Day 20140624

  

Blue is the sky that’s cloudless far and wide 
Nice weather we have today 
Summer mornings are chilly and the steps 
At night do not make warmth stay 
On the roads of this garden like city 
The traffic flows with grace 
Spirit is high after a night’s sleep 
All are heading to the workplace 

 

阴天庭坐不见月口占 20140821

 

 加州连日阴，夜凉庭闲坐。 抬头不见月，放眼黑云多。

 月既不复来，无由对影歌。 归随李太白，窥镜唱蹉跎。

 

Not Seeing the Moon Sitting in the Yard 20140821

 

For days it has beencloudy in California

In cool night I sit leisurely in the yard

Looking up I see no moon out there

Dark clouds lay where my eyes can reach far

Since the moon does not come to be companion

Singing to my shadow I have no reason

Back into the house I imitate poet Li Po

Lamenting my wasted years in the mirror

 

回国打油诗一首20141122

 

一机昂首冲云天，抛却人寰多少烦。窗外白云清静界，只恨无能驻其间。

西方极乐莫须有，头顶天堂谁曾还？此生还须常面对，油盐酱醋日三餐。

 

A plane soars proudly into the clouds,

leaving behind countless worldly troubles.

Outside the window, the white clouds form a peaceful realm,

only regretting my inability to stay within it.

The Western paradise may not even exist,

who has truly returned from heaven above?

In this life, one must still face it often,

dealing with daily meals of oil, salt, soy, and vinegar three times a day.

 

A Doggerel 20141122

 

A plane soars proudly into the clouds

leaving behind countless worldly troubles.

Outside the white clouds form a peaceful sphere

I resent my inability to stay in there

The Western paradise may not even exist

Who has truly returned from heaven above?

One must still face this life here often,

Three meals and their cooking ingredients

 

美西冬来雨水多20141130

 

美西冬来雨水多。淅淅沥沥汇成河。窗外一片铅灰色，心事烦杂无人说。

晨醒赖床四下看，卧室凌乱像猪窝。归来行李懒收拾，光阴似箭月如梭。

 

Much Rain in Wanter in West USA 20141130

 

In the winter, the west of the U.S. sees frequent rain

Drizzles at first and then they gather into streams seen

Outside the window, everything is leaden gray

With no one to share, many things my mind do worry
In the morning, I wake up and linger in bed, looking around

The bedroom is as messy as a pigsty or a weedy pond 

Having returned home, I’m too lazy to unpack the luggage

Time flies like an arrow while the moon is in a fast passage

 

 

新年决心 20141231

 

偃旗息鼓辞网络，日入而息读旧书。故国鸡犬遥不闻，他人贫富关我乎。

 

My New Year Resolution 20141231

Parting with internet like an army withdraws from the front
I read old books when the sun is down
The dogs and roosters of my motherland I do not care to listen to
Does it matter to me if someone else there gets rich or poor?

 

公交美女 20150213 

  

公交车上两淑媛，肌肤如雪貌如仙。驿站登车光采照，蛾眉皓目秋波传。 
身居此地多黧黑，日复一日不忍看。今朝得窥绝色女，胜似大漠饮清泉。 

 

Beauties on the Bus 20150213 

  

Two beauties I saw on the bus 
Snowy skin and fairy face 
The bus turned bright as they step in 
Vivid were their pretty brows and eyes 
Here mostly you see the color of labor 
Day in and day out  it’s hard to bear 
Today I saw the most beautiful ladies 
I felt like drinking water in the desert 

 

本命年 20150220

 

咩咩羊来甲子到，细数余生大半消。一夜春梦惊魂魄，半天痴情觅嫩草。

荃不余察笑痴念，力岂心随徒卧槽。孤灯四壁布衾冷，短波声里乡音遥。

 

The Year of My Zodiac 20150220

 

The Goat comes when I reach sixty

Most of my life has passed away

My soul is shocked by dreams nightly

That is infactuated with fresh grass

The grass laughs at my stupid ideas

Indeed I am an old horse in the stable

Four walls host a single lamp and cold bed

Distant native language heard on shortwave radio

 

 

华人聚会演出20150331

 

童音稚嫩茉莉娇，美人团扇梨花俏。翡翠蝉衣邀君宠，悠扬雅乐颂山瑶。

茶园香溢真情在，谁人爱伊月代表。半岛华人新春庆，同唱一首看今宵。

 

Chinese New Year Performances in Monterey 20150331

 

The children's young voice sings of jasmine flower

The beauties’ round fans dance to the Pear Blossom song

The jade cicada dresses invite the favor of the emperor

Praising the Yao mountain, melodious music plays along

Full of true feelings, the fields of tea plants are fragrant

By the brilliant moon the depth of love is symbolized

The Chinese on the peninsula celebrate traditional New Year

For the Unforgettable Night  they sing a song together

 

题网友观杜鹃花照 20150331 

  

当年观得杜鹃回，心潮澎湃红小鬼。十万大山旌旗卷，抛头洒血竟为谁。 
沧海桑田轮回转，风云变幻枉惊雷。野花不问人间事，但求春色岁岁归。 

 

On a Photo of a Friend Watch Azaleas 20150331

 

Back in those years when I watched the opera Azaleas Mountain 
I was deeply moved by the revolutionary youth 
Red flags covered thousands of mountains 
For whom did the martyrs die? 
History revolves like a wheel, sea and land recycle 
In vain sounded the thunders in the stormy years 
Wild flower do not ask about human affairs 
I wish spring could return every year 

 

题柳州紫荆花  201503xx 

 

只闻香港有紫荆，未知柳州满街放。南国花蕊迎春开，秀丽龙城添新装。 
红云飘逸如朝霞，引来彩蝶俏娇娘。摄得青春倩影在，不怕日后流年伤。 

  

On the Bauhinia Blossoms in Liuzhou 201503xx 

  

I only heard of Hong Kong’s bauhinia trees 
But do not know they bloom in streets of Liuzhou 

The southern flowers welcome the coming of spring 

Making the beautiful Dragon City more beautiful so 

Elegant crimson clouds drift like morning glow 

Inviting colorful butterflies and pretty girls also 

They capture the beauty of youth with cameras 

And do not fear the time’s merciless flow 

 

题网友观梨花照 20150401

 

梨花如雪雾如纱, 寂寞孤村山脚洼。勘破荒郊崎曲路，拍成倩影野人家。

西南之地群峰览, 百越青葱险径爬。不慕君王陈旧事,   愿同百蕊共生涯。

 

Photo of a Friend Watching Pear Blossoms 20150401

 

Pear blossoms like snow, mist like gauze

A lonely village nestled at the foot of a mountain

Having traversed the desolate wilderness and winding roads

She shot a beautiful selfie with the backdrop of  rustic home

Gazing upon the peaks of the southwest

She climbed the lush, treacherous paths of the Baiyue region

She does not yearn for the bygone eras of kings

But wish to share her life with the pear blossoms

 

 

蒙特雷军营望月 20150404 

 

隔岸观灯夜深沉，一湾碧水万刃深。明月方从华夏来，银光熠熠美冰轮。 
自古便是相思物，而今寄情却无人。天下早因网络小，海角再远亦比邻。 
刷屏便有窈窕影，摄像即得笑貌音。球球微信罗旧友，脸书空间识新人。 
虚拟世界迷魂药，远交近疏倒乾坤。 

  

Seeing Moon from Presidio of Monterey 20150404  

 

From across the bay in the dark night 
I watch the low hills with dots of light 
Deep is the Monterey Bay canyon 
Deeper than anyone can imagine 
The moon has just arrived from China 
A beautiful wheel of ice in silver color 
The ancient people treated her as love token 
To none can I ask her to convey my emotion? 
Now the world has shrunk by the internet 
Distant countries are dragged to the door mat 
Fingering the screen you see images of beauties 
The camera gets you the image, the voice, and smiles 
Lost acquaintances are found by WeChat and QQ 
Social media like Facebook get us friends new 
In this virtual world one tends to lose his head 
Ignoring the near and befriend the far instead 

 

柳江涨潮  201505021 

 

春江潮水连路平，路上拥堵共潮生。慢慢随车千万米，龙城何处不难行。 
孤山遥立看似印，大桥飞架气如虹。待到雨停红日出，婀娜河柳笑客迎。 

 

River Flooding in Liuzhou City 201505021

 

Spring tide of the river flooded the roads 
Causing traffic jam adding to the woes 
All the way along the slow moving chain 
Everywhere on driving it put a strain 
Like a Chinese seal stone a hill stands alone 
like a flying rainbow the bridge presents a view 
Wait after the rain the sun shines anew 
By the river you see the graceful smiling willow 

 

周六醒来作 20150502 

 

岁月沧桑面留㾗，时光似箭不等人。子望川流空嗟叹，崔伤人去枉过门。 
千张旧影收拾懒，万缕凌丝梳理勤。争奈夜路云遮月，缘墙踉跄不得门。 

 

 

 

Waking Up on Saturday 20150502 

 

You can see time on my face 
That has left me behind 
Like a river I can’t trace 
And a girl I can’t find 
Many a photo I hate to touch 
Many a thought I visit oft 
In the darkness of my journey 
I circle along on foot soft 

 

早晨得诗 201506011 

 

晨光袭窗朝慵起，屋外三两乌鹊啼。遥念故乡月未落，万家灯火谁独栖。 

日复一日脱缰马，光阴如梭不停息。环球同此共君老，自问归期未有期。 

  

Waking Up in the Morning  201506011

 

Morn at my window, I hate to get up 
Two or three crows make their tune 
Back in China the moon is still up 
In houses of light, who’s in bed alone? 
Days run like horses without harness 
Time flies like an arrow without rest 
We both are getting old on this earth 
I am like that stranded Sichuan guest 

  
一夜有梦醒不知 2015xxxx
 

 一夜有梦醒不知，虚庭空空五更时。欲问南国白日事，扣窗犹止患无辞。 

  

Forgetting a Dream When Waking Up  2015xxxx

 

I wake up forgetting what’s in my dream 
The small hours throw the yard into disuse 
I want to ask about southern China’ daytime 
Yet hesitate for having no excuse 

 

  阳朔雨 20150920

 

昨夜阳朔雨，惊醒梦中人。惧为巴山客，临行难脱身。

晨来犹淅沥，青山藏雾云。举伞街头行，秋气爽吾身。

 

Rain in Yangshuo 20150920

 

The rain in Yangshuo last night

From my dreams woke me up

I feared being a guest in the BA mounts

Hard to leave when the time was up

It still drizzed in the morning

Green mountains were hidden in the fog

Walking in the streets under umbrella

I fully enjoyed the coolness it brought

 

借北京关外美女首联赋诗 20150927

 

海阔天空浪若雷，钱塘潮涌自天来。

八千里看中秋月，十万军听角声哀。

世事如涛多变幻，人生似水沉浮埋。

登楼且看壮烈景，莫就王朝论兴衰。

 

Using the First Two Lines of a Beauty in Beijing to Write This Poem 20150927

 

Ocean is wide, heaven empty and waves loud as thunders

From the heave the tides of Qiantang River rushes in

The Mid-autumn moon is seen over 8000 square li

Sad bugles are heard by ten thousands troops

The world is full of changes like the waves in a river

Life is like water that either float and sink a swimmer

Just mount the tower to watch a heroic scene

And forget dynasties’ rise and decline

 

题网友素颜照 20151010 

  

自拍美女素颜妆，白衣黑发逾肩长。粉黛不施笑依旧，浓妆淡抹增荣光。 

倩影遍照四九城，若问故乡是沈阳。京漂一族写字楼，感恩自有海淀堂。 

文艺名人广结缘，赞誉莫过郭德纲。曾拟殿堂邀相见，未能如约侍高堂。 

他日若再京城返，或可茶楼品茗香？ 

  

On the Plain Photo of an Online Friend 20151010 

  

The beauty in the selfie applies no make up 

Dressed in white, with long, shoulder-length black hair 

Her smiles are the same even without the powder 

But a touch of makeup enhances her charm 

A beautiful figure illuminates the city of Beijing 

If you ask, her hometown is Shenyang 

She had come to Beijing to work in office 

The Haidian Church is where she receives grace 

She enjoys a wide network of writers and artists 

And she praised Guo the comic guy most 

I once intended to meet her in the church 

But waiting to mother kept me from the plan 

If I ever return to Beijing again 

Perhaps we can enjoy tea in a teahouse 

 

 

 

虞美人 又是一年花期了 20151012  2020改

 

一年又是花期了，收拾知多少。残枝败叶落秋风，故国依稀夜半梦游中。

往年旧友应犹在，只是容颜改。问余身老哪厢留，白首不堪观镜绪千愁。

 

Blooming Season Over This Year 20151012

 

Blooming season over this year

How many fallen petals are there?

Winds in autumn blow leaves like drifting sand

In my dream, looms vague my native land

Old acquaintances should still be there

But changes in the face do appear0

In old age I ask myself where to stay

Sorrows render my hair in mirror sadly grey

 

题越南美女照  20151221 
 

窈窕越女草帽中，帽上荷花别样红。荷花虽艳丹青写，不及越女美天成。 
一袭红衣花相映，两颊笑靥似春风。长发如瀑青黛色，羞煞老夫白头翁！ 

  

On the Picture of a Vietnamese Beauty on Facebook  20151221

 

Among her straw hats sits the pretty Vietnamese fair 
The lotus flowers on the hats exceptionally red 
Though red, the flowers are painted with a brush of hair 
The beauty of the girl a heavenly gift instead 
Her red shirt echoes the lotus blossoms’ redness 
Her smiling eyes are like the early spring breeze 
Her long hair is like a waterfall of blackness 
That prevents me, hair grey, from sitting at ease! 

 

做鱼 2016 

  

暗夜迷茫无所终，河鱼一尾锅上蒸。注水铁锅不过半，配菜磁盘有青红。 

举箸轻拈腹肉肥，破头细品玉浆浓。挑灯独食自悲叹，不得红颜奉酒盅。 

  

Cooking Fish  2016 

  

In the dark night I felt at a loss 

So I steamed a fish as a course 

Into the wok I poured some water 

That covered less than half its measure 

On the plate I put vegetables 

Red and green a pleasant mixture 

My chopsticks picked up lightly 

The fatty belly with pleasure 

From the head I savored the brain 

Pulp of a fine and dense texture 

Yet there was no beauty serving a cup 

I sighed sadly for the solitary dinner 

  

美国生活点滴 2016 

  

又是夏令至，晨觉天未光。备炊暝色里，斗困课堂上。 

校园折老韭，卧榻梦新房。更剪园中菜，四处送茴香。 

  

Daily Life in America  2016 

  

When they change to summer time 

I wake up to see the depth of  night 

In the dim kitchen I cook my meals 

And later in classroom sleepiness fight 

On campus I gather some blooming leek 

On my bed I dream of a new bride 

Cutting wild dill in my yard I gave 

It to friends in which they delight 

  

蒙特雷高地望月 2016 

  

隔岸观灯夜深沉，一湾碧水万刃深。明月方从华夏来，银光熠熠美冰轮。 

自古便是相思物，而今寄情却无人。天下早因网络小，海角再远亦比邻。 

刷屏便有窈窕影，摄像即得笑貌音。球球微信罗旧友，脸书空间识新人。 

虚拟世界迷魂药，远交近疏倒乾坤。 

  

Watching the Moon from Presidio of Monterey 2016 

  

In late night I watch the lights across Monterey Bay 

Deep is its water down which an abyss does lay 

From homeland China has just arrived the moon nice 

Brilliant is the silvery light, pretty is the wheel of ice 

It is an ancient symbol of thinking for friends afar 

Yet today my feelings can’t be conveyed by a star 

The world has been made small by the Internet 

Though far apart, people are like living in doors next 

Flipping the screen you see figures of sexy shapes 

The video allows you to hear voice of a smiling face 

Old friends can be searched on QQ and WeChat 

New ones are addable on Facebook and things like that 

This virtual world is indeed a witchcraft potion 

Reversing the priorities of your association 

  

看潘金莲新传 20160306

 

可怜美女命运乖，丧夫迫嫁如典卖。大郎憨厚难入眼，鲜花憔悴日难捱。

此非政治正确事，岂能虚名暗自哀？莫怪娘子风骚性，亦非干妈苦安排。

姻缘本应天造设，谁堪烈火遇干柴？奈何淫心起魔障，毒杀夫君实不该。

只怨社区无封闭，才有支窗掉下来。若无西门头上包，焉有金莲情欲海？

邻里安保不可疏，还劝高墙莫轻拆。

 

Watch New Biography Drama of Pan Jinlian 20160306

 

Pitiful was the beauty whose fate turns ill

Widowed, she was forced to remarry like a thing sold

Her honest husband is not the apple in her eye

A fresh flower withered, and harder was each day

This story is not a matter of  “political correctness”

How could she silently lament to keep a reputation?

Blame not the lady for her flirtatious nature

Nor the plotting of an evil godmother

Marriage should be a match made by Heaven

When fire meets dry wood, resist it who can?

Alas, lust clouded her heart with demonic delusion

And poisoning her husband was a bad decision

Only because the neighborhood was not secured well

That supporting beam from the window accidentally fell

Had Ximen not carried a lump atop his head,

Jinlian would have kept her chastity instead

Community vigilance must never slacken

High walls should always be seriously maintain

 

 

题网友新英格兰照20160306

 

树黑雪白林寂寥，一溪横架有木桥。长空云霭铅灰色，大地素装人迹遥。

超验哲儒今何在？华塘水寂踪影消。嘈杂世界当不远，空灵只能画中瞧。

 

On a Photo of New England 20160306

 

In the lonesome woods dark trees tand in white snow

 A wooden bridge spans a stream that still does flow

Misty and lead gray is the sky vast and boundless

On unadorned  ground no human tracescan can one witness

Where can be found the transcendent philosophers now?

The water of the desertedWalden Pond is silent somehow

From this woods the noisy world is actually not far away

Only in the picture can one the ethereal scenes see

 

题美女网友郊游图 20160922 

 

一坝双坡锁碧川，平湖漾漾在人前。水清石白息行脚，云淡天高看岭边。 

为有新秋多兴致，欣呼旧友访罗田，喜观稻菽千重里，三楚佳人赛美仙。 

  

Pretty Girls on an Outing 20160922 

 

Between two hills the dam is indeed an engineering feat 
Creating a rippling lake that greets the eyes of passers-by 
By the green water the white rocks are good for resting tired feet 
In the spacious sky thin clouds are floating o’ver mountains high 
As autumn is fresh, so is the mood and spirit of the heart gay 
Old acquaintances are summoned to an outing on a clear day 
Yonder amid the wavy crops of paddy rice 
Beauties of the ancient Chu look fairly nice 

 

题美女网友闻荷照  20160922 
 

楚天暑散莲叶开，淑女塘边自徘徊。问君哪得醉如许，为有清香荷里来。 

 

On a Photo of a Lady Internet Friend Sniffing Lotus 20160922

 

As the sky of Chu is freed of the summer heat, 
Fully grown are the lotus leaves0 
A fair lady comes dressed nice and neat0 
Lingering about, she cares not to leave0 
How come, may I ask, my fair lady, 
So enchanted you do seem to be? 
Behold, this pretty petal of the lotus flower 
With such a fragrance does capture me! 

 

游北京大观园 20161101

 

老朽迟来大观园，宝哥不见怡红院。
稻香村里菜犹青，潇湘馆中竹寂然。
芦雪庵浮寒鸭水，蘅蕪院隐暖日轩。
暮色遥见红衣女，活脱大荒袍一毡。

Visiting Beijing’s Grand View Garden 201601101

Old, I'm late to visit this Garden of Grand View
Brother Jade has long from his abode departed
Crops in the Rice Village are still verdant and new
Bamboos of Daiyu’s place are quite deserted
The Snowy Reeds Pavilion floats on duck cruised water
The Spicy Herbs Yard sun-bathes in seclusion
At dusk I see a maiden dressed in red color      
What a picture of a cloak in wilderness seen

北京大观园美女20161101

 

池边美女发如柳，大观园里倩影留。昔年姐妹今何在，纵有枯骨亦难求。

活在当下是正经，时光如梭不停休。待到韶华离君去，几人白头忆今秋？

 

A Beauty by the Pond in Beijing’s Grand View Garden 20161101

 

Her hair is delicate as the willow by the pound

Her pretty figure in the garden is photographed around

Where are the sisters of years gone by?

Even their bones are hard to be found

Treasuring here and now is the art of life

Time flies like the shuttle of a loom

When the color fades from thy face

How many white haired can recall this autumn

 

楚天风雨送秋凉20161115

 

楚天风雨送秋凉，过客无瑕渡大江。闽桂湘黔风景好，舟车驿店路途长。

宜将浪子心收敛，不使浮云意太狂。天若有情应我笑：人缘正道忌沧桑。

 

Autumn Cold Comes With Winds and Rains 20161115

 

Autumn cold comes with winds and rains

I have no time to cross the river

Far is the journey of inns and trains

Be scenery of the south my favor

This roamer's heart needs to be restrained

Lest the floating cloud schemes something wilder

The heaven, if not a heartless being, will at me sneer:

The way of the human ties is not that of a lizard

 

行雨中 20161219 

  

始落清晨雨，街行无人迹。顾念此生涯，心中常戚戚。 
世界无意义，耳闻无聊语。指标多如毛，福祉何所觅。 
吾係失舵舟，垂帆无目的。期盼美人鱼，纵被诱海底。 

  

Walking in the Rain 20161219

 

When down came the early morning rain 
I walked along a deserted street main 
Thinking of my fate so far 
My heart filled with pain 

In this world void of meaning and purpose 
I hear nothing but senseless murmurs 
I cannot figure out a path to blessed life 
My monitor has way too many cursors 

I am but s rudderless boat on the sea 
A wind-deprived sail with no destiny 
How I wish a mermaid could come to me 
Albeit to be lured into a deep sea valley 

  

天留人诗 2016

 

天黑如墨大风吹。高木折腰冠低垂。海生黑浪涛奋起，云压苍穹空欲坠。 
隔岸陋室四壁冷，濒老枯肠万念灰。登高望洋叹不绝，大千世界我是谁？ 

 

Retained by Rain 2016

 

Dark as ink is the sky when big wind blows 
A tall tree bends, its crown downward goes 
Black waves surge in the ocean down the hill 
Burdened by the clouds, the sky seems to fall 
My shabby abode across the bay is walled coldness 
My aging heart harbors nothing but emptiness 
Looking down at the ocean I never stop to sigh 
In the Sahā-lokadhātu who the hell am I? 

 

超市上网无人聊天有感  201612xx

 

去年今日此店中，人面店招相映红。人面如今何处去，店招依旧红彤彤。 

人事代谢谁能料，莫求空口山海盟。对面尚且不牵手，遑论虚拟世界中。 

 

Finding None to Chat on Line in the Supermarket 201612xx

 

Last year today at this store 
Her face was red as the store signs’ color 
Where is she now I do not know 
The signs are as red as one year ago 
Who can foretell the vicissitudes of life 
Seeking a vow is but a futile strife 
While you shun the hand in front of your face 
How do you expect someone from another space? 

 

无题20161208

 

蟾蜍望月雁高飞，老骥神游春草肥。荃不察情空嗟叹，白头对镜枉生悲。

流光不待伤心死，城门高竖免战碑。欲与大军决高下，当巡战马何处催。

 

Title-less 20161208

 

A toad peeps at the moon when geese fly

Spring grass grows in an old stud’s mind’s eye

Herbs know not my feelings I sigh

White hair in mirror, vainly I cry

Time waits not for this sad heart to die

City gate hangs no battle sign high

To challenge the foe should not I

Look for battle horses neighing nigh