日志
旧体诗：海外 III 2017
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第七部分： 海外 III 2017
天留人诗 20170104
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？
Detained
by Rain 20170104
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
Across the bay my shabby
house hosts 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?
看草知风忧地球 20170107
隔窗看草动，知有大风吹。风自海上来，尚且无雾霾。
神州正烟瘴，谁清万里埃？若不治理好，全球必成灾。
愚氓难为训，鸵鸟沙里埋。公开大数据，透明治灾害。
山水不复清，黄祸将复来。迁徙数亿人，无国能承载。
纠纷因此生，兵戈因此派。太空未开发，地球已破坏。
难怪有人云，生子同遭罪。今日造孽者，子孙必愧对。
Worry about the
Earth 20170107
Grass rustles outside the window,
A strong wind is blowing, I know
The wind comes from the sea,
And there's no smog though
China is choking with ailment
Who will clear dusty universe?
If not properly addressed, this issue
Global disasters will follow
Foolish people are hard to teach
Ostriches bury their heads in the sand
Please open up the big data,
And fight disaster with transparent hand
Otherwise_____
The mountains and rivers will no more be green
The Yellow Peril will someday return
Relocating hundred millions of people
Is beyond the capacity of any nation
Disputes will arise from this,
And wars will be waged
Space remains unexplored,
Earth is already destroyed
No wonder some say that
Having children is suffering
Those who commit sins today
Will bring shame to their offspring
卜算子 岁末
20170111 2018改
雨落送年归，风起迎春到。甲子平头年犹惑，更少开颜笑。
笑也不由衷，只把时光耗。待到无人垂老时，兀自寒床靠。
End of Year 20170111
Rain falls, the year ends
Wind comes, spring arrives
Close to 60 I am still clueless
Seldom do I smile
Smile is not sincere
It only kills time
When there is no one by me at old age
At the bed will I be alone
晨见残月 20170111
海上落残月，天涯不共时。诗人怨遥夜，凌晨起相思。
相思不可见，犹得备晨炊。待到七点钟，去把公交追。
Seeing the Waning Moon in the Morning
20170111
A waning moon sets over the sea
People on the other side do not see
The poet laments the long nights
Waking up with longing too early
I long for, but I can't see, her
I still have to prepare breakfast
When seven o'clock alarm rings
I have to catch the bus for work
骑车 20170111
暮色苍茫黑隆冬，老五骑车在暗中。只为昨晚没锻炼，忍痛起床出门行。
一日三餐五斗米，半生蹉跎只撞钟。所思美人不可见，却无耐心念佛经。
Ride Bicycle 20170111
In the twilight of a dark winter
Rode in the darkness a bachelor
He missed workout the night before,
And forced himself up for the gym door
Three meals a day is what he works for
Half his life wasted in hitting the temple bell
The beauty he longs for cannot be seen
Yet he is impatient chanting the sutra as well
雨后 20170123
雨后天半晴，大雁人字飞。晓云犹低挂，高空镰月垂。
时落珠帘雨，可是湘竹泪？欲问无从问，低首思蛾眉。
After the Rain 20170123
After the rain, the day is half clear
Geese fly over in the formation of V
Still hanging low are the morning clouds
High in the sky a crescent moon I can see
Showers come down like beads of curtain
Is it the tear of the wives of King Shun?
I want to ask someone but there’s none
Lowering my head, I think of the loved one
晨上班见朝霞褪色有感 20170126
好花不长开，好景不长在。方才玫瑰云，转瞬色已衰。
落花委泥垢，折戟沙中埋。豪杰能几时，隔洋问雪莱。
The Fading of Morning Colorful
Clouds 20170126
Flowers do not stay in bloom long
Pretty scenes are quickly gone
See the rosy clouds just now?
Soon they lose their colors strong
Fallen petals turn to dust
Broken spears are buried in sand
How long can a hero's fame last
Go and ask Shelly of England
时到元宵湿漉漉20170210
时到元宵湿漉漉，如同饺子水里煮。此处无灯亦无人，上街去把好景睹。
更莫言说见美女，她在灯火阑珊处。竭力忆旧往事想，无力起死乏奇术。
车站睇雨地面打，等车带我山上去。一呆呆到降旗时，军号裂空嘟嘟嘟。
粗茶淡饭果腹后，骑车城里看图书。免费桌前看一看，搜寻经典文史儒。
A Rainy Lantern
Festival 20170210
I'm having a wet wet Lantern Festival
As wet as the water to boil the dumplings
Here there are no lanterns nor people
That go watching lights and nice things
Much less to say seeking a pretty woman
In the place where light is scant
I try to recall the past as much as I can
But make the dead to come alive I can't
At the bus stop I watch rain beat the ground
Waiting for the last bus to haul me uphill
Where I will stay till I hear the taps sound
That tears open the twilight air so still
Then after eating a meager meal
I glide on my bike to the downtown library
At the freebies table I hope to find a good deal
Of classics, literature, history or philosophy
无题 20170318
运交桃花欲何愁，不怕美人打破头。心之所向在天姥，大士不佑信难求。
我欲因之梦吴越，太湖浩瀚连天月。吴侬软语丝竹声，醉里生死全忘却。
Title-less 20170318
As fate has it I have peach flowers to enjoy so what do I worry about?
Am I afraid of many a beauty who come to crack my head in and out?
But my heart is tied to the remote mountains of Heavenly Grandma
Yet I'm not blessed by the Avalokitesvara
In my dream I thus fly to where the mountains lie
Under the bright moon a vast lake rises to the sky
The sweet speech mingles with the sound of strings and flutes
Oblivious to life and death is an intoxicated I
海军学院看玉兰花 20170319
铁甲学府开玉兰，绿叶烘托粉花鲜。枝疏开阔何大气，色彩相因更增妍。
何处帷幄平怒海，碧草春花看等闲。祈愿环球无战事，共享和平艳阳天。
Watching Magnolias at Naval School
20170319
Magnolias bloom in the military Academy,
Green leaves make pink blossoms look fresh
Majestic looking are its many a branch
Complementing colors enhance their beauty
Where is the headquarter pacifying the sea?
I see verdant grass and spring flowers fine
I pray for a world free of war
And shared peace and sunshine
春韭 20170319
春来各处见春韭，绿衣白冠体态修。随风摇曳不张扬，委身路边鲜做秀。
折叶闻香忆故园，制馅做饺慰乡愁。天公所赐长生草，莫教美意陷渠沟。
Spring Chives 20170319
In spring, everywhere one sees spring chives
Green dress with white blossoms, graceful in shape
Swaying with the wind without arrogance
They bend by the roadside, seldom showing off
Plucking the fragrant leaves I think of old home
Making fillings for dumplings soothes my homesickness
A gift from heaven, this perennial grass
Let not its beauty fall into the dirty ditch
骑车过公墓见花 20170416
走马观花铁骑重，下马看花无闲情。虽是周末春光好，诸事缠身谁云轻。
碌碌无为三点线，昏昏噩噩撞铜钟。时光都随风飘去，水里花月冷似冰。
Biking Passing Cemetery Seeing Flowers 2017319
My bike was heavy when I passed a sea of flowers
But I had no mood to appreciate nature's showers
Though it was weekend and a fine spring day
I was burdened with tons of chores on my way
Everyday I ran between three points fruitless
And dutifully beat the temple bell brainless
All my time is gone with the wind as I grow old
The moon and flowers in water are icy cold
题Lee 女士新照 20170420
绿叶红花美女娇，春风荡漾自逍遥。赋得诗意流毫墨，自有文情上九霄。
千里南国屏上看，切磋偶尔笑推敲。愿君常有惊人作，好教老夫灯下瞧。
One the New Photo of a Lady Friend
on Facebook 20170420
Like a red flower in green leaves, you are such a beauty
In the spring breeze a free and leisured life you enjoy
Your poetic charm flows at the tip of your brush,
Your literary sentiment to the heavens does rush
On the screen I see the southern land thousands of miles away
We occasionally laugh and ponder while discussing poetry
May you often have amazing works done
So that I can read them under the lamp for fun
题出墙之花 20170430 20190123 改
我家红蕊出墙头，破落之庭莫肯留。老叟穷酸名不第，嫦娥窈窕影空修。
独居异地三餐饭，自缚他乡两去愁。待到此身成骨烬，魂飘四宇任悠游。
On the Flowers Protruding through
the Fence 20170430 20190123
My home's red flowers peek out of the fence
The dilapidated courtyard won't keep them thence
Old, poor and unaccomplished is the house’s master
Vain is my meditation about the graceful Chang’E
Alone in a distant land, three meals a day is all I care
Tied to a remote place, I am in a dilemmatic snare
Wait till to ashes and dust my body turns
My soul will roam freely in the four directions
无题 20170509
远在天边可微信，近在咫尺难相通。隔岸共饮一江水，欲渡无舟烟波横。
携卷移樽思求教，寺门徒叩不燃灯。湖月镜花常入梦，星河寂寥雁孤鸣。
Title-less 20170509
Though far apart, people can communicate via WeChat
Yet though you are close at hand, we can't each other connect
We drink from the same river separating two banks
But no ferry boat can carry us across the misty waves
Carrying a book and a cup of wine closer, I seek your
instruction
But the doors of the unlit temple I knock in vain
In dreams I often see reflections of flowers and the moon
While the starry river is silent and the wild goose cries alone
题美女郊游照 20170521 2019改
陌上谁家美艳娘。桃红敷面发丝长。霓冠翠盖云霞伴，沅芷湘兰玉璧藏。
目视青春常驻色，心思裙带总飘香。君如识我相知意，把酒天台宴客郎。
Pretty Girls in an Outing
20170521, 2019 revised
Behold the beauty afield, whose daughter is she?
Her cheeks rouge, her long hair fair
Colors of nature and rosy clouds in company
Like fine jade hidden by fragrant weeds she is there
My eyes peep at her forever youthful countenance
My heart follows her skirt that scatters fragrance
Oh , maid, If thou knowest my desire to befriend thee
Please hold a wine feast at the fairy terrace for me
题高中同学遛鸟照 20170521
高中同学以遛鸟视频于微信索句，勉强为之。
京城老炮余几何？说不少来也不多。此有荆爷是一份，提笼架鸟乐呵呵。
参透人生苦和甜，凤凰涅磐新生活*。绕膝欢跳小孙女，提笔挥洒大气魄。
呼朋唤友邀故旧，煮茶品茗尝新馍。香车宝马不上眼，出门偏爱小摩托。
今日索句无所赠，信口胡诌交功课。我乃江郎才已尽，不似当年延寿窝。
只愿弟兄能共老，平安是福求稳妥。暮色夕阳正潇洒，与君共唱大风歌。
*他们两口子都是非典幸存者。
On the Photo of an Old Beijing
Friend Strolling with a Caged Bird
20170521
How many veterans are left in Beijing?
Not many, but not too few either
Here's Grandpa Jing, one of them
Joyfully carrying his bird cage tither
He knows well life's bitter-sweetness
A phoenix-like rebirth gave him a new lease*
He enjoys the little granddaughter's company
In unrestrained style he writes calligraphy
Inviting friends to his house occasionally
He serves buns of new grain and brews them tea
He's not interested in luxury vehicle
But prefers a scooter when out he does go
Being asked for a poem, I have nothing to offer
Just this piece as a pupil's homework
My talent has faded after so many years
It differs from when we were in the village
I only wish we could grow old together
Life for us could be safe and secure
As the dusk sets, the sun is prettier
Let's sing the Song of Wind together**
*Both Jing and his wife are SARS survivors
** Song of the Wind, by Emperor LIU Bang
语言日忆旧 20170522
去年那日此驿中，淑女比肩笑靥盈。暖暖春风今又是，青花览遍少一瓶。
Recalling the Last Year’s Language
Day 20170522
On that day of yesteryear at this station
A fair lady, nearby, smile brimming on her face
Today blows the warm winds of germination
But of all the blue flowers, one has left without trace
题寒山雪霁图 20170707
寒山一片雪茫茫，枝头树叶尽落光。人生足迹亦如是，不过世间走一场。
声名利禄身外物，美景良辰草上霜。百年不过白驹隙，试问何与日月长？
On a Painting of Mountain after
Snow 20170707
Snow covers the vast cold mountain
Leaves from trees have all fallen
This is the same as human footprints
They come to the world, then return
Not part of our body, fame and fortune
Frost on grass, the good time and pretty scene
A century is but a gap a horse jumps across
What can live longer than the sun and the moon?
题自画老无所依漫画 20170720
命如风帆浮波浪，逐流入海过大洋。少小离家老大回，枯木无花发苍苍。
隔江遥望高楼起，岸芷汀兰旧模样。物是人非天地换，古月依然照长江。
On My Self-portrait of Being Old
Helplessly 20170720
My life was a sail floating on the waves
It crossed the ocean when flowing to the sea
Leaving young and returning an old man
The grey hair now befriends a mere dead tree
Beyond the river sky scrapers rise high
The grass are the same as in days gone-by
My old acquaintances have gone yonder
An ancient moon still shines on the river
题野喇叭花 20170728
窗外又见喇叭开，不种不养兀自来。自叹弗如野生草，他乡经年根不栽。
故土渐薄回植难，旧日情愫枕边哀。怜汝能堪篱下寄，留待秋后再制裁。
On the Blooming Flower
20170728
Here blooms the Scarlett O'Hara Pink under my window
Not planted nor invited, she is not my favored show
Yet I lament that I am inferior to the wild plant
Here, after 20 years, I still roam rootless around
The soil back home is gradually turning thin
At pillow-side, feelings past are but bitter grin
I pity your courage of living under other's roof
I will let you live to autumn and then you remove
静水 20170729
静水投石无微澜，宜将妄念放一边。芸芸众生皆有隔，星汉相逢但凭缘。
月貌花容为悦己，旁人过客皆无关。无有马良神来笔，丹青只做壁上观。
Still Water 20170729
When still water gives no ripple as you cast a stone
It's a sign that your fancy ideas should be left alone
All souls of the multitude themselves in shells tuck
Crossing orbits in the universe is a sheer piece of luck
Beauty as beauty is, it is for none other than the lover
It's none of the business for outsiders whatever
Without the magic brush Ma Liang used to give life to all
A painting is nothing but a piece of paper on the wall
思归 20170729
工作越来越复繁，老夫只想归田园。同乡同岁皆享乐，独我异域把活干。
算算社保也该够，莫上天堂留下钱。回望神州河山好，人生能有几回玩？
Thinking of Returning 20170729
Work has more and more complication
This old guy just wants to return to the garden
Same age folks are all enjoying life
I alone overseas am doing 8 to 5
My social security seems already enough
Don’t I leave a lot when exhaling the last puff
Looking back I see a splendid magic country
In one’s life, how many chances can one play
题网友山居夜照 20170812， 2018 改
夜冷嫦娥返月庭，空留明灭几钉星。鸣蝉琴挂酣眠去，蟋蟀犹闻颂晚经。
On a Photo of a Friend’s House at
Night 20170812， 2018 revised
Night turning chilly, Lady Luna returned to her palace
Leaving behind some twinkling stars in the sky
Tired, cicadas have put away their harps to sleep
Crickets are heard chanting late sutras nearby
题网友山居照 20170812 2018 改
池边野草绽花黄，碧水锦鳞桥下藏。楼宇庭园秋色好，南安慕煞杜丽娘。
On a Photo of a Friend’s Mountain
House 20170812, 2018 revised
By the pond bloom wild flowers of color golden
Under the bridge goldfish swim in water green
The fenced villa enjoys a nice autumn scene
Eclipsing that of Lady Du's spring garden
西江月-题网友城居照 20170814
天际霓霞在望，凭窗风过犹惊，黑纱蔽日万千层，楼自岿然笃定。
莫道世唯人贵，谁云万物无情？历山顶上换青冥，悲喜自然随性。
On a Photo of Friend’s Building 20170814
Rosy clouds at horizon
Surprising wind by the window
The sun is wrapped in black gauze thick
Buildings stand aloof
Blame not the snobbish world
Who says things are feelingless?
Sky changes over the Lishan Mountain*
Nature decides sadness or happiness
*In Jinan city, Shangdong Province
题网友山居照 20170819
一山苍翠闭家门，满院清幽锁静村。看雾观云风起意，挥毫蘸墨色销魂。
隔空看画知佳艺，越海吟诗见笔痕。憾未相逢华夏地，西窗共剪并移樽。
On the Photo of a Friend’s Mountain
House 20170819
In the verdant mountains her home gates are closed
Locking a quiet villa in the seclusion of the yard
Wind inspires poem writing amid mists and clouds
Colorful inky brushes demonstrate a soul of art
I learn of her wonderful skills from her paintings online
Her poems the ocean yonder let me see a writer’s heart
What a pity that we did not cross paths in the land of mine
And trimmed candle together while seeking your teachings fine
蒙特雷咏叹调 20170825
背山一座城，面海总临风。四季无冬夏，海水冷冰冰。
居此十八载，望洋常伶仃。烦琐催人老，转瞬白发生。
Monterey 20170825
This city against a hill
Is often brushed by wind from the sea
Whose water is icy cold
There are no winter nor summer to see
For 18 years I have lived here
Oft I stand facing the sea alone
Vexing and trivial matters quicken my years
In a split second white hair has grown
骑车过西塞府衙见路边花 20170819
西塞府衙前，寂寞开无主。已是初秋香犹在，底事飘晨露？
岂欲蕊常鲜，岁月难留驻。美艳无缘邀相顾，但与风云处。
Seeing Flower When Biking past
Seaside City Hall 20170819
A bush is blooming alone
On the lawn of city hall
Strange that petals scatter in the morning dew
While fragrance lingers in early fall
I’m not for constant freshness
How can time be kept from moving on?
If beauty can’t be my companion
With wind and clouds I get along
望月 20170819
月儿弯弯照美国，阴阳交错一刹那。宇宙大千界外界，星云灿烂河中河。
骚人问天天不语，霞客描地地难摹。傻对青冥放狂想，只为夜风荡清波。
Watching the Moon 20170819
Above America is a crescent moon
Ying and Yang change in a few ksanas
The universe is housed by another one
The Milk Way is part of a group of stars
Heaven replied not to Qu Yuan's questioning
Earth is more than what Xu Xiake put in writing
Foolishly I let my thought run wild under the sky
Because of the nightly breeze that passes by
题网友画 20170901
晨起无心画娥眉，丹青调好写春归。风飘落蕊红艳洒，月照横桥乱絮飞。
花散一屏伞难挡，愁飘万绪客不回。寄情山水心思远，写意诗行志崔嵬。
On a Friend’s Painting 20170901
No mood to dress up in the morning
She prepared palette for the return of spring
Red petals fall and scatter here and there
The bridge in moon light sees flying catkins fair
An umbrella can hardly fend off the falling flower
That carries sorrows of a forever roamer
The painting conveys thoughts traveling far
The poem expresses ideas brilliant as the star
月华初升 20170906
月华初升如金盘，伶仃一轮挂天边。升到中天金变银，流光溢彩寰宇间。
玉兔皎洁嫦娥美，英姿压倒众星惭。不问地球兴衰事，自管盈亏年复年。
As the Moon Ascends 20170906
As the moon ascends it resembles a
golden disk
Alone by itself it hangs in the edge
of the sky
As it reaches the zenith the gold
turns into silver
Over the universe streaming its
brilliant light
The jade rabbit is cleanly bright
and the Moon Lady pretty
The moon surpasses all the stars in
beauty
It does not care about the events on
the earth
Only keeps growing and waning year
after year
自叹人生 20170913
生于黄鹤长于北，十载戎装故土违。卸甲形同无家别，寄人篱下一须眉。
星移斗转沧桑变，人事山河具已非。而今天命不得知，四顾彷徨百峰迴。
乘桴海外佳人少，或为人妇或隔辈。日见吴娃浣纱在，凭窗只慕竹林归
不奢举案相敬老，话雨西窗亦难为。但得花前月下飲，不枉与君逢一回。
Lamenting My Life 20170913
Born in the south but growing up in the north
I, an enlisted, was away from home for ten years,
Removing my armor feels like being homeless
I lived under the roof someone else
With the turning of stars the world changes,
People and the landscape are not same as before
And today, I have no idea of my fate,
I wander aimlessly among the hundreds of peaks
There are few beautiful women riding on a raft overseas,
some already married, some a generation apart
Every day I see Wu Wa washing silk,
and by the window I long for her return to the bamboo forest
I don't have the luxury of raising a table to honor the old man,
nor is it easy to talk about the rain outside the west window
But if I could drink under the moon before the flowers,
it would be worth our meeting
微信宣言书 20170917
诗书画戏非此不语，人生苦短琐碎休提。风过无声雨过无迹，山空云渺心向菩提。
往事滔滔大江东去，谁称风流面对赤壁。勾心斗角殚精竭虑，皮囊耗尽无非空气。
The Declaration of WeChat 20170917
I talk nothing but poetry, books, paintings and plays
Life is short why bother with the insignificant?
Wind leaves no sound nor rain its trace
I desire bhodi in distant clouds and mountains vacant
The past rolls on like river waters in a race
Before the Red Cliff, to claim a hero are you so blatant?
Competition is like wasting time in a maze
Exhausting you for nothing, and making you decadent
见茴香梅开二度 20170920
穷街陋巷舍寒家，未料胡音几度哗。野草方因枯夏死，茴香又放二重花。
平明懒起晨炊备，漏夜频觉乱梦查。问遍周公常不语，天机岂可泄愚蛙。
The Second Blooming of Fennel
20170920
In
the poor neighborhood my humble house stands
Never
expecting the frequency of the strange noise
Wild
grasses just died from the summer drought
For
the second time fennel bloomed in graceful poise
At
dawn, to rise preparing the breakfast I’m too lazy
At
night, I often wake to analyze my tangled dreams
I
ask the Duke of Zhou but he never answers me
How
can a foolish frog be told the secrets heavenly
见下玄月 20170923
秋分海上月如舟，玉兔又登南岭头，赏雨听风消永夜，挥毫拟句赋新愁。
生娃应似伯喈女，养子不求百户侯。艺冶文陶思大事，鸡零狗碎笑杞忧。
On Autumnal Equinox 20170923
On autumnal equinox the moon over the sea is like a boat
The Jade Rabbit again climbs up the south hill’s road
I spent the long night enjoying the rain and the wind
And write verses to express my fresh sorrows entwined
A daughter born should possess literary talents
A son born should stay way from power
Study literature and art and think about important things
Do not be laughed at for concerning trivial matters
读网友画 20170924
危崖万仞举平川，咫尺见方可坐禅。绿柏将军护左右，白云绶带挂前山。
空谷浩然浮正气，苍冥广渺运浑天。宇宙玄机非易解，人生懊恼理更难。
On a Painting of Mountain Scene
20170924
The precipitous cliff ends with a
flat top
Though not big, for meditating Zen
is enough
The Generals of Pine trees guard on
left and right
Before the cliff like silk ribbons
hang clouds white
The lofty vacant vale is filled with
air righteous
The vast blue sky sees the operation
of the universe
The mysteries of the universe is
hard to decipher
Human worries are incomprehensible even more
咏宝玉乞梅 20170926
雪压冬霭絮纷飞，大地微微冷气吹。槛外纷纭淞挂树，寒中凛冽蕊开梅。
痴求俗愿希明意，体恤佛心盼启扉。等到阳春消息近，欣然奉汝做花魁。
About Jia Baoyu Begging for Red Plum
Flower 20170926
Snow weighs down clouds and then fall profusely
Gently cold air blows close to the ground
Outside the gates, icicles hang on trees
In bitter cold, plum trees bloom bravely
Hoping his worldly wish could be understood
He wishes the doors be opened with merciful heart
When it is known that spring is not far
She will be honored as the master of flowers
读微信钟雨菲小朋友松竹圆月山居图作 20170930
松竹兰芷对楼眠，一壑云涛万仞山。野客他乡愁月夜，嫦娥宫里展秋颜。
高天才捧一轮起，普世便抬万目观。祈盼人间花月好，家家户户共婵娟。
On the Painting of Zhong Yufei’s
“Pines, Bamboo, and Full Moon in a Mountain Dwelling” on WeChat 20170930
Pines, bamboo, orchids, and fragrant herbs doze off with the tower?
A gorge of cloud waves, peaks ten thousand fathoms soar?
A wanderer abroad grieves beneath the moonlit sky?
Chang’E shows her autumn face in the Moon Palace high
From the high dome, right after a bright disk is presented?
The whole world lifts its eyes to gaze at the splendid?
I pray that flowers and moonlight bless all human beings?
That every home may share this radiant beauty in the evenings
月亮按时圆，升起在东山。照亮一片海，点缀一方天。今日天上月，万姓仰头看。
月则不解意，自顾自娇艳。邀月饮夜酒，心诚却徒然。供月以百果，最后还自餐。
月宫无嫦娥，桂树何人砍？玉兔在底处？皆是神话传。唯有月饼在，色香味俱全。
月色亦不虚，中外皆灿然。中庭置月宴，欢乐在人间。月既不解饮，让它晾一边。
待月升中天，孑孑不忍看。相伴几颗星，嫉妒人团圆。
谈读书 20171004
人生苦短好书多，朝闻道夕可不活。非因济世求奇巧，愿为他舟做江河。
人云卿当写己事，我说何必添糟粕。千言万语过目忘，犹如酒肉穿肠过。
On Reading Book 20171004
Life is short, yet there is no end of good books
Truth heard at dawn, I can die at dusk, no regrettable looks
I read not for seeking clever craft to help society
But to serve as a river for other's boat journey
People say, You should write something of yourself
But I reply, Why add garbage to worthless stuff
A thousand words seen will soon be forgotten,
Like wine and meat passing the guts after being eaten
卜算子--去上海赴大学同学聚会 20171007
万里赴戎机，铁辇平明至。闸北宋园杯盏交，正是天高日。
解甲几十秋，黑发逐时逝，唯有此心犹未衰，久远情谊挚。
Classmate Reunion in Shanghai 20171007
It was a long trip for this reunion
I arrived in the morning by train
Cups and dishes in the Song Garden
As the sun of high noon did brightly shine
Several decades after demobilization
Black hair has gone into degeneration
Still young this heart does remain
Long and sincere friendship the years deepen
八月十七，月亮开始扁了。做诗一首：20171008
今日嫦娥始减肥，先学飞燕再杨妃。年华我叹非如月，一旦流失不可追。
The Waning of the Moon 20171008
The moon-lady today began to lose weight
To be the thin beauty first and then back to her old state
I lament time that is not like the moon
Once lost, it never comes back to the old date
过城中湖 20171009
秋日艳阳暖，良禽戏水忙。柳摇青草岸，波闪碧湖光。
闲看涟漪舞，幽闻蕙草香。游人心寂寥，好景在他乡。
Passing a Lake in
Downtown 20171009
Warm is the autumn sun
Water birds have fun
Willows sway on the bank
Wavelets flash with light
Leisurely I watch ripples
dance
And smell the faint grass
fragrance
My heart is filled with
loneliness
Such nice scenes are away from
home
长沙 20171023
独立清秋，北去湘江，橘子岛腰。看麓山霾掩，楼林皆染，芙蓉失色，颗粒悬飘。 大道车流，熙熙攘攘，尽向湘天废气抛。全非是，旧时般模样，屋矮天高。
曾经羁旅亲邀，亦同是寒天落叶凋。踏麓山滑径，苔青石冷，红枫飒飒，百态妖娆。 书院晨临，山亭晚爱，寺叹青尼容貌娇。而今老，路头观峰远，体力难消。
Changsha 20171023
In the autumn I stand alone
In the middle of the Orange Isle
The Xiangjiang River flows north
Yuelu mountain is hidden by smog
Fading the colors of this land
With particles floating in air
Traffic on roads is heavy and dense
Sending exhaust to the heaven
All has changed
The old Hunan once with
Low houses under an unreachable sky
Once on trip passing I was invited by relatives
In the same cold season of falling leaves
Walking on slippery trails of Lushan hill
I saw moss covering cold rocks
And red maples blazing beautifully
What an amazing landscape
I visited the ancient school house in the morning
And loved the pavilion at dusk
At the temple, I pitied the young age of pretty nuns
Now I am old
From the city road, the peak looms far
Beyond the reach of my strength
回国 201710xx
天高日暖辞金州，瑟瑟秋风楚汉游。凌乱心思难理解，迷茫歧路更烦愁。
幺蛾叵料川瀑策，铁腕钢强习近筹。欲问花旗国政事，何如把盏话神州。
Visiting China 201710xx
Under high skies and
warm sun, I bid farewell to the Golden State,
In ancient Chu and Han country brisk autumn wind sees my roaming gait
My tangled thoughts defy all reasonable minds to understand
Confusion doubles in the foggy and forky roads of the land
Surprisingly, a river has many unexpected policy waterfalls
Fending them off, the iron-fisted guy builds his Great Walls
To ask of politics in the flowery flag land across the ocean
Better to lift a cup and chat about the country of magician
夜梦 201710xx
夜梦杂糅故事长， 醒来欲书不成行。 卧听窗外凄凉雨， 扯断珠帘捣碎肠。
Night Dream 201710xx
A long story was told
by night dreams interwoven
Waking up, I wanted to write them down in vain
Lying in bed I listened to the miserable window-side rain
That broke my heart like a broken beaded curtain
Walk in the Street
201710xx
街市行走乱糟糟， 高楼璧立铅云碉。 左右横斜四下看， 人来人往非我曹。
思想未来好恐惧， 终将教鞭身后抛。 彼时一个猥琐佬， 徒把诗书灯下瞧。
Walk in the Street
201710xx
I walk in the chaotic
markets and streets
Many a high-rise under grey clouds me greets
I eye in all directions throngs around me
In passers-by acquaintances I do not see
Thinking of future I am scared to death
Someday I will exhaust my lecturer’s breath
Then I will be a mere good-for-nothing
Under a lamp in useless books engaging
武昌四美塘街头公园散步 20171021
一塘碧水映天红，懒懒秋荷静卧中。岸柳欲留夕照日，余辉怎奈抹墙浓。
Walking in the
Simeitang Park in Wuchang 20171027
Walking around
Four-Beauty Pond Street Park
The green pond
reflects a rosy afternoon sky
In quietude autumn lotus plants lazily lie
The bank willows want to keep the setting sun
The murals painted in its last rays are already done
凌晨闻哀乐作 20171022
卧躺江边枕涛声，平明忽闻哀乐鸣。绵绵悠悠寄思念，似怨未尽无限情。
惊扰四邻莫闲吵，生老病死是人生。他日撒手西归处，可有知音吹箫笙？
Hearing Funeral Music
20171022
Hearing Funeral Music
in Small Hours
Sleeping by the river,
I used the sound of waves as my pillow
Near daybreak I suddenly heard music for a funeral
The lingering tunes embodied much thought remembering
As if it could never exhaust the folks’ fond feeling
It is noisy indeed but neighbors, please do not complain
Sickness and death are all the flesh’s inevitable lane
I wonder someday when it is my time to go
My farewell trumpet will someone there blow?
去江西 20171023
赣浙闽地正暖秋，一路行来风光秀。丘陵起伏皆葱郁，农舍高矮尽小楼。
畦畦秧苗黄中绿，片片水域清且透。偶见老屋四五间，且为游人铲下留。
Trip to Jiangxi 20171023
In autumn’s warmth,
Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Fujian glow,
I travel by train, where beauty seems to flow
The hills rise and
fall, in a green embrace,
While villages stand with charm and grace
Yellow and green paint
fields so wide,
Where neat rows of crops in harmony reside
Clear ponds reflect
the sky’s serene gleam,
And ancient houses stand as if from a dream
Preserved through
time, they silently await,
For tourists to visit, and marvel at fate
到上饶 20171024
初进上饶时光倒，四十年前涧河桥。楼墙斑驳目凌乱，街巷人稀车量少。
信江一水穿城过，云碧一山添妖娆。何求摩天大厦起，不必霓虹夸富豪。
四省交界风光在。绿水青山自是宝。无烟工业待发展，更需行政好协调。
Arriving at Shangrao 20171024
When entering Shangrao I felt a step
back in time
In Luoyang forty years ago when I
was in my prime
Dilapidated buildings
made a chaotic scene
Deserted streets had
sparse traffic in between
Through the city the
Xinjiang River did flow
Clouds add some charm
to the green mountain view
Indeed there is no
need for tall buildings to rise
Nor do people need the
wealth-bragging neo lights
The hub of four
provinces boasts natural beauty
Green waters and
mountains are inherently wealthy
Smokeless industry
there has room to develop well
Administrative
coordination will make the area sell
骑车武汉 20171027
铁马江城晚日斜，隔江黄鹤似宮阙。青黄二水新龙庙，宽窄三截老市街。
首入海关温埠史，重行江岸步长阶。零星旧事皆如梦，称此故乡强勉些。
Riding in Wuhan 20171027
As the setting sun
slants over the river city I ride my bike
The Yellow Crane Tower
across the river looks palace-like
The Yangtze and Han
River meet at the face-lifted Dragon Temple
The old market streets
are alternatively wide and narrow
My virgin visit to the
Customs Museum teaches me history
I again walk along the
Hankou Bund to refresh memory
Scattered pieces of
the past are like a dream so elusive
Calling this city my
hometown is not so persuasive
近重阳 20171027
满城风雨近重阳，败叶摧花万物伤。独守穷庐心惨淡，愁拾菊瓣意迷茫。
封笺漏夜羞失态，忆字平明愧钝狂。对镜白头惭李杜，还应陋巷自谋章。
Approaching the Double 9th
Festival 20171027
Close to the Double Ninth Day
Leaves, flowers and else
decay
In shabby house I alone sadly
stay
Picking mum petals in confused
dismay
Sealing an email at night I am
shy
Reviewing the mad words at dawn I
regret
I feel ashamed of my mirrored hair
white
Knowing I should keep to my writing
instead
去上海同学会 20171106
秋深夜来早，背井上路遥。此去东方浦江头，千里赴琼瑶。
明朝梦醒处，故地彤云晓。宋园阁上话旧时，应是情未了。
Trip to Shanghai 20171106
Night fell early in deep autumn
I embarked on a long journey
To where the Huangpu joins the sea
A thousand miles for a party
When I wake up tomorrow morning
The old place should in rosy clouds strong
Recalling the past in the Song Garden restaurant
Our feelings should still be long
游武汉江滩 20171110
去年此月芦苇中，同游娥皇与女英。女英不知何处去，娥皇依旧人伶仃。
朋友本是缘分侣，各循各命各自行。秋花秋草非昨日，滚滚长江去不停。
Touring the Wuhan Bund 20171110
Last
year this month, amidst the reeds
I
wandered with Ehuang and Nüying
I
do not know where Nüying has gone
Ehuang
by herself is still living
Friends
are originally companions by luck
Each
follows their own destiny and road
This
fall’s flowers and grasses are not those before
The
mighty Yangtze does not her flow hold
题网友房照 20171119
傲拥南岭房一座，秋叶春花自婀娜。工闲驱辇避闹市，茶毕谋诗吟山阿。
池翠依栏鱼朝拜，风清临户雁横歌。婵娟窥牖无眠日，更向妆台试绮罗。
On the Photo of the House of an
Online Friend 20171119
Proudly she owes a house in the southern hill
Among the beautiful spring flowers and autumn leaves
After work she drives there to avoid urban noise
Drinking tea she composes poems, embraced by the hills
Leaning on the rail of a green pond she receives her golden fish
When wind coms she listens to the cries of flying geese
Sleepless when the moon into the window peeps
At the dressing table she tries her fine dresses
假想六十登黄鹤楼戏改王之涣 20171119
白日依山尽，长江入海流。秋高临汉埠，暮重上名楼。
事莫强为难，学应老病休。悠游凭脚健，名利不长留。
Imagined Climbing of Yellow Crane
Tower at Age 60 20171119
The white sun sets down behind
hills
The Yangtze River flows to the sea
Coming to Wuhan in the fair autumn
I mount this famous tower in admiration
One should not force oneself to do things
When old or sick, one should quit study
When legs are strong one should travel far
Fame and fortune do not always last
戏题山水画虚构叙事诗 20171121
曾经插队到此山，与世隔绝两重天。刀耕火种强糊口，日入而息缘无电。
夏收小麦大半交。冬来还要修梯田。书记动员扎根久，京城忽有大讯传。
说是粉碎四人帮，百废待兴赖青年。油灯夜挑温旧课，开春榜上题孝廉。
辞别农村登前途，寒窗苦读有七年。勤学用功得青睐，毕业留校执教鞭。
数年遭遇风云变，乘桴出海美利坚。屈指二十春秋过，对镜鹤发又鸡颜。
虽置寒庐于陋巷，花甲之年形影单。经书不理学荒废，菜蔬不种园壤干。
早出晚归家政疏，迷Q恋微镜花缘。远交近疏朋友寡，老牛破车出行难。
上班下班都一样，每日三点成一线。眼看暮年行将至，穷思无计茫茫然。
A Fictional Narrative Poem Composed
upon Seeing a Mountain Landscaping Brush Painting 20171121
Once I was sent to rural work in this mountain,
From the world I seemed to be living in isolation
Life was harsh, relying on slash-and-burn farming
Went to bed at sunset because there was no lighting
Most of the wheat harvested in summer was turned in
When winter came, the terraces had to be fixed again
The Party chief urged us to settle down on long term basis
But from Beijing a shocking news was thrown upon our
faces
It said that the Party had smashed the Gang of Four
The messy country needed talented youth more and more
By the oil lamp at night, I reviewed my old school lesson
Coming next spring, my name appeared on bulletin of
admission
I bid farewell to the countryside to pursue my future
Studying diligently by the cold window for six plus one year
Hard work and dedication earned me the favor of the school
They offered me a dormitory and a lecturer's stool
After several years, storms came that disturbed my peace
To the continent of North America I went overseas
Counting now I have passed twenty springs apace
I see gray hair in the mirror and a weathered face
Although I have a humble home in a narrow alley,
I live alone approaching the age of sixty
I neglect the classics and my scholar's role
I cultivate nothing and wasted my garden soil
I leave home early and return late, neglecting household chore
Becoming addicted to QQ and WeChat to seek flowers in mirror
I make distant friends and have few local ones
For going out my old and shabby car hardly runs
Going to work and coming home is always the same
Three dots making one line is my daily game
I see my twilight years approaching soon
Racking my brain brings no solution,
雨夜梦故人 20171127
夜来风雨似狂鞭，竖打横抽扯裂天。搅醒酣眠奇特梦，擎来故旧莫名还。
音容以往何曾老，人事全非已尽缘。一刹鹄鸿分秒现，英姿窈窕又从前。
Dreaming an Old Friend in a Rainy
Night 20171127
The nightly wind and rain whips hard
Beating around tearing the sky apart
They wake me up from a strange dream
Whence an acquaintance weirdly came
She looked young as in bygone days
Changes have put us on different ways
The spring of Dove suddenly came to life
I saw the fair girl of the old time
蒙特雷高地望月 20171203
今夜月如十五明，粼光片片海波荧。高天浩浩长风送，远岸点点灯火明。
白日秋花犹自开，夜来松柏带风鸣。圣诞花灯独向晚，路行唯有一老翁。
Looking at the Moon from Presidio of
Monterey 20171203
The moon tonight is brighter than
the mid autumn day
Glistening wavelets dance on the sea
Streams of wind travel in the vaulted sky
Across the bay are thousands of lights bright
Autumn flowers bloom themselves during the day
Pines trees sing harmoniously with wind at night|
A Christmas tree lights up in this deserted night
Only an old man walks in this sentimental sight
晨醒陋室见窗外月2017125
隔帘月色似水切，猴子卧床欲捞些。出手空堂凉似铁，婵娟媚眼为谁斜？
Seeing the Moon at Waking Up at Dawn
2017125
Seeing the Moon from the Window
of My Shabby Room
Moonlight is like water outside the
window
From the bed, a monkey wants to scoop up some
His arm out feels the chilly empty room
The Moon Lady makes eyes, he wonders to whom
蒙特雷渔人码头赏月 20171205
海波熠熠月流光，清风拂面圣乐扬。落寞码头人迹杳，无聊海兽咽声苍。
售粥美女犹班上，过路行人亦味尝。满目秋色无意赏，国王高地少西厢。
Watching the Moon at Fishermen’s
Wharf 20171205
Moon light flows on the flickering
sea
Fresh winds brushes my face while holy songs play
Sparse are the human traces on the lonely wharf
The bored sea beasts bark coarsely from the bay
The chowder girls are still on their late shifts
Offering samples that on plates lay
The late autumn scene I have no mood to enjoy
There is no West Chamber on the Mount Rey
街头望月 20171209
半轮惨月隐云楼，似有难言满腹愁。岁末犹因杂事累，工余每为一情纠。
红霓缥缈今迎面，绿水波激复丧幽。寂寞空庭肠欲断，托鱼付雁却无由。
Watching the Moon from Street 20171209
Half moon, sadly, hid among towers
of clouds
Seemed to be laden with too much sorrow
At year end I am still burdened with chores
Off hours my heart is entangled with woe
Flimsy red clouds today came in sight
Disturbing tranquil water with the glow
Heart wrenching is my empty yard
To send a word I’ve no reason to go
岁末挂灯 20171210
人家灯众炫于院，我舍灯稀挂一窗。赤艳灼灼惊夜色，红晕漫漫映白墙。
空宅寂寞权为伴，穴室宵寒且暖房。待到迎新钟撞响，跟随绚烂是凄凉，
Decorative Lights End of the
Year 20171210
Neighbors have many lights in the yard
A few of mine by the window
Shiny red color shocks the night
On white walls spreads the red glow
In the lonely house they might accompany me
Their lights warm up my cave in nights cold
After the bell of New Year's tolled
Brilliance gone, stays the sadness old
鼠窜 20171210
小耗子，上灯台，躲进夹缝悠哉哉。身材不足方寸许，噬豆偷粮一能才。
游走边缘倏忽现，投它忌器我发呆。人鼠之间或相惜，陋室无有梁君来。
Mouse Running
Around 20171210
Onto the candle table jumped a little mouse
In between things enjoying a pleasurable place
About one inch is her tiny little body
But a great talent in the food stealing race
Like lightening he cruises along the edges
Protected by an easily breakable maze
Maybe friendship should be of mice and men
A shabby house doesn’t invite a thief then
渔人码头观灯船 20171211
月照水波灯溢彩，疑为此刻到秦淮。旧朝歌女知不在，为思故土上楼台。
Watching Lighted Boats from
Fishermen’s Wharf 20171211
Colorful lights shine over moon-lit
water
Making me think I were on Qinhuai
River
I know old days’ courtesans are
not there
Missing homeland I come here
however
老马夫思春 20171212
角声哽咽报更残，军帐堆愁倚厩栏。面海观山无翠色，追昔忆往有心寒。
飞驹过隙逾花甲，屈指数年少室欢。莫道瑶姬花月貌，神峰岂可缔俦鸾？
Stable Man Thinks of Spring 20171212
The choking bugle notes the
passing of night serene
By the sorrowful army tent I
lean on the stable railing
Across the bay I gaze upon the
mountains not so green
It chills my heart, the past
recalling
Time flies by, and I've passed
sixty;
My past green years, how little was
the fun
Do not praise the Wushan Lady’s
beauty
The Goddess Rock is the wife of
none
虚构入山访居士 20171212
与君同日不同庚，携酒西来翠茗烹。踏雾攀云禅友觅，烧柴煮果法莲评。
春潮玉指拨弦涌，瑞鸟清喉颂偈鸣。醉到三更乘月去，不知何日再山行。
Imagined Visit to a Mountain
Hermit 20171212
Our birthdates are the same, but of
different years
Carrying wine I came to the west some green tea to
brew
Through mists and clouds I searched for the Zen friend
To discuss sutra while boiling tea
and savoring fruits
Spring tides surged as your jade fingers plucked
the strings
Auspicious birds sang
verses in clear voice
Drunk into midnight,
I rode the moon away
Not knowing
when would be our next meeting day
杀敌 20171212
敌兵三日未曾现，疑有军师帷幄间。忽见架头魑影动，原来屯驻秣仓边。
一磅陈粮挖地道，小妖足够赖一年。怒从心起拔刀向，血溅萧墙丧九泉。
Killing Rats 20171212
For three days the enemy didn't show up for the trap
I suspect he now has a master strategist
Suddenly a ghostly shadow was seen moving on the shelf
It turned out that there by the food was his camp
Out of one pound of stale flour a hole was dug
The supply was enough for him to sustain a year
My heart burst with anger, I drew a knife at the guy
Smearing the wall with his blood I sent him to die
闺怨 20171215
垂泪红烛伴菱花，三年夫婿未回家。空堂独守多嗟叹，琴瑟常悬少拭擦。
冷榻难眠因梦扰，晨妆不理为无他。无聊过客如相问，怨妇封门日纺麻。
Lady’s Woe 20171215
Tears, red candle and mirror
Three years her bubby did not
return
She sighs a lot alone in the empty
house
Her harp hangs in dust and is not
clean
Sleepless on cold bed disturbed by
dreams
No morning makeup for he is not
seen
If trouble
makers should come to seduce her
She works on her
loom to shut her in
过某豪宅 20171215
结庐翠柏间，绿叶覆青山。夕照穿林过，斜晖落海边。
此庐非我户，我户在海边。我海非此海，富贫两个天。
Passing a Nice House
20171215
A house is built among pine
trees
Hills covered with green
leaves
Late sun shines through woods
Upon the surface of the sea
This house is not mine
Mine is close to seashore
My sea is not this one
We are worlds apart, rich and
poor
为同事处理杂物有感 20171217
窈窕淑女赴他乡，临行托付守柜箱。大包小包车将来，名牌绚丽目琳琅。
一去数载消息少，行李冷落蒙尘霜。昨日托书言捐弃，翻箱倒箧我惊惶：
绸缎绫罗端的好，忍教嘉物付他方？奈何此处无所用，老夫无伴无姑娘。
将身来在同僚旁，借问谁可接罗裳？借花献佛佛佑我，不必另行烧高香。
Handling Stuff Left By a
Colleague 20171217
A fair lady left here for a place
far
Entrusting to me her
possessions
Big and small bags she brought
in
Famous brand names dazzled my
eyes
Years passed since her
departure
Her stuff is dust covered all
over
Yesterday a message came to
disown
Her things that on inspection
surprised me
Nice are the materials of her dresses
How can I simply donate them to
charity
But I myself have no use for these
things
I have no wife nor female
offspring
So I went to see my colleagues
Asking if they could be
transferred
Borrowing a flower to present to
Buddha
I don’t have to burn incense for
Bodhisattva
夜游渔人码头看游船未果 20171217
忙里偷闲游码头，不见灯舟夜色游。淡淡腥咸扑鼻来，嘶哑爵乐带闲愁。
心寂遐念妇孺乐，腹空聊尝潮得粥。一弯灯月船头立，如何不想三姐刘？
Failed to See the Lighted Cruise in
Monterey Bay 20171217
Though busy, I visit the fishermen’s wharf
But can’t find the lighted boat cruising the bay
My nose sniffs puffs of thin fishy’nd salty air
Hoarse jazz music in sorrowful spell does play
My lonely heart craves for woman and children
My hunger leads me to the sample chowder tray
Above the water hang colorful lights and the moon
Where is the singer Sis Liu the Third, I say?
早起上班 20171218
东方翻起鱼肚来 ，老夫早起公交捱。寒舍只为眠一夜，梦里聊可依大槐。
潜意乾坤多万象，现实世界何苍白。了却一天繁琐事，星月回家沙里埋。
Going to Work in the
Morning 20171218
The fish belly appears in the east
This old man gets up for the bus to
work
His house is only for the nightly
sleep
An ants kingdom’s splendor he can
dream
In the unconscious the world is
multi-faceted
The world in reality is miserably
pale
After finishing the day’s many
chores
He returns in darkness to bury in
the sand
蜀滇桂鄂忆旧 20171219, 2018813改
入蜀穿滇送秀才，青城翠柏堰头苔。峨眉未访一生憾，海埂初来两水开。
阳朔游漓观立壁，荆襄拜羽敬高台。而今忆旧情非在，为赋新诗把律裁。
The Memories of Travelling in Four
Provinces 20171219, 2018813 revised
I once accompanied a bachelorette through the southwest
And visited the verdant Qingcheng Mount and Min River Project
Pity is it that we bypassed the magnificent mountain of Omei
To the Dianchi Lake for the first time I came as a guest
On Lijiang River we went to Yangshuo between high rising cliffs
In Jingzhou we paid homage to General Guanyu’s shrine
Recalling the past I am not loaded with fond emotion
I am just practicing versification for a poetic line
不知所云20171219
阶下乌衣鹊，栏台寂寞月。幽幽靓女魂，移步荷花榭。
眼底秋光冷，心中社稷裂。飘飘何所似，风雨一残叶。
Title-less 20171219
Black crows at the steps, resting
Cold moon at the railed veranda, hanging
A ghostly shadow of beauty with long hair
Moves on terrace by the lotus flowers fair
Scenes of autumn so sad in my eye
Homeland torn in my heart I sigh
What do I seem to be like, drifting
A decayed leaf in the rainy wind flying
梦里下乡20171220
半世漂泊又返村，白发犹是寡孤身。黄泥糊壁砖为炕，瓦缶陈炊荠做珍。
投粒推贤无我事，收粮列市亦他人。不知老朽能何用，或可垂髫授鸟文。
Dreaming of Returning to My Village
20171220
Half of my life passed, I returned to the village
My hair white, I’m still single at this old age
I sleep on brick bed, the walls only covered with mud
And cook in clay pots wild greens dug with a spud
Casting pebbles in election doesn’t concern me
To market the harvests the job of others it will be
What use can this old body be put to
Maybe teaching village kids how do you do
晨醒闻水声
20171220
梦里依稀水潺潺，醒来不晓睡哪端。离床开户窗边看，却是雨飞降霖甘。
檐上滴水填储桶，闻之犹似涌清泉。干时过去湿时到，小院将成百草园。
Hearing Water in the Morning
20171220
In dreams I hear the gurgling of a stream
Waking up I do not know I am in which room
I peep out as the window I do open
Oh, It has rained, the sweetness from heaven
Water from gutters fills full pale down
It is so similar to a spring’s surging sound
The dry season over, now comes the wet one
My yard will soon enjoy a full grown fun
蒙城夜降 20171221, 201843修改
蒙城夜降野如坟。黑幕早临愁绪紛。虽是耶稣欢乐季，奈何岁暮寡情云。
炉边谈晤天方事，榻上双眠老旧闻。世界如今成数码，焉知铺枕卧谁君？
Night Falls in
Monterey 20171221, 201843
The
fields are like graveyards as night falls in Monterey
Sad thoughts rise as early
dusk drives away the day
Though it is the joyful
season of the birth of holiness
At the year's end I see only
clouds being merciless
Fireside talks for me are
like the Arabian fantasies
A companion in bed is but
long forgoten memories
The world now has become
irreversibly digital
Who knows who is with whom
on the shared pillow?
去国近廿载 20171224
去国近廿载，犹不识新家。少崇盎格鲁，老更迷中华。
作诗追格律，读文八大家。英文虽尚可，不足以自夸。
人言有爱处，方可把根扎。余观妻儿者，见天乐哈哈。
子女不嫌多，房子必嫌差。异国千秋业，抓起从娃娃。
余既无荆钗，更无孺子爬。反思此心态，与插队无差。
一生做浮萍，随波似落花。青春已去也，对镜悲白发。
时念身后事，头皮直发麻。欲寻高枝攀，出牌无下家。
此命怎了得，想想怕怕怕。
Twenty Years out of China 20171224
Twenty years out of China I am still here a stranger
Was an Anglophile young, but now like things Chinese more
Poetry and prose both follow the rules of Chinese
My passable English is far from being a boastful piece
They say where there is love there are rooted lives
In deed I see men happy who have kids and wives
Kids are never too many but houses are always too shabby
They build up their foreign ambition starting from the baby
I have no humble wife nor kids crawling on the floor
My mentality is the same as working in countryside before
All my life I have been a rootless duckweed or fallen flower
My youth is gone, I cry to the white hair in the mirror
My head skin numbs when I think of my future
I want to find a tall tree but none accepts my offer
What can I do with this life? I am dreadfully not sure
一世蹉跎无限哀20171226
一世蹉跎无限哀，老来迷惘觅家回。 他乡骑虎足难下，故土思忧泪尽来。
陋室唯书无宴客，海崖多雾偶登台。 时时对镜怜霜鬓，难挽青丝共饮杯。
My Wasted Life 20171226
My wasted life is full of sorrow
Old, I am confused where I will go
Riding on a tiger is hard for me to get down
Tears fall when I think of my hometown
My shabby house has only books, but no visitor
Around foggy shore cliffs, I sometimes wander
Time from time, I hate my frosty temples in the mirror
No long black hair with whom I can drink
together
题网友大明湖照 20171227
冬行济南府，夜赏大明湖。楼掩高枝细，桥横洞影足。
霓光辉牖赤，地照映林疏。信步无寒凛，惟怜此客独。
On the Photo of Daming Lake by a
Friend 20171227
In winter, I walk around the town of Jinan
At night, I enjoy the scene of Diamond Lake
Buildings hide in thin tree branches
The bridge lies with ample tunnels’ shade
Red are the window frames in neon lights
Sparse are the trees lit by ground lights
Walking around I don’t feel the cold
Only pitying my own solitude
卧床翻阅三国 20171229 2018
冬寒拥被看三国，始信刘皇无赖多。面试贤才轻以貌，身临困境泪成河。
妻丧即娶宜均占，城得延还计凭拖。全赖孔明成霸业，可怜公瑾坠冥河。
Reading the Story of Three Kingdoms
20171229 2018 revised
In cold winter morn I read Three Kingdoms, comforter around me
I began to believe this guy Liu Bei, what a rascal is he
When interviewing a talented guy he slighted him for his ugliness
And he resorted to fake weeping when facing difficulty
His wife just died and he got a new one by sheer luck
He refused to return a borrowed town using delaying as strategy
His victories were attributed to his chief of staff ZHUGE Liang
Whose counterpart ZHOU Yu‘s death is really a pity
岁末感言 20171230
霎时惊岁末，游子意如何。 异兆几时到，奇缘似不多。
投石波不起，望海雁疾过。 应共糟糠语，无求揽绮罗。
Year End Thoughts 20171230
Year end came all of a sudden
What is the wanderer’s intension?
When will there be an unusual sign?
A miracle luck is nowhere to mention
A rock thrown produces no ripple
A sea bird seen flies at speed triple
I should chat with one unpresentable
Than desiring secretly my eye’s apple
