第九部分： 海外 V  2019

 

题于静高崖亭轩图 20190127

 

柳下筑亭轩，抬头峭壁悬。坐怀心不乱，揽胜气悠然。

岭远烟云淡，栏新草木鲜。忧忧唯一事，只恐坠岩天。

 

On a Painting of Pavilion under a Cliff 20190127

 

Under a willow tree a pavilion does stand

A menacing cliff high in sky does suspend

The hermit inside is flesh and lust free

Enjoying the scene casually and leisurely

Vague are the distant peaks mist and fog vail

Fresh are the grassy bushes by the new rail

Troubling his peaceful mind is only one thing

That sometime cliff rocks may start falling

 

忆秦娥·春节聚会唱戏有感  20190203

 

西风烈，飘摇风雨新春节。新春节，方壶声碎，喇叭声咽。

梨园功力难超越，雄关道道真如铁。真如铁，自娱自乐，遣年消月。

 

Singing Beijing Opera at Chinese New Year Party 20190203

 

With brisk west wind down the way

Came rain on this Pig Year party day

Pig Year party day

Lao Fang’s voice was broken

Sound of loudspeakers did fray

 

Learning Peking Opera isn’t play

Huge hurdles encounter you may

Encounter you may

Just entertain yourself

To pass many a day

 

七律  春雨 20190213

 

高穹云立雨潸潸，不见新春喜庆颜。宇似漏勺时洒泪，天如无赖总变颜。

隔洋彼岸多欢乐，跨地这边少空闲。待到休身清静日，将无气力上煤山。

 

Spring Rain 20190213

 

High clouds in the sky shed rain profusely

The happy face of Lunar New Year's nowhere to see

Like a colander the sky drips tears frequently

It always changes its face like a naughty boy

Much fun is going on across from the Pacific

Here we have busy days horrific

When finally I retire to some leisure days

I won't be strong enough to climb Jingshan's stairways

 

七律· 情人节  20190214

 

烟雨朦胧情侣天，苍空泪洒我心鞭。非因孤寡欢娱少，乃为无端烂事煎。

年老何求垂暮恋，知穷但愿倦心眠。纤云冷看随风变，不信聪明入九旋。

 

Valentine Day 20190214

 

On this misty rainy Valentines Day

Tears of the sky my heart whips away

Not that I have little fun being single

But that my time many things strangle

Old, how dare I even think of twilight rose

An exhausted mind I only desires a good repose

My cold eyes capture the wind driven clouds

Whose cleverness Is never beyond any doubts

 

题一幅画 20190215

 

雨洒江南二月天，白墙黑瓦自悠闲。擎来一把红红伞，别有幽情在巷间。

 

On a Painting 20190215

 

February

Yangtze delta, China

Rain

White walls

Black tiles

In Leisure

A red umbrella in her hand

Adds to the quietude

Of the lane

 

无题不依律 20190221

 

一轮明月照窗下，老方心里乱如麻。布衾多年冷似铁，案头难绽解语花。

几架藏书今皆废，满腹诗文气不华。时时长吟梨园曲，呕哑嘲哳但自夸。

 

Title-less 20190221

 

A full moon shines outside the window

My heart like hemp does entangle

The bedding is iron-cold for many years

My desk sees no flowers that my heart cheers

Books on my selves are subjected to negligence

My literary talents lack some kind of elegance

From time to time, I sing Beijing Opera

And brag myself for being an actor

 

少年游·夜阑见月于窗自嘲 20190223

 

一轮明月照窗前，心事乱如煎。空堂冷榻，花残草乱，孤院夜风寒。

四壁藏书今皆废，金玉竟无缘。徒有诗文，把年徒耗，人却少情欢。

 

Seeing Moon in Deep Night 20190223

 

A bright moon shines in front of the window

And my mind is in a mess

The room is empty and the bed is cold

The flowers and grass are messy

And the lonely courtyard is cold by wind at night

The books in the four walls are not used now

 They bring no gold nor beauty

Poems are there in vain

They only consume years

And give me little happiness

 

题白鹿寺 20190224

 

文：静好（英国），方壶斋（美国）

 

千年古寺伴资江，红墙黄瓦富丽皇。依山而建四进殿，廊亭楼阁画雕梁。

佛教故事栩如生，修行之路拾阶上。一路艰难上峰顶，清风徐来豁开朗。

裴休夜读引白鹿，寺院从此盛名扬。千斤铜钟定时响，声彻古城音悠扬。

清飒邈然如纱舞，禅意幽幽至庭湘。

 

注：1. 白鹿寺，在湖南益阳。 2. 裴休，官至宰相。据传曾夜读白鹿寺，引来白鹿，寺故得名。3. 庭湘， 指洞庭湖一带。

 

The White Deer Temple 20190224

 

Jing Hao (UK) and Yu Lan (USA)

 

By the Zi River stands a temple thousands of years old,

Its red walls and yellow tiles a show of magnificence.

Four quadrangles and halls this hilly temple does hold,

Its pavilions, towers, and corridors a colorful presence.

Buddhist legends come to life in many a painting,

The stairs uphill lead to the cultivation of the mind.

Despite hardships of climbing pilgrims come ascending

To the hilltop to enjoy a view of the breezy kind.

Once when Pei Xiu burned the midnight oil in his study,

A white deer came to listen; thus the temple got its name.

The heavy bronze bell announces the hours regularly,

Everywhere in the old town lingers the sound of fame.

Like graceful gauze the melodious sound flies high

Spreading the spirit of Zen to Dongting nearby.

 

The Apple of My Eye, A Sonnet 20190224

 

The apple of my eye, shall I court her·

She is well beyond my one-sided love

She’s entitled to a better suitor

Not an old guy of retiring stuff

Her beauty rivals any of her peers

My poor drawing does not do her justice

Her rare appearance brings joyful cheers

Yet her iciness shuns my hinting practice

But I won’t let the fire of my heart die

Though I decide to hide it in my stove

The life wont’ see a knot with her I tie

To my grave goes the unrequited love

I’ve fixed my impression of her with verse

It lives as long as the universe

 

(Original is English)

 

是否向她献殷勤· 鞭长莫及徒劳神。彼当更好追求者，绝非老朽淘汰身。

美貌超群禽中鹤，丹青难写灵秀人。偶见总令心欢喜，耐何冰颜不容临。

但我不息心中焰，虽然炉里永囚禁。此生不能结连理，此情落寞入青坟。

已将柔肠入诗行，天地不老必长存。

 

(Back translation into English)

 

Shall I make advances to her·

She is unreachable and I deliberate in vain

She should have a better pursuer

Not an old and rotten person

The beauty is a crane among the birds

A brush is difficult to paint a beauty

I am happy to see the countenance of hers

But her cold face is a barrier before me

The fire in my heart is still burning

But is forever imprisoned in the stove

We can’t forge a liaison while still living

To the grave will be buried this one-sided love

 

My soft heart has been given to my verse

It will last as long as heaven and earth

 

 

 

 

 

临江仙·题济南诗画家山野雪霁图 20190224

 

雪霁群山多寂寞，荒原一片虚空。浮云不见晚来风，酽愁铺浩宇，郁郁此心同。

三两茅屋无客宿，谁来邀我禅功·枯松叶尽待归鸿。俗心觉醒日，处处响吟蛩。

 

Hills after the Snow 20190224

 

Post-snow hills are lonely

The wildness is empty

Clouds hanging unaffected by dusk wind

Dense sorrows the vast sky paint

The same with my depressed mind

 

Two or three houses vacant

Anyone calls me for a Zen chant·

Leaf-less pines wait for returning geese

The day my worldly heart wakes

Many a cricket music makes

 

临江仙·学唱文姬归汉 20190226

 

老来迷恋梨园曲，男翁竟爱青衣。众芳尤醉蔡文姬。哭坟情挚挚，寒日叹归期。

 

休说弘扬中华美，多因能会心机。飘零同是背乡离。非难回故土，故土不余知。

 

Tune to The Immortal by the RiverPracticing Peking Opera 20190226

 

When old, I become addicted to Peking Opera

Though an old man, I fall for young female roles

Of all of them I like Cai Wenji the most

Crying at the tomb heartily

Wishing for home return in days chilly

Say not I want to glorify things Chinese

I like her because she identifies with me

I am the same type of homeless wanderer

Not that it’s hard to return

But that home is a stranger

 

春光好—- 望雁 20190226

 

南行雁，列长空。逝匆匆。 万里旅程谁伴， 是秋风。

 

倦旅异乡漂泊，青丝尽染霜容。留去难为因故土，慕飞鸿。

 

 

 

Watching Geese 20190226

 

Southbound geese, a line in the sky, quickly fly by

The journey is long. Who goes along· The autumn wind.

 

I'm tired of wandering in an alien land

My black hair has turned into white sand

It's hard to decide where to go

I envy the flying geese, and miss the home.

 

贺新郎·加州之春 20190303

 

多变风云季。是加州、早春二月，朗阴天气。行过乌云风萧瑟，大雨哗然满地。

未打伞、辄乎又已。园里草肥争比壮，剔除难、索性由生死。待夏日，自然止。

 

人生如此方生媚。有阴晴、欲愁还乐，乃沧桑理。无道崎岖行程苦，无限风光可睇。

转首看、风消雨弃。云白天蓝堆高堡， 似能攀、神秘千般地。谁与我、展飞翅。

 

The Spring of California 20190303

 

Early spring of February in California

Is a season of changeable weathers

Between clear and cloudy

When dark clouds pass by

Rain pours down in rough wind

Before you open the umbrella

It stops

Grass in the yard compete to grow

And are hard to weed out

Just let it be so

They will stop

When summer comes

 

Life like this will be fun

Sometimes cloudy, sometimes fine

It is the law of universe

Of alternating worries and happiness

A journey on roadless trek is hard

But beautiful scenery can be found

Turning you will find

Wind and rain are gone

White clouds pile up like a castle

For you to climb into a mysterious land

Who flies with me·

 

题一张画  On a Painting 20190303

 

绿染柳山成一体，闲篙棚艇入春溪。空灵是此清幽界，世外污浊俱荡涤。

 

On a Painting 20190303

 

The willows and mountains bind into one, all green

A pole guides a roof boat into the spring stream

This is a world of spiritual vacantness

Free from the worldly dirty and trash in heap

 

益阳斗魁塔 20190304

 

魁塔雄姿立益阳，囚龙抚水保湘乡。三台携手家安佑，七斗得称名盛扬。

书院恢弘儒子运，资江秀丽百花香。长存熠熠文星照。送目登临看栋梁。

 

The Doukui Tower in Yiyang 20190304

 

Magnificently the tower stands in Yiyang

Protecting the place by suppressing the flood dragon

With Santai Tower it defends the peace of families

The first star of the Big Dipper provides the designation

Grand is the scholar producing academy

Fragrant are the flowers by the Zijiang River

Forever the star of literature shines brightly

The pillars of society are visible from the tower

 

采莲令·想平生 20190307

 

想平生，诸事无人劝。敲钟叟、鲜能深算。任由逝水落花浮，断事心思懒。终身计，西风赋予 ，飘飘所似 ，叶飞庭院凌乱。

 

白发苍苍，再看以往空嗟叹。无边海，转头时晚。便千般悔，自己事，莫向他人怨。向明月、吟歌弄板，诸烦皆忘，唱到曲终人散。

 

Thinking about Life 20190307

 

Thinking about life

I see there is no one to advise me on everything

An old man who strikes the bell seldom makes deep calculations

I just let the flowing water carry falling flowers away

And am too lazy to apply my brain to decide on things

Life's plans are entrusted to the west wind

That blows up leaves

Leaving the courtyard in disorder

 

With hair white and gray

I look back at my life and sigh in vain

Once in the boundless sea,  it's too late to turn back

No matter how many regrets, do not blame others for private affairs

Facing the bright moon, singing songs and playing instruments

You will forget your troubles and sing until the music ends and people disperse

 

采莲令·暮雨 20190307

 

晚云浓，微雨飞愁绪。谁知我，此心何苦。客居异土影孤单，廿载空虚度。平生事，林林总总，无从吐诉，只交平仄诗语。

 

写罢何人，可与老朽寒斋聚，方壶里，品茶烹露·纵然须白，亦妄想，窈窕红裙侣。奈何是，西施固好，烟波湖上，范蠡只徒倾慕。

 

Rain at Dusk 20190307

 

Clouds are thick at dusk

Drizzles carry my sorrows

Known to none

Solitary in alien land

Two decades fruitlessly spent

No way to tell about life events

Except by my verses

 

Verses written, with whom

Can I share in my cold house

And savor the tea from the square kettle·

My hair white alright

I still think of a pretty companion

Yet though she is nice

I can only watch her

On the foggy lake

 

虞美人 2019030

 

失魂暗里徒寻恼，流水无情绕。

落红满地舞西风，哪顾怜花锄帚泣园中。

无端锦瑟弹空曲，谁解伶人欲·

女萝缠树挂何枝·

春夜阑珊把酒醉相思。

 

My Soul Lost 2019030

 

My soul lost, I invite worries in the dark for nothing

Around me, water flows ruthlessly

Fallen red flowers cover the ground and dance in the west wind

And give no notice to the hoe and brooms crying in the garden

For no reason a zither plays empty songs

Who understands the heart of the courtesan

What branch do woody vines hang on in a tree·

The spring night is ending

I pour lovesickness in my wine

 

小重山·忆旧 2019030

 

九转牵牛架上花。东窗遮纸牖， 日西斜。闲来邻里闷壶茶。三两坐，闲话看憨娃。

 

岁月似流沙。而今人已散，隔天涯。高楼起处覆儿家。俗世乱，莲座慕袈裟。

 

Recalling the Past 2019030

 

Twisting vines of petunia bloom on the rack

The paper windows on the east side are shaded against the setting sun

Leisurely neighbors make a pot of tea

Sitting in twos and threes, they chat and watch cute kids for fun

 

Time passed like sand of the hourglass

Now neighbors are scattered over the country and beyond

Where skyscrapers stand, childhood homes were destroyed

In the chaotic world I yearn for the Buddhist kasaya

 

小重山·昨宵 2019030

 

蟋蟀幽鸣秋草中。梧桐听细雨，夜朦胧。浓岚遮树影重重。残叶落，斜径覆红枫。

 

清早日升东。温衾人去也，榻虚空。昨宵枕上梦归鸿。青云里，浩浩过长风。

 

Last Night 2019030

 

In autumn grass crickets sing a subdued refrain

Misty is the night when trees listens to the rain

In thick fog they assume spectral appearance

Fallen red maple leaves cover the small path

 

The sun rises in the east in early morn

The warm quilt deserted, the bed is forlorn

A dream of migrating geese came at night

Through clouds travelled a wind of strong might

 

念奴娇·望海  20190309

 

海湾波寂，看苍穹暮色，天青云紫。

无力微风飘细雨，正是早春天气。

体爽神舒，枯冬青转，四下风光旖。

金州山绿，旱情应已略止。

 

常想西岭风光，香山红叶，石刻多年事。

欲览燕山今不易，倥偬各担身累。

海外飘零，鲜还中土，辜负山河媚。

何时身退，再将游历心醉。

 

Watching the Ocean 20190309

 

The bay is calm,  the evening sky blue and clouds purple

A gentle breeze carries a light drizzle

The weather of early spring, so typical

Refreshing the body and uplifting the spirit

The withered winter now turns green

All around, one sees charming  scenery

Verdant are the mountains of the golden state

 Easing the drought to some extent

 

Often I think of the mountains west of Beijing

The red leaves of Fragrant Hills evoke memories

Decades ago of my rock carving

It's hard to visit the Yanshan Mountains now

Friends all are burdened with own busy lives

Drifting overseas,  I rarely return home

Thus letting down the beauty of native land

When will I retire·

Then I'll be able to feast on traveling again

 

七律·无题一笑 中华通韵  20190309

 

家中做好饭三餐，在外出门不早还。自备食钵随我愿，何须街巷化他缘。

阳春三月无常雨，子夜零时不动酣。小镇主街全跑断，闲思周末上西单。

 

I cook three meals at home every day

And don't return early when going out

I bring my own bowl and food I desire

Seeking food in restaurants without

There's no constant rain in the spring of March

At midnight I sleep motionless

The small town’s streets I all have covered

And I think about Xidan on weekends

 

水调歌头-武汉随感  20190310

 

轮渡水南岸，足踏蛇山巅。

白云仙载飞处，金碧立云端。

对望龟山林郁，远眺鹦洲芳碧， 车啸铁桥间。

浩然大江去，向海不回还。

 

少年时，常来此，望流川。

芦花丛里，多少人世冷寒观。

甲子如梭而过，黑发无由变白，迈步近蹒跚。

常问滩头草，何处置松棺。

 

Thinking about Wuhan 20190310

 

The ferry boat goes to the south bank

My feet on the top of Crane Hill stand

Where yellow crane flew away carrying an immortal

A golden tower in clouds stands 

I watch the luxuriant Turtle Hill across the river 

And the green grass of  Parrot Islet farther

On steel bridge rumbles the trains

The huge river flows away

To the sea and never returns

 

When I was young

I often came here

Watching the river

In the reef on the banks

I saw the vicissitudes of life

Six decades shuttled by

My black hair has turned white

And I walk unsteadily

I often ask the grass on the bank

Where my coffin will be

 

点绛唇·忆3年11月绍兴访沈园  20190314

 

觅迹风流，沈园秋日临残寓。草侵石路，池畔凋零树。

欲问浮萍，题壁今何处。萍不语。天光垂暮，墙外炊烟缕。

 

Recalling my visit to the Shen Family Garden in Shaoxin in 193 20190314

 

Traces of elegance linger

In the autumn I visit the relics of Shen Garden

Grass overgrows on the stone path,

Trees by the pond wither and fade

I wish to ask the duckweed,

Where is the poem inscribed on the wall now·

The duckweed remains silent

As the light of day wanes

Wisps of cooking smoke rise from beyond the walls

 

点绛唇·军营望海有感  20190314

 

寂寞行营，登高东望烟波淼。倚栏远眺，碧海行飞鸟。

荏苒光阴，弹指身心老。无所靠，此心烦躁，乌鹊偏偏闹。

 

 

Watching the Ocean from Base 20190314

 

From the lonely army base

I look east towards misty waves from on high

Leaning on rail I look far

At the flying birds over the green sea

 

The time that steals away

Making my heart and body old in a snap of fingers

On nothing can I depend

Which troubles my heart

Yet the crows are making noise hard

 

点绛唇·写枫桥夜泊意  20190314

 

古寺钟声，月明星淡良宵半。去家乡远，挽棹冬江岸。

城里人家，鸳枕熏炉暖。情缱绻。迢迢星汉，孤旅谁人怨。

 

Lone Voyager 20190314

 

Bell of ancient temple sounds

It’s midnight under a bright moon that dims the stars

I am far from home

My boat is moored in a winter river

 

Families in the town

Enjoy lovers’ pillows and incense burners

And each other’s company

Long is the Milk Way

Whom to blame for this lonely voyage·

 

 蝶恋花·老叟颂春  20190316

 

春至花开枝上俏。堇紫银，相伴桃红闹。原野平川生百草，五颜六色迎春晓。

老叟迷花怜嫩草。却告心头， 莫把花枝抱。若抱花枝人必笑，无端自己寻烦恼。

 

Old Man Appreciating the Spring 20190316

 

When spring arrives blossoms gracing the branches with charm

Violet and silver hues mingle with lively peach-pink bloom

Across the plains and open fields, abundant grasses rise

Greeting the dawn of spring in colors bright and nice

 

This old man is enchanted by flowers and loves the young grass

Yet he warns his own heart not to embrace flower branches

Lest he should invite the laughing of others and baseless worries

 

 

渔家傲·寻踪  20190317

 

假日缘湾寻旧迹，浮光潋滟长空碧。连日积云皆散失。人径寂，悠闲双雁栖岩壁。

铁打景观流水席，山河不变人踪易。空望芳菲徒啜泣。无所觅，斜阳晖里烟波赤。

 

Tracing the Past 20190317

 

On a holiday I wander to the bay, seeking traces of the past·

Rippling light shimmers on the water and sky is endlessly blue

The clouds that had gathered for days have all dispersed

The path is silent·

Two leisurely wild geese perch on a cliff

 

The landscape stands iron-firm witnessing the flow of waters·

Human traces change but constant are the mountains and rivers

Gazing at the blossoms in vain, I can only sob uselessly

Nothing there for me to find

In the slanting sunlight, glow red the waves misty.

 

渔家傲·梦醒  2019031

 

又是窗边圆夜月，凌晨梦醒情凄切。寐里乾坤他世物，空跨越，阴阳有否无从说。

人生小半如寂灭，酣眠卧榻熊冬穴。举笔书来回首阅。一页页，悠悠往事皆神摄。

 

Waking up from Dreams 2019031

 

Again, the full moon hangs by my window

At dawn I wake from dreams with heart in sorrow

In sleep, things appeared to be another world

I crossed a void·

Unable to say if there are yin and yang

 

Half of life having passed, now it is  like silent extinction

I sleep deeply  like a bear in  cave hibernation·

I lift my brush to write, then read what I have written

Page after page,

·All the drifting memories keep my soul frozen

 

南歌子·叹书 20190319

 

梦醒凌晨处，寒窗披月光。空空寝室一幅墙，几架书籍具是叟精藏。

总是收无尽，而今塞栋梁。老来无力阅文章。何苦千辛万苦筑书廊·

 

 

Sighing for My Books 20190319

 

In the small hours when I wake up

The cold window is under moon light

Along one wall of my empty bedroom

Are shelves of books of my fine collection

 

I collect without ever stopping

Today my house books are stuffing

I have no strength to read when I am old

Why do I bother a library building·

 

 

南歌子·单相思 20190319

 

识汝三年有，聊天一点无。徒逢廊榭与颓庐。四顾无言似惧鼠狸狐。

倩影飘长发，桃眸笑黛珠。履行飘逸水中鱼。梦里偏偏难见翠罗裾。

 

One-sided Love 20190319

 

Three years ago I met you

Have we had a conversation· No.

In vain we oft meet on veranda of buildings old

You would look around fearing me as an animal

Your pretty figure carries wavy long hair

Your peach shaped eyes have smiling pupils

You walk gracefully like fish swimming in water

But in my dream your greenish dress doesn’t show。

 

 

 

 

 

玉漏迟·洛阳龙门  Luoyang Longmen  20190320

 

巍峨伊水岸，高岩壁立，皇都门守。斧刻石雕，十万佛尊抠镂。必是诚心坚定，四百年，方能成就。千载后，风霜雨雪，伴河边柳。

 

一桥飞架清波，看题字流金，笑迎游友。南岸香山，居易琵琶碑厚。犹记方来河洛，戎装裹，龙门初叩。诚揖首，诗魂暗求神授

 

Longmen of Luoyang 20190320

 

By the banks of the Yi River

Stand like walls lofty rocky cliffs

Like warriors they guard the gate of

The nine dynasty capital

On their face axes and chisels

Carved ten thousand Buddhist statues

The work lasted four hundred years

Accomplishment of solid faith

Thousands of years later they keep

Company of river willows

Through years of winds, frosts rains and snows

 

Over the river flies a bridge

The gilded name welcomes tourists

On the southern bank the grave stone

Of poet Bai Juyi stands solidly thick

The memory of my first visit

In army uniform is till fresh

A sincere pray was made to him

Begging for the soul of his muse

 

 

柳梢青·圣何塞春游  20190321

 

去北加州，圣荷之塞，年度之游。总是新春，风清雨细，绿染金州。

迦蓝大士签筹，谁能解，多时宿愁。依旧禅台，空空如也，不见鸣鸠。

 

Field Trip to San Jose 20190321

 

In northern California

To San Jose

We make our annual trip

Always in early spring

When wind is breezy

With drizzling rain

The golden state

Is turning green

 

Can the fortune telling lot

At the Buddhist temple

Remove my accumulated sorrow·

No loving bird is heard

At the terrace of the temple

Which is empty

And empty

 

柳梢青·满月 20190322

 

云淡星稀，中天初月，玉映瑶池。满满婵娟，观音妙相，遍洒慈悲。

长空如水清漪，恨无翅，腾身宇飞。怅望青冥，嫦娥心妒，香桂攀枝。

 

The Full Moon 20190322

 

The clouds are thin and the stars are few

The moon has risen to the middle of the sky

The jade disk shines on the jade-like pool

The elegant moon is beautifully  full

Wonderful is Bodhisattva Guanyin's face

 Spreading the world with her grace

 

The sky is like lake of clear ripples

 I regret having no wings

To soar in the universe

Sadly I look at the blue sky

And envy Chang'e the moon lady

Picking the branches of fragrant osmanthus tree

 

杏花天·恼花  20190323

 

春风袅袅花枝俏，暗幽香， 眼波含笑。怜花佯作谁知晓，花赏人心更恼。

昨宵梦，花神来到。笑余痴，虚无缥缈。镜花水月何时了，且取菱花自照。

 

Be Resentful of Flowers 20190323

 

In the soft wind of spring pretty are the flowers

With smiling eyes and indiscernible fragrance

They pretend not to see my love for them however

Bringing to my heart so much annoyance

The Goddess of flower came into my dream last night

And laughed at my fancifully unrealistic ignorance

Stop your infatuation with reflected moon and flowers

And take a mirror to look at your appearance

 

相见欢·又见满月 20190323

 

高天又见星稀，月园时，满满观音妙相映瑶池。

恨无翅，腾云起，向慈悲。怅望嫦娥心妒桂香枝。

 

Full Moon Again 20190323

 

The stars are sparse in the sky

When the moon is full

The wondrous image of Guanyin is reflected in the Jade Pool

I regret not having wings

To soar into the clouds

Towards the merciful light

Sadly I gaze at Chang'e the moon lady

My heart the osmanthus tree does envy

 

人生成败确难诂 20190324

 

人生成败确难诂，怨愤何须随意吐。机会流失不必惜，头颅尚在犹能补。

青梅既是尚没熟，浊酒自然无可煮。再问啥为身后名，尘归尘去土还土。

 

Life's achievement is hard to estimate 20190324

 

Life's achievement is hard to estimate

Why vent your complains inconsiderate

No need to lament the chance that is lost

Your head is still there to make up the cost

If plum fruits are not ripen on the tree

We can’t boil wine and who’s the hero see

Besides, why bother your posthumous name

Dust goes to dust and earth’ll do the same

 

何满子·月夜乞巧 20190324

 

朗月平湖高照，涟漪千点鳞耀。此宵谁对枕边镜，将月比来孰好。亭台影摇波散，云鬓丝松簪绕。

 

假作七夕问巧，举线穿针刺挑。邀得月色绣蟾桂，玉兔树边玩闹。残夜人乏眼困，梦里嫦娥窈窕。

 

Pray for Needlework Skills under the Moon 20190324

 

The bright moon shines high over the calm lake

IIts ripples sparkling like a thousand fish scales

Tonight, who gazes before the boudoir mirror

Competing with the moon in beauty

The pavilion's shadow sways in ripples

The disheveled hair entangles on hairpin

 

Pretending it's the Double Seventh Festival

Threading a needle to pray for the needlework skill

And inviting the moonlight to embroider the toad, the osmanthus

And the jade rabbit frolicking under the tree

As the night deepens and eyes grow weary

The graceful Chang'e appears in dreams

 

洞仙歌·少年随意  20190325

 

少年随意，老来无情侣。异土他乡只孤处。更难逢，能共悲喜之人，窗烛剪，闲话春风秋雨。

 

偏时时遇见，窈窕红颜，倜傥风流宴前舞。若问美如何，浣女貂蝉，屈指数，难能冠取。纵画笔丹青写摹来，亦不尽心中，慕浓思苦。

 

When Young I Was Too Carefree 20190325

 

When young I was too carefree

Now I’m old without company

I live alone in non-native land

It’s harder someone to find

Who shares my joys and sorrows

And together we trim the candles

And chat about weather by the windows

 

But often I chance to see

A beautiful sword lady

Dancing at the banquet gracefully

How beautiful is she·

Count the beauties in history

None of them can win a victory

Though I can put her in drawing

The picture will not reduce my thinking

 

生查子·梦回故里 20190325

 

梦中回故城，梦醒双行泪。 残败旧街坊，床几皆荒废。

家人形陌生，邻里言如魅。一去越千年，惊识非同类。

 

Returning Home in Dream 20190325

 

I dreamed I saw my old town again

I woke up with face covered in tear stain

Ruined were the houses of neighborhood

Tables and beds were all rotten wood

People in the house were all strangers

Ghostly sounded the words of neighbors

After a thousand years' separation

I was shocked by the world alien

 

忆少年·1993年杭州苏州旅次  20190326

 

江南秋晚，京杭河道，登舟在暮。杭城倦游半，继姑苏行旅。

岸柳如烟凄冷雨，宿无眠，夜风朝露。同仓遇佳丽，未曾聊一语。

 

My 1993 Trip to Hangzhou and Suzhou  20190326

 

Late fall in the old south

By the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal

I boarded a boat

Tired from touring half Hangzhou

And went on to Suzhou

In cold hazy rain hazy the river bank willows

A night, sleepless so

Was passed in wind to greet the morning dew

A southern belle sat opposite me

We didn’t exchange a word though

 

 浪淘沙·北戴河1990   2019032

 

盛夏伏来天，休假期间。听闻所恋赴幽燕。一领戎装随后去，心意拳拳。

此举太堪怜，入夜难眠。海边闷热烂泥滩。虽是城门曾短会，一脸茫然。

 

My 1990 Trip to Beidaihe 2019032

 

On a hot summer day

During school vacation

I heard my idol went to the sea

In my army uniform I followed suit

With sincerity

 

It was a pitiful thing to do

I had sleepless night there

It was suffocatingly hot

And the beach a muddy spot

Though we met briefly at the city gate

Neither though it was a date

 

 

浪淘沙·单恋，仿李后主韵  2019032

 

无理意缠绵，泪下潸然。峨眉冷峻我心寒。想必不如身过客，遑论亲欢。

日暮自凭栏，萧索青山。托言鱼雁却知难。对镜悲霜春不在，情葬心间。

 

For No Reason I Linger in This Feeling 2019032

 

For no reason I linger in this feeling

My tears fall like rain

My heart is turned cold by her brows chilly

Guess I’m no more relevant than someone passing

I should forget intimacy!

 

Leaning on the rail at dusk

I watch the sad mountain view

It’s hard to send her correspondence I know

My lost youth is in the mirrored hair like dust

I should this love bury!

 

渔家傲·下班海边闲逛  20190329

 

春来气候宜人暖，潮平沙岸流清浅。天海浑然时欲晚，凭栏看，如毡新草栖双雁。

 

暮色闲游无友伴，多年积习谁人怨。岸芷汀兰常迷恋，纯景幻，曹公梅子徒劳盼。

 

Strolling by the Sea after Work 20190329

 

When spring comes, the climate is pleasant and warm

Clear and shallow streams flow on sand beach and ocean tide is calm

The sky and the sea merging into one, it is getting late

Leaning on the railing, I watch a pair of wild geese resting on new grass

 

At dusk, I wander aimlessly without company

It is my habit of  many years, no one to blame 

I am often infatuated with fragrant grass on the banks

Yet it is pure illusion

Like plums of General Cao Cao’s invention

 

渔家傲·惊梦  20190330

 

下班时间楼门锁，楼中只剩唯一我。入夜独眠床板卧。风雨作，如被发现招灾祸。

 

忽见门廊人影坐，陌生面孔七八个。疑是强人将杀我。肉糜剁，醒来之后魂颠簸。

 

A Shocking Dream 20190330

 

After work the building was locked

Only I stayed behind

During the night I slept on a wooden board

Wind and rain came

Should I be found my career wound not be the same

 

Suddenly I saw human shadows on the walkway

Seven or eight all strangers to me

I thought they were bandits to kill me

Chopping me muddy

Waking up my soul was bumpy

 

 

菩萨蛮·蒙特雷半岛即景  20190330

 

一湾夜海粼光烁，万家灯火星天落。要塞守平湾，码头归客船。

大南崖壁立，白浪扑礁急。残月照西洋，登高尽望乡。

 

Monterey Peninsula 20190330

 

The night sea sparkles in the bay

Thousands of house lights are like stars fallen

The presidio guards the peaceful bay

The wharf greet ships on their homing way

 

The Big Sur cliffs stand like walls

White waves crash on reefs in a rush

The waning moon shines on the Pacific Ocean

From the heights, one can gaze longingly towards home

 

清平乐·清明  20190331

 

暖晴春日，四野芳菲碧。朝露犹存行履湿，草坠晶莹如泣。

异域又是清明，柳色如织风轻。遥念中南峰上，碑新尘扫烟腾。

 

Clear and Bright Festival 20190331

 

On a warm fine spring day

Lushly green plants in field lay

The morning dew’s still there to wet the shoes

The crystal drops on grass’re like tears in display

 

It’s  Clear and Bright Day in foreign land

In light wind willows a piece of fabric expand

On the mountain in the central south of my country

By swept tomb stones incense smokes extend

 

采桑子·芳菲尽 20190401

 

红芳紫粉终将尽，或是凋零，或是飞升，无影无踪随意行。

落花流水干卿事，不问娉婷，又问娉婷，梦里琵琶马上声。

 

Ending the Blooming Season 20190401

 

The season of many colors will resign

Because of nature

Or of human design

Trace-less, the process shows no sign

 

Petals on the stream, none of my concern

Determined not to bother

Still I’m curious however

In dreams, the tunes of Pipa from horseback linger

 

海棠春·游廊相遇 20190402

 

游廊相遇皆无语，悄然去，乌丝飘舞。暗自恋佳人，却只心中慕。

水流花谢谁能驻，此身老，机缘早负。恨未晚生人，或可同船渡。

 

Speechless I met You on the Veranda 20190402

 

Silently we encounter on the veranda

Then each leaves quietly

Your black hair fluttering

Secretly I hold you in admiration

But only in heart hides the infatuation

 

Water flows and flowers fall, who can stop·

I am old

Opportunities long lost

Had I been born late

Perhaps we could have shared the same boat

 

浣溪沙·香雾 20190403

 

香雾朦胧何处来，云腾氲绕罩瑶台，阳春魏紫满园开。

何必深闺勤打扮，无须画眼润香腮，天然惊艳众裙钗。

 

Fragrant Mist 20190403

 

Where does the fragrant mist come from·

Like clouds it spreads and covers the jade terrace

And sets spring peonies a blooming

 

Why do you have to dress up diligently·

No need to pencil your eyes or moisturize your cheeks

Your natural beauty surprises others

 

蝶恋花·题济南于静烟树江山图 20190403

 

重彩一江东逝水，烟树濛濛，山远无穷翠。水映云天情更媚，断肠人也真心醉。

茅舍亭台依岸苇，风雨闲观，不晓人间累。潮去垂竿提一尾，孤灯酒后横床睡。

 

On a Painting of River and Misty Trees 20190403

 

Fresh colored, a river flows east

Passing misty trees on banks

Distant mountains are endlessly green

The water reflects the clouds and the sky is more charming

Even a heart-broken man is enchanted

 

The thatched house, the pavilion and the platform are hidden in reeds

Here wind and rain are leisurely observed

And worldly cares are unknown

When the tide goes away, a fish is caught on a rod

One sleeps on bed after drinking under the lone lamp

 

七律·清明时节怀洛阳 20190404

 

北邙一去卅秋春，洛邑牡丹曾作邻。魏紫姚黄争斗艳，九都三彩竞藏珍。

隋城佛殿明空曌，晋土豪园坠玉身。旧友如今皆少遇，踏青陌上只斯人。

 

Missing Luoyang on the Clear and Bright Day 20190404

 

Thirty years ago I left the Mangshan Mountains

Where I used to have peonies as my neighbor

The species competed in the colorful show

The city’s tri-colored pottery was a treasure

Out of the Sui ruins rose the Empress’s hall

Lamentable was the mistress of a wealth owner

Now I seldom see my old friends from there at all

The spring outing sees me only and  none other

 

破阵子·清明怀洛阳 20190404

 

解甲邙山卅载，牡丹曾与相邻。

魏紫姚黄争斗艳，四月王城扬道尘。

公园踏破门。

最爱九都三彩，大唐风物犹存。

隋址佛堂明武曌，晋史豪园坠绿魂。

可怜殉爱人。

 

Missing Luoyang on the Clear and Bright Day 20190404

 

Thirty years ago I bid farewell to arms in the Mang Mountains

Where I used to have peonies as my neighbor

The colorful flowers bloomed like gushing fountains

The roads of the king city were dust ridden

Visitors’ feet worn out the gates of the garden

Adorable was the tri-colored pottery

Preserving Tang Dynasty’s glory

Out of the Sui ruins rose the Empress’s hall

Down the Tower of Golden Grain jumped Green Pearl

To sacrifice for her lord’s downfall

 

 

 青玉案·看济南于静山居图 20190407

 

一山突兀丹青卷，虎峰耸，清流溅。古柏巉岩星月灿，竹篱陋舍，雅堂华殿，皆去凡尘远。

 

听涛自有江波岸，望岭还看雨云散。山野幽居知冷暖，鹤猿相伴，四时流转，金玉何须羡。

 

A Painting of a Mountain Residence 20190407

 

So prominent a mountain on this painting

Like a tiger, his back arching

With clear brooks splashing

The moon and the stars are bright over age old pines and craggy cliffs

Neither a humble bamboo-fenced house

Nor an elegant and majestic building

Is worldly spheres desiring

 

There’s the river bank to listen to waves by

Rain clouds gone, you see the peaks high

The changing climate is best felt in the wild

With cranes and monkeys as living mate

You see the seasons around you rotate

And want neither gold nor jade

 

虞美人·美人 20190409

 

美人偶遇观音殿，徒惹禅心乱。偷将素笔写蛾眉，却恨马良不似，下墙移。

常思背后何模样，柴米油盐酱。日斜人去影幽浮，笑靥青丝媚眼，在河州。

 

A Beauty 20190409

 

There‘s a beauty occasionally in temple I see

Disturbing for no reason my heart worldly

I used a pen to draw her visage secretly

But lament that I am not a magician who can

Make her come down the wall to me

Oft I wonder what she’s like behind me

In dealing with chores Monday to Sunday

At sunset she’s gone but her phantom lingers on

The dimple, the black hair and the eyes watery

On the river islet twitters a birdie

 

浪淘沙·下班 20190411

 

画角送风听，肃穆兵营。星旗缓缓降昏冥。又是一天诸事了，岸寂潮平。

远远海狮鸣，不解何情。闲来应向水边行。却恨春心人满路，徒恼贫僧。

 

 

Getting Off Work 20190411

 

On a solemn base in the wind goes the sound of bugle

Slowly descends the Star and the Stripes in the twilight glow

Another busy day has finally come to an end

Serene is the shore and placid are the waves on the sand

 

The sea lions cry in the distance, for what only God should know

It is a good time to take a walk along the beach though

But I hate the path filled with spring agitated people

This monk really resents such a show

 

 一斛珠 ·武汉思旧 20190412

 

大江东去，龟蛇雾锁龙王渡。几多往事随风雨。总总林林，屈指无从数。

黄鹤编钟歌楚舞，红楼首义折清羽。汉阳铸剑无新故。是是非非，递予谁人虑。

 

Thinking of Wuhan’s Past 20190412

 

To the east rolls the Yangtze River

Foggy are the hills viewed from Dragon King Wharf

In winds and rains many events were to occur

So many of them that they are

Uncountable with fingers

 

The Chu-style dance music is played by chimes at the Yellow Crane Tower

The uprising in Wuchang broke the wings of the Manchu ruler

The swords forged in Hanyang were indifferent to their user

As to the rights and wrongs of history

Who has the wisdom to consider

 

虞美人 ·园中可怜桃一枝 20190413

 

春心不死枯桃树，寂寞秋冬度。东风化雨又来时，新叶油油再现，布斜枝。

奈何小蕊花徒放，一副穷酸相。只缘株矮不招蜂，无果年年残喘，怨无穷。

 

Poor Peach Plant in My Yard 20190413

 

A dry peach plant whose heart is still alive

In autumn and winter manages to survive

Freshly green leaves sprout from the branches

When spring with winds and rains doth arrive

 

But the flowers are small and bloom in vain

The poor buds appear humble and plain

The short tree invites no bees for the pollen

About its fruitless years the tree does complain

 

 

谒金门 ·闻卢沟桥收费 20190414

 

无定月，犹记少年曾谒。弹雨枪林哀角咽。冀宛城头血。

自古狮桥任穿越，竟告旅关新设。盛世缘何民帑掘，大燕豪气绝。

 

News Came that Lugou Bridge Now is Not Free to Visit 20190414

 

The moon shines over the Lugou Bridge

I remember being there when young

The sad bugle sound in the rain of bullets

Is still heard from the blood smeared town

 

This lion bridge opens to people all the eras.

Now they say to visit one has to pay money

Why should prosperity rob people of their money

Such is not the style of the heroic land of Yan

 

 

醉花间·莫莫 20190417

 

痴情莫，恋情莫，痴恋多成错。千里水沧浪，缨足分清浊。

高鸣松间鹤，不似柴禾雀。非是玉琼枝，岂可期凰落。

 

No No 20190417

 

Indulge not in blind love

Infatuated not by foolish amour

Blind love leads you to err

Of the wavy waters in the river

You better know what they’re used for

 

Cranes singing in a lofty pine tree

Are not the sparrows that in fire twigs play

A tree not covered with jade jewelry

Can never attract a phoenix to stay

 

虞美人·习画 20190417

 

丹青难写西施貌，众里唯伊俏。只缘画技不如人，一笑一颦狐媚，拒传神。

几回画稿临佳照，却误蛾眉笑。欲将闲话扯闲篇，再看二维小影，寂如禅。

 

Art Can’t Do Justice to the Beauty’s Face  20190417

 

Art can’t do justice to the beauty’s face

The finest among the others

For my painting skills are inferior to others’

Her smile, her frowning, so charming

Refuse to transfer to my painting

Often my sketches were made from photos

That I mistook for the beauty smiling

I would like to chat with her about anything

Only to find the two dimensional image

Quiet as in Chan meditating

 

扬州慢·蒙特雷高地晨眺 20190421

 

朝日初升，光流云霭，众生春日新更。 草坪丝绒绿，晨湾碧波平。 展望眼，层峦薄雾，云山一体，海鸟翔鸣。 悦明睛，翠柏苍松，晨露还凝。

 

婵娟犹挂，似流连，朗日清明。 待赤耀中天，当知羞遁，异域流萤。 如此循环天界，凭谁者，暗里经营· 看苍穹深邃，玄机当问神灵。

 

Looking Far from Presidio of Monterey 20190421

 

As the early sun rises,

Light through the clouds oozes.

In spring the creatures renew their leases.

Green is the velvet lawn

Near the placid bay in the morn.

Far away, misty hills high

Merge with the sky.

Crying, a sea bird flies.

On green pine trees,

What pleases the eyes,

Are dews yet to vaporize.

 

The moon is still there,

As if to enjoy the clear day,

But in the sun’s glorious ray

It’ll timidly to foreign land retire.

To show it’s light over there.

Under whose commanding force

Is the revolution of the universe·

In the deep sky should be found

An answer certainly profound

 

朝中措·割草两首 20190422

 

Cutting Grass, Two Poems 20190422

 

1

 

春来荒院草成精，良莠混难清。满目疯狂凌乱，常疑狸鼠中行。

 

飘洋老叟，挥镰奋战，蒿草删平。又是知青岁月，如今人却伶仃。

 

 

 

1

 

Grass is rampant in spring in the wasted yard

Good and bad it is hard to tell them apart

A chaotic scene under my eyes

I often suspect there are foxes and mice

 

An old man overseas

Wielding a sickle to fight

Puts the tall grass down

It recalls the years of being sent down

Only there is no classmate around

 

2

 

陋园难比美花庭，独老废经营。水贵如油西岸，不宜畜养娇青。

 

斩腰野草，存根固土，权作荒坪。毕竟饮茶无客，方壶只伴孤零。

2

 

My shabby yard is incomparable to a beautiful garden

Single and old, with managing it I do not want to concern

Water is expansive like oil on the western coast

Not fit for fragile plants’ cultivation

 

Cutting grass at ground level

I leave the roots in for soil conservation

To turn a lot into a lawn of wild vegetation

After all I have no tea time companion

My square kettle and I drink alone

 

转调踏莎行·叶落秋江 20190423

 

叶落秋江，寒山深翠。津梁凭雾锁，人难寐。 天时正晚，与舟篷共醉，明程暂且问芦花苇。

 

故土天遥，心如止水。谁还拘一把，离乡泪。 当初自逐，莫说如今悔。此世竟倒是何为对。

 

Into the Autumn River the Leaves Fall 20190423

 

Into the autumn river the leaves fall

Dark green are the cold mountains

The ford is locked by a thick fog

Sleepless is a passenger in the cabin

It’s late, with the boat he raises his cup

And let the reeds tell him tomorrow’s trip

 

Far from home his heart is placid as water

No longer does he shed the homesick tear

Since he chose to leave how can he regret

In the world what is wrong and what’s correct·

 

玉楼春·彩蝶 20190425

 

彩蝶翩跹妆色美，赛过千红和万紫。因何偏向蕊中藏，自乐自娱张彩翅。

问蝶盛装谁为绮，缄口费猜难识底。欲邀蝴蝶却无方，只向春心留妩媚。

 

Colorful Butterfly 20190425

 

The colorful butterfly flutters with beautiful makeup and color

And compete with many a colorful flower

Why do you prefer to hide in the stamens

And enjoy the display of your wings' splendor

I ask her for whom she dresses up

It is difficult to get an answer from her

I want to invite her but there is no way

Where spring dwells in the heart, she leaves her charm there

 

蝶恋花·题于静秋江落红图 20190426

 

天暮西风几度冷，残叶寒凋，飘落江波影。人在天涯多旅病，乌蓬漏夜犹孤醒。

 

水润层层红艳警，尽是情殇，肠断心悲哽。两岸芦花开正盛，清霜禅院闻钟磬。

 

On a Painting of Red Flowers Falling into A River 20190426

 

Gusts of cold west wind at dusk

Withered leaves fall into the flicking waves of a river

At the end of the world, a traveler falls ill often

In an awning boat, he is awake the whole night alone

The rosy color of water seems to be a warning

All sad feelings that render the heart painful

The reeds on both banks are vigorously blooming

In clear frost the bell from a Zen temple is tolling

 

朝中措 · 人生 20190426

 

人生共事不同行，各自有归程。恰似落花流水，几多有意无情。

 

登台演戏，旦生丑净，总要金鸣。看取后台妆镜，谁人与你持灯·

 

 

On Life 2-190426

 

People may share careers but not their lives

Each is destined to his own way

Just like waters carrying fallen petals away

One wants to stay, the other him or her would betray

Staging a drama

Each has his or her role

And all listen to the ending of the show

Look at the dressing mirror off stage

Who holds a lamp for you·

 

清平乐·王朝蝶 20190427

 

欣逢佳月，得见王朝蝶。艳赛群芳难超越，两翅梨花如雪。

神态旖旎端庄，素颜何用梳妆。一笑倾城国色，天姿更配霓裳。

 

Monarch Butterfly 20190427

 

Gladly in this nice month I saw a monarch butterfly

Her beauty surpassed all other pretty things nearby

White as snowy pear blossoms she flutter wings to fly

 

Stately is her beautiful face and posture

Makeup adds nil to her face of nature

Her smile can subvert the whole town

Nice dress highlights a heavenly creature

 

赴旧金山中文演讲比赛 20190427

 

四月黄州变绿洲，三乡六野碧如油。鲜花争为春微笑，细草总因风点头。

百里长驱金岭赴，群童坐判冠军投。同人目睹忙诸务，苦辣甜酸欲话休。

 

Chinese Speech Contest in San Francisco 20190427

 

The golden state turns greenish in April

The fields are verdant like transmission oil

Flowers compete to smile for the pleasant spring

Fine grasses nod as fine winds start blowing

A hundred mile trip led to Gold Mountain

We sat judging kids to award champion

Colleagues busied with competition chores

I stopped short of airing sweetness and sores

 

孤雁儿·蔡文姬 2019042

 

天涯鸿雁飞何往，心碎人孤望。一轮明月照长空，荒野草波如浪。中原路远，归期不见，凄冷穹庐帐。

 

匈奴强娶终难忘，伤女荒原葬。悲离二子滞胡疆，终得生归乡壤。修书汉室，文存佳话，到死知何想·

 

Lady Cai Wenji 2019042

 

Where are geese flying to in the edge of sky·

A heart-broken lady watches them alone

A bright moon is shedding light in the vast sky

The wilderness with wavy grass is strewn

The road to central China is long

No date for home return is around

Miserably cold is the Mongolian tent

Still crying over her marriage to the Xiongnu

She laments a woman at a desert tomb

Sadly she parts with her two sons left behind

Before she is brought back to her home land

To write history for the Chinese lord

Her good reputation lasts in the lore

I wonder if she would at death bed repent

 

玉漏迟 ·痴心多惹怨 2019042

 

痴心多惹怨，一厢情绪，徒招偷笑。梦里佳人，觉醒倍增烦恼。顾影生怜何故，若无缘，枉观花好。情自扰，无由无据，何来心闹。

 

本是殊寡交情，却要献殷勤，岂非胡造。礼拜弥慈，尚有开颜憨笑。不解春红谢处，谁家扫，一坪花草。心路渺，迷茫客知多少。

 

Infatuation Produces Resentment 2019042

       

Infatuation produces resentment

One sided love invites sneer behind

Beauty in dreams only gives waking annoyance

Love at first sight, what is the basis·

Without destined link, you watch nice flowers for nothing

Don’t disturb yourself if yours is baseless feeling

 

There is no past connection between you two

Your kindness is but the act of the fool

Worshipping Maitreya you at least can hear

The fat buddha smiling from ear to ear

When spring flowers fall, who sweeps them away·

A misty heart leads so many people astray

 

卜算子.我在厦之中 钦谱 20190429

 

我在厦之中，君似楼之外。日日无时不念君，美貌谁能怪。

 

汝是水婵娟，我是田间菜。月色虽佳仅可观，汝自有英雄爱。

 

I Am Inside the Mansion 20190429

 

I am inside the mansion

While outside you seem to be

I think of you daily and hourly

Who can blame me

It's all your beauty

 

You are the beautiful moon in the water

I am a field vegetable 

The fine moonlight can only be watched

You have your own hero

2019/5/2

 

临江仙·师资队伍更新有感 20190502

 

校园松立斜阳照，海湾遥见岚稀。日沉天际布霞霓，碧空如洗海鸥啼。

 

铁打营盘兵替换，算来追廿年兮。长江后浪汰前泥，新人潇洒尽红衣。

 

On the Renewal of Faculty on Campus 20190502

Pine trees stand tall in the slanting sunlight on campus

Clad in a layer of thin fog is the Monterey Bay in distance

The sun sets, painting the sky with rosy hues

Seagulls cry in the blue sky, clean as if washed

In this ironclad camp, soldiers come and go

Twenty years have I worked here as an instructor

Like in the Yangtze, new waves wash away old mud

And nowadays there are many a nicely dressed sister

 

贺新郎·梦醒 20190505

 

梦醒难消夜，恨时钟，蠕行蜗慢，裸墙徒挂。陪枕诗书翻看懒，瞋目心猿意马。思绪乱，迷情谁惹·寻遍天星何处斗，看云间，月暗无华射。瞥笑靥，旧时画。

 

几多年里春和夏， 似飘萍，无问西东，花开花谢。 过眼云烟皆飘散，陋里残园寒舍。

总思忖，何寻风雅。 盼与知音游乡野，却只听，锦羽鸣孤鷓。 行不得，罢罢罢。

 

Waking Up from Dreams  20190505

 

Night is too long to consume upon waking up from a dream

I hate the snail like clock that hangs on bare wall in vain

Too lazy to browse the books at my pillow

My eyes wide open, my thoughts gallop like horses and run like a train

I wonder who provoked my chaotic mindset

Where is the Big Dipper among the whole sky of stars·

In the clouds, the moon’s light is dimmed

I peep at the smile on an old portrait of digital drawing

 

Many a spring and summer have passed

I am like duckweeds without directions, blossoming and withering

The past disperses like clouds in this shabby house and decaying garden on a poor street

I always think of finding something refined and elegant

Hoping to roam the fields with a dear one

However all I hear is the crying of lonely birds

Well, it’s of no avail, forget about it

 

八六子·岛城初晚 20190506

 

黑云天，岛城初晚，茸毛细雨绵绵。看眼下街灯寂放，四周殊少人声，雁鸣草间。多时无雨晴天，院草叶枯凌乱，平添几处萧然。

 

更何况、无端满心烦恼，欲言无处，似藤缠绕，整天扰我心慌意乱，如于炉灶熬煎。镜中顏，愁容使人怎看。

 

In the Early Evening of the Peninsula Town 20190506

 

In the early evening of the peninsula town

Dark clouds spread over the sky

A drizzle softly sprinkles down

In solitude flickers the street lights

Human sounds are hardly heard

Only wild geese in grass make some sound

After many fine days with no rain

Grass in my yard withers and is in disorder

Adding to the desolate atmosphere

 

Much less to say

My heart is filled with worries for no reason

There is no place to vent my thoughts

Which entangle like wild vines

Causing me to be in panic everyday

And putting me on a pan to fry

In the mirror

My sad face is hardly bearable to an observer

 

 忆帝京·北海 20190507

 

琼岛春荫城中海，气象大方豪迈。犹记少年时，荡桨红巾戴。壮志溢胸怀，满腹豪情在。

 

屈指算，积年堆载。不曾料，风貌皆改。忆旧无心，凭栏何必，世事终要循沧海。甲子倦还乡，故里如边塞。

Recalling the Beihai Park 20190507

 

Spring trees shade the island in the Beihai Park

It is always a scene of grandeur and magnificence

I still remember when I was a teenager

I rowed boat in the lake wearing the red scarf

My heart overflowed with ambition then

My spirit brimmed with noble passion

Counting the years, so many have passed

I never imagined everything would change

Now I have no heart for recalling the past

Nor is there a need to lean on the railing to contemplate

The affairs of the world ultimately follow the law of change

Sixty years have passed, and I am weary of returning home

Because my hometown is now like in the distant border

 

三字令·美人蕉 20190507

 

云鬓耸，细蜂腰，美人蕉。飞笑靥，赛红桃。惹相思，招爱恋，倦心撩。

春月起，共江潮，思难消。孤客艇，苦漂摇。问何时，风避处，可抛锚。

A Plant Name as Beauty 20190507

 

High piles her hair

Thin is her waist

This plant named Beauty

Her smiles fly

Her flowers red as peach

Invoking lovesickness

Inviting love and care

Disturbing a tired heart

 

Spring moon rises

With the waves of river

Thoughts hard to dispel

Lone boat passenger

Suffers in drifting

Asks when he can

Enter a safe harbor

To drop the anchor

 

渔夫20190509

 

碧凌波，花白苇，乌篷一艇随流水。蓑笠翁，坐船尾，一篓鱼儿美味。

槛外人，浮世绘，只消孤枕酣然睡。诗书乐，红颜累，忘却佳人自醉。

 

Fisherman 20190509

 

On the emerald waves between banks in white reeds

A small boat with a black awning on the river drifts

At the stern sits an old man in a straw hat and coat 

With a basket of fish to become his delicacy

.

He is an outsider to the worldly scene

A solitary pillow for a good sleep make him content

Poetry and books bring him joy, women mere exhaustion

He’d rather forget the beauty and plunge into intoxication

 

临江仙 ·武汉长江 201905xx

 

大江东去斜阳外，几番轮渡穿行。一桥凌贯北南横，鹤龟花木看峥嵘。

 

自幼临江多少次，岁时如水无情。从容而逝赴单程，人间生死岂闻听。

 

Yangtze at Wuhan 201905xx

 

The river runs east in the sunset glow

On ferry boats many times I’ve crossed the flow

The towering bridge strides over the two banks

Exuberant are the plants of  Crane and Turtle

 

I’ve come to the river frequently since a child

Like water, time flows mercilessly forward

On a one way trip it disappears with leisure

Never caring for death and life in the world

 

 

琵琶仙·大瑟风光 20190511

 

高岸汪洋，叹观止，大瑟风光无限。遥看霜色天云，原乡此心远。漂泊客，登临送目，似闻见，阵行归雁。面海听涛，闲观落瀑，沙白湾浅。

 

待晴日，千里无云，海蓝色，晶莹透天展。吟唱一怀胸噫，唤来风云卷。须忘却，烦心琐事，尽散开，苦涩痴恋。任那他处鸳鸯，枕香肢软。

 

Big Sur 20190511

 

High cliff banks

Endless ocean

Breathtakingly beautiful

Is the Big Sur scene

Distantly I watch

Sky and clouds misty

My homeland

Far from me

A wanderer

From this ascension

Seems to hear

Homing geese in formation

Facing the sea

To flapping waves I listen

Idly I watch the water fall

By the white sand and shallow bay

Wait till a sunny day

All the clouds go away

The blue color of the sea

Melts into the crystal sky all the way

I will open my heart to sing

To call in winds and clouds tumbling

I will forget all the matters

My mind vexing

And throw away

The idiotic craving

And ignore those loved ones

In their love-making

 

侧犯·荷变 201905xx

 

藕肥叶绿，艳容妩媚芙蕖茁，湖泽。月下立婷婷，笔和墨。张公画卷展，洗砚清池液，倾国。

 

逢雨日，听荷水边寂，翩翩俊子，莲采蓬头择。徒在侧，耐他何，余本是观客。自此莲塘，景非人陌。杨柳凄凄，赏花无色。

 

Lotus Change 201905xx

 

Fat lotus roots, green lotus leaves

Robustly grow lotus plants in charm

In the lake

Slender under the moon

A scroll in water color

By Artist Zhang that unfolds

An ink holder of clear water

A beauty unsurpassable

 

On a rainy day

I listened to the lotus in quietude

A handsome guy

Picked lotus seeds

In vain I stood by

Watching him

I was none other than a passer-by

But since that day

Changed the scenery

Strange now is the person

Sad is the willow tree

The colors of flowers have

All faded away

 

5/12摊破南乡子 ·空恋 20190512

 

空恋竹喧人，没想到，不是单身。那日瞥得鸳鸯对，卿卿我我，齐眉举案，妩媚销魂。

 

曾抱布秦门，佯贸丝，来即芳邻。美人一笑千般媚，阴谋洞见，不卑不亢，遥指前村。

 

I Had a Crush on the Bamboo Rustling Person 20190512

 

I had a crush on the bamboo rustling person

It never occurred to me that she was not single

The other day I saw the loving pair of Mandarin ducks

Respectfully dining together, her beauty capturing my soul

 

I had carried a bolt of cloth to the Qin house

Pretending to exchange for the silk of my pretty neighbor

Charmingly she smiled, detecting my intention

And appropriately guided me to a village yonder

 

七绝 家务 20190515

 

柴米油盐酱醋茶，参禅不必定离家。扫清秋院风飘叶，胜过佛门一领裟。

 

House Chores 20190515

 

Firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea

Practicing Zen doesn't mean leaving home necessarily

Sweeping the leaves in the yard left by autumn wind

Is better than wearing a robe in the temple for others to see

 

满庭芳 ·小园 20190515

 

夏雨频多，小园花盛，莠良争抢甘霖。五颜六色，倒也悦身心。怎奈老肢孱弱，无暇顾，草乱阴森。锄镰动，蛮荒未整，体力已难禁。

 

置房年七载，当初气盛，细划详斟。盖浮土，桃源别墅摹临。漆画篱墙虚月，题 红绿，宝黛佯寻。终荒了，人生大事，仍夜夜寒衾。

 

My Little Garden 20190515

 

After the plentiful summer rain 

Vigorous flowers grown in the small garden

And the weeds are vying for the sweet rain

It's colorful and quite pleasing to mind and body

But my old limbs are too weak for cultivation

The weeds are in a mess and appear gloomy

With hoes and sickles in motion

I grow tired physically before them straighten

 

It has been seven years since I bought the house

Back then, I was vigorous and had much ambition

Covering the loose soil, I tried to replicate the Utopian garden

I painted a fake Moon Gate on the old wood fence

And inscribed the names of Brother Jade and Sister Woods

In the end, all was wasted

The major tasks in life ignored

I still sleep in the cold every night

 

阮郎归·清风吹笑 20190516

 

清风吹笑一池波，谁言深意多。水边杨柳自婆娑，骚人徒揣摩。

 

江南雨，太湖蓑，垂竿翠叶荷。兴来一曲旧渔歌，双双看白鹅。

 

In a Breeze the Pond Laughs in Ripples 20190516

 

In a breeze the pond laughs in ripples

Who says it has profound intentions

Graceful alone are the water margin willows

Useless are poets’ imaginations

 

South China rain, straw coat by the Taihu Lake

A fishing rod among green lotus leaves

An old fishing song is heard from a happy guy

Pairs of white geese cruse by

 

菩萨蛮·读济南于静危岩飞瀑图 2019051

 

危岩高耸泉三叠，松枝横挂临崖绝。举首望青冥，苍穹皆碧澄。

 

友朋相对饮，煮酒青梅品。何处看英雄，云烟万里空。

 

On a Painting of Waterfall down a Precipitous Cliff 2019051

 

Three layers of springs fall down the perilous rocks,

Pine branches hang horizontally on the sheer cliff

Looking up at the blue sky

One sees a clear and blue heaven

 

Friends drink together

The wine made from green plums

Where can one see a hero?

The clouds and mist stretch for thousands of miles so

 

摸鱼儿·雨淋淋 2019051

 

雨淋淋、清寒周末，时时无趣心境。苍天辽阔行无处，抬眼寂山愁岭。观自影，恰一个，涸滩落井囚蛙境。流年残剩。总噩噩浑浑，不知不觉，生不解心病。

 

孤零夜，难梦温香软颈，春宵沙漏流罄。空填词曲知何用·总是佳人无兴。君拭镜，白苍发、应知惭愧迷娟影！何如买酊。便红袖虚情，解愁亦可，胜远寺钟磬。

 

Wet, Wet Rain 2019051

 

It’s a cold weekend with wet, wet rain

Every moment I feel listless

The sky is vast, but there is no way to travel there

Only desolate mountains and sorrowful peaks are seen

Looking at myself in the mirror

I am but a frog trapped in a dry well, without many years left

Always in a daze, unaware of what I suffer from, an unresolved heartache

 

In lonely nights, it is hard to dream of a warm and soft neck

The hourglass of spring nights runs dry

What use are empty words and melodies?

The beauty remains unmoved

I wipe clean the mirror and see my white hair

I should know better not to be infatuated with a pretty face

But go a bottle of wine to purchase

Even the fake  affection of a beautiful woman can soothe my sorrow

Better than the bells and chimes from a distant temple

 

周日遇雨 20190519

 

周日雨绵绵，薄衫不抵寒。虽然春近晚，怎奈此洋湾。

陋室情凄寂，公职事琐繁。流光悄逝去，老朽内如燃。

 

Rain on the Weekend 20190519

 

On this Sunday it rained nonstop

My thin shirt failed to give me warmth

Though spring is near its end almost

We are by the Monterey bay

Sad loneliness filled my poor house

Myriads of things occur at work

Time flows away without a trace

I feel scorching burns in my guts

 

南乡子·除草 20190520

 

老朽败园囚，春至狂芳费剪修。忙里窃闲收拾点，悠悠，无限光阴不觉流。

 

劳累苦无休，恰似随波不系舟。释剪入门窥美貌，明眸，更惹忧肠百结愁。

 

Weeding the Yard 20190520

 

An old man, a prisoner of his garden

Works hard to trim the wild spring vegetation

He does it little by little ‘cause he is busy

And much time steals away without notification

 

He feels bitter about endless labor

Like a nonstop boat on the river

Leaving the shears he enters the room seeing a pretty face

Her bright eyes make him suffer

 

蝶恋花· 一夜清风摇玉树 20190522

 

一夜清风摇玉树，云淡天青，飞过丝丝缕。何处擎天神立柱，托高星汉迢迢路。

 

夏至无由寻柳絮，碧草鲜花，欢喜时时雨。满院残春听鸟语，双双偏向邻家去。

 

In the Nightly Breeze Fine Trees Sway 20190522

 

In the nightly breeze fine trees sway

Across the blue sky silky clouds play

Where’s the magic pillar supporting the sky

That raises high the starry Milky Way

 

Summer comes and nowhere to see catkins

Green grass and fresh flowers love shower rains

The departing spring in my yard listens to the birds

That in pairs fly to the neighboring lanes

 

鹧鸪天·晨起 20190523

 

乌云遮月雨朦胧，清凉空气自从容。晨来小院观花站，忘却厅堂无袖红。

整车库，地方空，腾完有地事亲躬。小修小补劳身动，回忆当年修理工。

 

Getting Up in the Morning 20190523

 

The dark clouds cover the moon in the hazy rain

In the fresh air I feel nothing would me restrain

At dawn I stand in the small yard to watch flowers

And forget in my house no fair lady can be seen

 

I sort things in the garage to some space gain

So as to do some DIY that my back would strain

Small repairs keep my body in good motion

And call back memories of days fixing car engine

 

点绛唇·下班后 20190523

 

日暮沉沉，校园人去车流寂。霎时无迹，野鹿佳妻觅。

 

春夏之交，天气多更易。何朝夕，全凭天德，变化无规律。

 

After Work 20190523

 

It’s dark after sunset 

Human and vehicle traffic gone from campus

Instantly cleared

Chasing a mate, a wild deer

 

When spring is replaced by summer

Changeable is the weather

What mornings and evenings we have

Depends on heaven’s temper

No regularity whatsoever

 

散天花·梦醒 20190524

 

阑夜眠中碎梦稠，临窗残见月，挂如钩。纤云犹在树梢浮，方才之枕景，秒分流。

 

持笔飞书怪境头，淘思兼苦虑，秘言求。缠麻往事解还忧，倩谁评毕竟，算无筹。

 

Waking Up from Dreams 20190524

 

At midnight I wake up from sporadic dreams

At the window I see the waning moon

Hanging there like a hook

Thin clouds are still at the tree branches

The scenes at the pillow just now

Flows away in a second

 

I quickly write down the weird scenes

Racking my brain to recall

Seeking hidden meanings

Entangled past events give more sorrow at the attempt to dissolve

Who can make a judgement

About my poor calculation?

 

七律·梦醒 20190524

 

夜半觉来残梦稠，临窗一望月如钩。纤云犹在枝梢挂。枕景已随分秒流。

奋笔疾书奇境录，竭思苦虑秘言求。悠悠往事纠缠久，因果谁能说破头。

 

Waking Up from Dreams 20190524

 

Waking up midnight, I’ve dream memories dense

A look finds the crescent moon by the window

Thin clouds still hang on the branches of tree tops

In seconds vanish the scenes at the pillow

Struggling to write down quick the mysterious dreams

To seek their hidden message I rack my brains

Entangled are the past happenings in life

What’s the cause‘ nd what’s not who to me explains·

 

七绝·除草  20190526

 

剪枝褥草事躬亲，室少芳荃院满春。若得帮工香艳手，罗衾绣枕两相邻。

 

Cutting Grass 20190526

 

Trimming shrubs and pulling weeds I do them all

No flowers in the house, but spring is everywhere in the yard

If only I had a maid with fragrant hands to help with the chore

At the pillow we could be companions who sleep hard

 

水调歌头·理旧照 2019052

 

日晚挂帘冷，春去近无踪。夏来时有凄雨，难耐海洋风。陋室空堂寂寞，败院荒芜满地，花叶落重重。持帚何堪扫，颦黛悼残红。

 

翻旧照，皆凌乱，岁青葱。忍观昔日模样，何处觅韶容。犹忆庐峰攀越，还上骊山凭吊，年少易情衷。历尽沧桑后，难再有心雄。

 

Sorting Old Photos 2019052

 

At dusk the curtain hangs cold at the door

Nowhere can I find traces of spring anymore

Bitter rains are frequent in the early summer

The wind from the sea is hard to bear

My room is empty, filled with only solitude

My yard is uncared for with weeds on the ground

Layers of fallen flowers and leaves are everywhere

Broom in hand, I hesitate to sweep the sad scenes

 

Browsing old photos that are disorganized

I see my young and green years

I can hardly bear to see the old me

Where is my fine face?

I still remember hiking the Lushan Mountain

And climbing up Lishan to remember Lady Yang

Man tends to be emotions when young

After experience changes in life

One hardly has a heart to strive

 

鹧鸪天·无题，步晏几道韵 20190529

 

如坐针毡对驰钟，凄风苦雨泣飞红。孤衾梦醒窗边月，夜半春阑枕底风。

 

心中偶，云边鸿，自悲命运不君同。今生识得佳人面，笑影长留回忆中。

 

Facing the galloping clock, I seem to be on pins and needles

I cry over bitter winds and rains bringing down red petals

When I wake up alone I see the moon by the window

And feel the winds of mid night in late spring under the pillow

The idol in my heart is but a goose flying in distant sky

I am sad that we do not share the same life, you and I

Now that at least your face I can recognize

Forever your smiles I will memorize

 

眼儿媚·忆八十年代西安之旅 20190530

 

登上骊山尽风尘，寒月正初春。偷辞营地，绿皮西去，秦地荒晨。

华清遐想凝脂液，烽火定昏君。梨花飘雨，渔阳鼙鼓，千古冤魂。

 

Recalling Trip to Xi'an in the 0's 20190530

 

I climbed up the Lishan Hill in dusty wind

It was the early spring still cold

I left the base without asking for leave

Going west on the old green train

Fora morning in the wild in the former Qin State

 

By the Huaqing Pond I imagined how the emperor's lady bathed

As well as in earlier dynasties how a stupid king plaid with beacon fire

Pear blossoms showered with rain, battle drums beaten on horizon, how many died in vain?

 

昭君怨·终有人生缘尽 20190531

 

终有人生缘尽，莫赖凭天言信。林木一经寒，叶枝干。

岂望佳人长倚，多变人生如水。片刻美韶华，黯云遮。

 

Human Liaison Is Destined to Sever 20190531

 

Human liaison is destined to sever

Trust not a vow in name of heaven

Once trees are by the cold bitten

The branches will wither

 

Rely not long on the beloved one

Life changes like flowing water

The momental glorious hour

Will turn into a cloud-clad sun

 

减字木兰花·端午 两首20190607

 

一

落金沉海，夕浪鸣涛云溢彩。沙岸风刚，独立斜阳须发苍。

 

屈原齐颂，竹叶家家包玉粽。门挂菖蒲，欲问今年君有无?

 

Lunar Calendar Double 5 Day 20190607

1

 

The gold sinks towards the sea

The roaring dusk waves and clouds wear the colors of sunlight

Brisk winds blows at the sandy beach

I stand in the slanting sunlight alone, my hair white

 

All the people praise Poet Qu Yuan on this day

All the households wrap rice dumplings with bamboo leaves

On the doors calamus leaves are hung

I want to know if you do the same this year?

 

二

 

碧空舟月，清冷雄黄重五节。陋室空堂，无意升炊竹叶香。

 

遐思她处，可是合家欢乐语。问讯无由，遥看星河万里愁。

 

2

 

In the shape of a boat the moon floats in the clear sky

It is the Double 5th Day of the cold realgar wine

In my shabby empty house

I have no mood to cook bamboo wrapped rice

 

I think of her place

Must be a family of merriment

No reason to actually inquire

I look at ten thousand miles of sorrow in the river of stars

 

 

 

街头看云 20190610

 

大鹏展翅上扶摇，天际霓霞似火烧。如海青冥何浩瀚，星球亿万自流漂。

 

Watching Clouds on Street 20190610

 

A great roc spreads its wings and soars into the sky,

Clouds on the far rim of the sky burns with the rosy sunlight

Boundless is the ocean-like heaven

With billions of planets drifting freely

 

题楼中望月图 20190612

 

胸中块垒筑荒峦，一尾芭蕉带剑寒。远客凄凉昏夜里，一轮圆月独依栏。

 

On a Painting of Watching the Moon from Inside a Building 20190612

 

The thoughts in heart pile up like barren hills

The plantain leaves look like cold sword blades

In the murky night sad is a guest from a distant place

Under a full moon he alone stands by the balcony rails

 

七绝·加州之夏 20190612

 

加州入夏草呈黄，一岸如金千半长。海水涛寒无泳者，唯余小崽弄潮忙。

 

Summer of California 20190612

 

Grass turns yellow in summer in California

Half thousand miles ' coast is coasted in gold

No swimmers swim in ocean 'cause it's cold

Only children play with the waves down there

 

清平乐·周六傍晚坐星巴克上网听戏 20190616

 

阴云密布，凄冷遥山树。白羽翩翩穿海雾，落日无踪天暮。

 

独坐吧客闲呆，不问人去人来。幽馆梨园听唱，心与蔡姐同哀。

 

Listening to Peking Opera in Starbucks Coffee 20190616

 

Dense are the dark clouds today

Chilly the trees in distant hills lay

Dancing white gulls dash through sea fog

At dusk, the setting sun has hidden it ray

I sat alone in Starbucks, idle

Caring not the flow of people

Watching Beijing Opera on Youtube

Sharing the home-returning lady's sorrow

乌夜啼·不见伊人面 2019061

 

不见伊人面，楼台寂寞空虚。婵娟徒照尘封牖，倚枕懒翻书。

何事痴迷水月，非为翻覆欢娱。怜花岂是因春色，秋爱果如珠。

 

She Is Nowhere to Be Found 2019061

 

She is nowhere to be found

The buildings clad in emptiness profound

In vain the brilliant moon shines on the dusty window

No mood to read, I lean on the pillow tossing around

 

Why am I infatuated with the moon's reflection

I'm not actually seeking young couple's pleasure

I admire the flowers, not because of their spring coloration

But for the fruits they bear in the season proper

 

西江月·晨扫 20190619

 

晨起理修杂院，落英枯草清除。葬花本是黛功夫，只叹潇湘没住。

 

长发柳腰倩影，明眸笑靥香裾。忽知不是玉儿图，自问姑娘来路。

 

Sweeping in the Morning 20190619

 

In the morning, I tidy up the courtyard

Clearing away fallen flowers and withered grass

Burying flowers is a hobby of Miss Lin Daiyu

But I sigh that I do not live near her place

I seem to see a graceful figure, long hair

and thin waist, with bright eyes and a sweet smile

Suddenly I realize it isn't a picture of Little Yu

I ask myself where this girl has come from

 

青玉案 · 素颜20190626

 

胭脂除却沧容现，岁淘尽，芙蓉面。镜里佳人何处见，寒凋秋叶，花随风散，深夜孤灯伴。

 

红颜终有沧桑断，日落天涯彩云散。纵是遍求菩萨愿，青春老去，韶华难返，旧影徒嗟叹。

 

Rouge Having Faded Away 20190626

 

Rouge having faded away, the gaunt face is revealed

The years have washed away

The face once like a lotus flower

Where is the beautiful woman in the mirror

Cold withered autumn leaves

Flowers scattered with the wind

A solitary lamp accompanies me in the dead of night

 

The beauty of the world will eventually come to an end,

When the sun sets, the colorful clouds disperse across the horizon

Even if one prays upon the Bodhisattva's vows in every possible way

Youth still fades away 

The prime of life is hard to return

Leaving only sighs in the old shadows.

 

满宫花·赏夏 20190626

 

远山清，云色袅，午后斜阳光好。下班需借暮来迟，赏夏莫辜时早。

 

官事多，闲刻少，常负临洋嘉岛。流光亏欠惰身人，转眼菱花顏老。

 

Appreciating the Summer 20190626

 

The vision of distant hills is clear

The color of floating clouds thin

The slanting sunshine in the afternoon is good

Off work, we thank the lateness of dusk

Do not waste the good time to enjoy the summer

 

Official business are many

Leisure time is scant

The nice isles by the ocean are often ignored

Time does not favor lazy bodies

We grow old in mirror fast

 

浪淘沙令·偷录唱歌唱戏 20190629

 

班末苦抓闲，偷录歌篇，无人方可尽情喧。兴里不知非大腕，自作梨园。

 

海外少丝弦，遑论勾栏，电台电视尽音番。刺耳嘲喧非我类，巫岭啼猿。

 

Recording My Singing Secretly 20190629

 

Approaching the end of work I grasp time tightly

To record my singing secretly

With people gone I can singing whole heartedly

I forget I am not famous star when I have the mood

To make myself an actor

 

Overseas I seldom hear native music

Much less to say traditional operas

The sounds from TV and radios are all foreign

Belong to the Other with their noise

Like the crying of monkeys in the Three Gorges

定风波·垃圾分类 20190702

 

近日垃垃需细分，详情逼苦沪间人。纵老阿姨犹无措，无语，龙虾一匝议纷纭。

违背常知方寸乱，需慢。手拎塑袋请先申，须报侬伽啥乐色，干湿，拎无清爽雇专门。

 

Sorting Trash 20190702

 

Recently trash needs to be sorted

The details confuse Shanghainese

It baffles even veteran nannies

Making them speechless

A lobster leads to heated debates

 

When common sense is ignored one becomes indecisive

More cautiousness is needed

Plastic bag in hand, you need to apply first

Tell the guard what trash is there

Dry or wet

Hire a professional if you do not know

 

题红霞海鸥照 20190705

 

映海红霞罩艳轮，朝阳夕日两难甄。双翔飞鸟知何向，似去如来恨煞人。

 

On a Photo of Rosy Clouds and Flying Seagulls 20190705

 

The bright sun is covered by rosy clouds above the sea

It’s hard to tell if it is the morning sun or the one setting

Two gulls are flying, but towards which direction?

How resentful that they seem to be approaching as well as leaving

 

生活写照 2019070

 

方壶一仄半茶杯，白首流光日夜催。灯下十年无客坐，异乡廿载有情哀。

心仪美倩水中月，意属佳人槛内梅。空望丹青犹隔世，南柯酣梦只缘槐。

 

My Life 2019070

 

Half cup of tea is poured from my kettle square

Time rushes my life and whitens my hair

For a decade no guest ever sits under my light

Two decades in foreign land is spent in despair

I love the moon reflected in water, so beautiful

I crave the plum flowers in the yard of a fair

We are worlds apart, when I look at her in painting

My dream of good life is but ants’ kingdom there

 

菩萨蛮·孤寂黄昏 20190709

 

无花陌上心难驻，天涯望断回归路。屈指算行程，黄昏海雾蒸。

青山眠碧树，日落空廊暮。野渡寂无人，清凉孤月轮。

 

A Lonely Dusk 20190709

 

Flowerless road can’t make  a wandering heart stay

The return trip extends beyond the horizon out of sight

How many miles it is hard for finger counting to say

Foggy is the sea when it is approaching night

Trees in green mountains have fallen asleep

Verandas after sunset, no one comes by

The ferry in the wilderness, none is there to keep

Coldly shining is the lonely moon in the sky

 

菩萨蛮·生活写照 20190709

 

方壶一举茶杯半，流光白首星轮换。灯下客无迎，枕边绝恋情。

 

心仪池里月，闻磬寒山咽。泣望槛中梅，南柯一梦槐。

 

My Life in a Different Verse Style 20190709

 

Half cup of tea from a square tea pot

Rotating stars drive time and whiten the hair

Under the ceiling light, no guest on the spot

Next to the pillow, not a single love affair

 

To the moon in the pond the heart is bound

Cold mountains weep hearing temple bell sound

Tearful eyes turn to plum trees guarded by her door

Acquiring a fair lady is a dream and nothing more

 

高山流水·看《神探柯晨》之最美反派左小青 20190713

 

黑帮大姐最情长，护娇儿，飞纸夫亡。情助野心家，终来反被他戕。头颅断，怎诉情殇。津神探，维法兼联对手，舌剑唇枪，最终虽结案，亦不免悲伤。

 

家湘，原来健身女，陈老板，慧眼知香。初识一工人，笑靥锁住双郎。貌如花，好似邻厢。自兹后，新剧篇篇必看，醉意非觞。寄情青姐，只聊诉，满愁肠。

 

注：初见左小青，是 《我们的八十年代》

 

Zuo Xiaoqing, Who Acted a Bad Role in a Detective Story 20190713

 

The gang's matriarch is full of passion

To protect her beloved child,

She killed her hubby with paper like dagger

She aided an ambitious man up the social ladder

But in the end he persecuted her

Had her head been severed

How could she have vented anger

A detective from Tianjin,

Upholding the law and working with his rival

Engaged in fierce verbal battle

Her case solved alright

It still couldn't wipe out the sorrow

 

Her hometown is Human

Once a rhythmic gymnast

She was favored by movie star Chen

For her charm

I saw her first acting a factory worker

Her smile the hearts of two men did capture

Her beauty was like a flower

Just like that of a neighbor

I watch her every new play since then

And my intoxication was not from wine

I would like to confide in Sister Qing

My sorrowful heart pouring

 

点绛唇·人到中年 20190717

 

除却红妆，一颦一笑添人气。时虽不滞，可想当年丽。

 

夏果秋成，风韵平添媚。深潭水，灵藏龙寄，欲探难寻底。

 

Middle-aged Lady 20190717

 

With makeup removed

She frowns and smiles like everyone does

Though time never stops

Her younger years’ beauty remains

 

The ripening of fine fruits in autumn

Heaps on her charm upon charm

Hiding the chi of a magic dragon

Is an unfathomable lake serene

Beyond my attempt to dive in

 

玉蝴蝶·遐思尽 20190719

 

遐思尽，爱犹长，枕边粱已黄。秀发入风扬，花容影挂墙。

湾风暖，游无伴，孤自看残阳。惆怅念娇娘，似闻衣带香。

 

My Fancies Ended 20190719

 

My fancies ended, but my love does remain

The dream from my millet pillow was dreamt in vain

Her silky black hair waves in the wind with grace

On the wall hangs the sketch of her flowery face

 

In warm sea breeze I stroll without companion

Watching the setting sun whose rays still remain

My sad thoughts turn again to the lady fair

The fragrance of her dress seems to be in the air

 

七绝·寒江送别图 201907xx

 

孤人西望未寒秋，一树风摇送别舟。冷雨倚栏浮月满，江枝岸叶又阶稠。

 

On a Painting of Seeing Off a Traveller by the Cold River 201907xx

 

Looking west, a lonely soul stands

In the autumn not yet too cold

Shaking the trees, blowing winds are

Seeing off a departing boat

Leaning against the rail, the guest sees

A full moon floating in the rain

The leaves of the riverside trees

Cover the bank steps thick again

 

烛影摇红·烛影摇红 201907xx

 

烛影摇红，壁蓬生色添光艳。长宵难尽梦频仍，独失伊人脸。

 

偶效灯前舞剑，似虞姬，强将泪掩。穷途末路，四面楚歌，寿随时减。

 

Flickering Is the Shadow of Red Candle 201907xx

 

Flickering is the shadow of red candle

Brightening a humble abode with scarlet glow

In this lengthy dream-frequent night

I see all except her face bright

 

Sometimes I stage a sword dance before the light

Imitating the warrior’ s concubine, tears to hide

The end of my journey comes in sight

The bell tolls the life’s twilight

The advancing time curtails life’s flight

 

巫山一段云·忆三峡游 201907xx

 

几点宜昌雨，巫山一段云。西行三峡向夔门，东方红一轮。

 

神女遥望真切，两岸猿啼声咽。前贤李白宦游篇，凭栏诵行间。

 

Recalling a Boat Trip to the Three Gorges 201907xx

 

Several drops of rain in Yichang

A piece of cloud above Wu Mount

Westward I headed to the Gorges

On board the Red East

 

Vivid was the fairy lady in distance

Choking was the cries of monkeys on banks

Leaning on the boat rail I recited silently

The banished official Li Po’s poetry

 

踏莎行·追梦 2019xx03

 

昏梦沉沉，屋棚漏雨，水淹一地天花注。携来同视哪方人，懵懵懂懂无名女。

觉醒搜寻，神经道阻，梦情破碎无从补。似临街市不知因，空空枕上追虚旅。

 

Recalling a Dream 2019xx03

 

In my deep dreams the ceiling leaks

Pouring rain down to the floor

I bring someone to inspect, a female

Who she is I cannot tell for sure

I wake up but nerves’re jammed in the brain

To patch up the pieces there’s no way to go

I am in the streets for no reason and in vain

Do I trace the virtual trip on the pillow

 

七律–七夕感言  2019xx21

 

牛仔何曾织妇追，王婆划界更稀奇。年年七夕求针巧，岁岁焚香颂祝词。

本是女儿欢乐日，今成情侣索钱时。鲜花饕餮珍珠钻，攀比无穷恐送迟。

 

Thought on the Double 7th Day 2019xx21

 

When did the Cow Herd follow his weaver wife to heaven·

More absurd is the Godly Mother making a river with hairpin.

Begging needlework skill was the yearly ceremony of the day

Burning incense with good wish had been the customary way

It was the day of enjoying some fun for young girls

Now it’s time for the mistress to pry open her lover’s purse

Fresh bouquets, sumptuous meals and diamonds with pearls

A late delivery will definitely turn into a fatal curse

 

Another version

 

Cowboy! When did you fly up to follow your weaver wife·

Crazier that the Godly Mother cut out a river with hairpin knife

This summer day was for girls to show their needle art

And pray before the incense for being even more smart

The merrymaking day of the young maidens in the past

Now has turned into lovers’ asking for money quick’nd fast

Flowers, luxury restaurants, diamonds and pearls

Are delivered timely to please vanity girls

 

 观于静扇画 2019xx25

 

江山一扇自摇风，万里乾坤数笔穷。诸葛伏舟援汉嗣，周瑜失算吐咽红。

刀枪剑戟争天下，武略文韬竞霸雄。往事悠悠传史迹，渔翁酒后笑谈中。

 

On a Painting on a Fan 2019xx25

 

This fan with landscape painting has its own wind

A few brush pen touches painted all the land’s beauty

The scenery recalls how Zhuge Liang saved Liu Bei

And made Zhou Yu vomit blood when angry

With weapons they vied to be lords of China

And competed using art of war and strategy

All those have passed down into historical sites

As well as the drinking chats of men of fishery

 

鹧鸪天·星移斗转走时钟 20190905

 

星移斗转走时钟， 暮年无意醉嫣红。曾经夺魄水中月，今日伤心陌上风。

恨少见，愿常逢， 回头却问有何同。分明一阵姑苏雨，不降黄沙大漠中。

 

Stars Move and Clocks Tick 20190905

 

Stars move and clocks tick

I have no mood a beauty to seek

The once soul-snatching moon reflection

Has turned into heart hurting road wind

 

I hated the rare chance of meeting

I wished for many an encounter

But what do we share, I wondered later

She’s but the rain south of the River

That will never the gobi desert nurture

 

七律·武汉夜市 20190905

 

江城八市夜难眠，食肆毗邻秀炙筵。 九省通衢商汇粹，一川浩水客来船。

仙人远鹤回头悔，浪子他乡顾影怜。 汉堡何如干面好，销魂当属藕汤鲜。

 

注： 干面，指热干面。

 

Night Markets of Wuhan 20190905

 

The eight night markets of Wuhan are a sleepless scene

Neighboring food stalls compete showing enticing cuisine

Of the best of businesses this hub of provinces boasts

On the waters of Yangtze the fleet of passenger boats floats

The immortal who left riding the crane should now regret

The vagabond stranded in alien land pities self in the net

Before hot dry noodle how can you claim hamburger is better

The soul capturing food is the lotus pork soup, and none other

 

天文望远镜观月有感 20190906

 

昨宵望月不盈轮，山岭疤环寂寞昏。一星陪伴如忠犬，胜似独来独往人。

穷尽阴涯无异像，何来玉兔做芳邻。嫦娥广袖皆虚拟，伐桂吴刚亦不真。

借月抒情人间有，未闻月泣地上因。寄情偶像徒耗费，自作多情枉造神。

 

Seeing the Moon in the Telescope 20190906

 

Last night I looked at the half moon

A desolate darkness of scarred rings

A star sat there like a faithful dog

Compared with a bachelor, a better lot

I saw nothing odd between light and shade

Where’s the good neighbor, the rabbit of jade

The long sleeved Moon Lady is purely fiction

The tree cutting man is but an imagination

People on earth show feelings with the moon

That before human woes, an unperturbed stone

What a waste to attach feelings to an idol

The goddess is merciful because her creators think so

 

七律·中秋望月 20190912

 

桂华皎皎挂中天，善舞嫦娥步乐翩。玉兔嘉毛铺锦缎，吴刚美酒伴华筵。 

牛哥织妹隔河望，怨女痴男各自眠。别处喷香尝月饼，老夫陋院浴光怜。 

 

Mid Autumn Festival 20190912

 

Bright and high hangs the moon in the sky 

The dancing Chang E is showing her feat 

The hair of the Jade Rabbit looks like silk 

The nectars of Wu Gang are served at the feast 

Cow Herd and Weaver Girl, separated by the Milky Way 

Sleep separately, seeing no reuniting day

Fragrant moon cakes are tasted somewhere else 

Bathing in moonlight, this old man in poor yard rests

 

鹧鸪天·夜降 201909xx

 

夕霞褪尽夜幕天，迷人风景换凡颜。人间佳美凭妆扮，岂有长生不老仙。

临暮色，叹红颜，落花流水去难还。纵然梅落能开再，只恐花香非去年。

 

As the Night Descends 201909xx

 

As the night descends the rosy clouds disappear

An enchanting sight yields to a vision plain

Beauties depend on dressing up to sustain

No immortals can be found here

 

A sigh for the fair, as dusk is near

Fallen petals on water never can return

Though plum trees may bloom again

It’s not the fragrance of yesteryear

 

朝中措· 清闲周末 201909xx

 

清闲周末任心空，万念付清风。且把日常人事，放飞无限苍穹。

人生苦短，凭何自耗，无用之功。坐看云飘浪卷，尚能舒我心胸。

 

Idle Weekend 201909xx

 

On this duty free weekend day

I decide to let my heart be carefree

To the wind I entrust all my concerns

And let the sky take matters of persons

 

Life is short, why waste time on

Matters that have no fruits coming along

Just sit and watch clouds float and waves roll

To liberate my heart, and set free my soul

 

鹊桥仙·冷清陋院 20190924

 

冷清陋院，轩窗漆黑，恰似广寒空府。地球遥望宇天边，笑人信，吴刚玉兔。

嫦娥寂寞，环山如狱，难觅星条遗处。长年离索自茫然，芳容损，愁肠谁诉·

 

Desolate Yard 20190924

 

Desolate yard,

Darkened windows

Like the empty Moon Palace

Far is the Earth on the edge of universe,

What a joke, the belief of

Wu Gang and Jade Rabbit

 

Lonely is Chang E

Imprisoned in the craters

The Star and Stripes nowhere to be found

Eons of solitude leads to purposelessness

Her youth wanes

And no one is around

 

七律·不忘初心 20190925

 

雄狮百万尽红旗，我辈生来何太迟。 新旧江山无比较，阴晴世界后来知。

儿童懵懂未经苦，少壮开蒙有限思。今日常观年代剧，初心再访避滋疑。

 

Never Forget the Original Heart 20190925

 

Under red flags marched millions of troops

I, however, was born too late to witness the scene

The new landscape for me never against the old loomed

Only later did I know days sunny and days with rain

In childhood years, I was not exposed to disasters

As a teenager and youth my knowledge was confined

Today I watch a lot of dramas about those early years

So as not to let suspicions growing in my mind

 

西江月·天热有感 20190926

 

夏末偏来热浪，校园处处飞裙。翩翩尽看美伦身，细想男儿生愤。

何故姑娘偏向，清凉男女同欣。衣裳无理辨乾坤，远古伊园混沌。

 

Hot Weather 20190926

 

End of summer it’s getting hotter

On campus are seen skirts everywhere

Beautifully they show many a nice figure

Making men angry on thinking it over

Why should skirts females prefer

Both men and women want to be cooler

There’s no reason behind this separation

In Eden same leaves were used for cover

 

行香子·钩月空悬 20190930

 

初月空悬，凛气横流，惊觉年尽计无筹。白驹过隙，又是清秋，看飘零人，白发客，枕边愁。

 

霜枫落叶，芳容减色，欲留韶华叹难留。与君同驾，日月飞舟。是无君我，共逝水，尽时囚。

 

In the sky hangs a new moon

Coldness in the air does flow

Surprised that what year-end

Awaits me I do not know

Like a white horse dashing

Past a rock gap narrow

Autumn is again here in full show

Look at this wanderer

With all the white hair

And sorrow by the pillow

 

In frost maple leaves fall

And every fair does decline

The departing of good times

No one can put on hold

You and I ride the same

Sun and moon boat

With no difference between

We share the same river flow

And are both hijacked by time so

 

A new moon in the sky

A cold gust of wind passing by

Surprised that I have no plan for the end of the year

Time flies fast

Autumn again is here

Look at me a drifter with white hair and piles of sorrow at the pillow

 

Frosty maple leaves fall

Their beauty has lost all

Good times are hard to keep

We are all passengers

Of the sun and the moon

No difference between us on the water flow, imprisoned by time

 

行香子·秋入时分 20191001

 

秋入时分，冷暖难知，出门需带御寒衣。

苍凉心境，正午方稀，看云天遥，日色朗，海光奇。

 

金州美景，蒙城嘉地，叹无知音共歌诗。

欲将琴挑，冷面蛾眉，惧招烦恼，惹村议，饮伤悲。

 

When Autumn Quicken Her Steps 20191001

 

When autumn quicken her steps

It’s hard to predict a warm or chilly day

Better bring warm jackets when going away

The feeling of desolation thins at noon only

At the vast sky, the faraway clouds far, the bright sun, the amazing sea

 

The beauty of the Golden State

The paradise of Monterey

Pity that no one to share poetry with me

The effort to warm a cold face with muse is halted

For fear of annoyance, gossip and invited misery

 

浣溪沙·周末 20191004

 

周末喜来清净天，贪床恋榻梦酣然，日高慵起整苍颜。

 

心懒不寻家事做，书翻但等漏沙完，斜阳晖里彩云观。

 

Weekend 20191004

 

I welcome the weekend when I am free of my work

I cling to my bed and dream profusely

And get up at high noon my old face to tidy

 

Too lazy to do my house chores

I browse my books to pass time for fun

And watch the rosy clouds in the setting sun

 

七律·重阳 20191006

 

惊闻对岸已重阳，岁末将临不望乡。心老程遥多忌惮，人衰腹满尽哀伤。

从来未有登高事，何必强吟祭祖章。任尔菊黄篱下绽，金秋只看草边霜。

 

The Double 9th Day 20191006

 

Surprised that it is Double Nineth Day across from the ocean

I do not look to my homeland when the year is at termination

Old, I have more fears about embarking on a long journey

Weak, I have too much sorrows in my heart to carry

Never in my life have I walked up to a high place on this day

From feigning a worshipping of the ancestral tomb I stay away

With yellow chrysanthemums your fence maybe ablaze

For a golden autumn, I only look at the frost on the grass blades

 

一剪梅·十月秋凉 20191013

 

十月秋凉早晚真，孤衾夜夜，落魄亡魂。昔年已是备行装，是岁余休，不愿劳神。

 

转眼又来一诞辰，咫尺天涯，同贺无门。无缘难做共游人，只把心声，交与浮云。

 

The Cool Autumn of October 20191013

 

The chill of fall in October is true at dusk and in the morn

I feel soul-less wrapped alone in my bed every night

It was the time to pack my luggage in the years bygone

But this year’s Use-or-Lose, I care not how to use it right

 

Soon there’ll be around the corner the birthday yearly

But there’s no co-celebration due to neighborly distance

Since fate has it that we can’t be on the same journey

My true words can only be given to clouds for deliverance

 

青玉案·鸦噪 20191014

 

枝头鸦噪因何故，曲声婉，衷情诉。只恨无禽能共语。绣帘垂锁，红楼闭户，深院重重路。

 

愚鸦我谓应声住，徒向高枝费词句。莫若呆鹅相与处，平平淡淡，鸦鸣鹅舞，亦得神仙慕。

 

Noisy Crows 20191014

 

Why does this crow make a noise on the tree·

Singing an heart-felt melody·

Resentful is that no other birds share his message

Closed is the embroidered curtain hanging heavy

Locked are the gates to the red chamber

Confusing are the many paths of yards deeper

 

Stop! You silly crow, I say

Don’t waste your voice to the tree

Why not seek out a foolish goose

And enjoy many a peaceful day

You sing and she dances

Better than enchanting trances

 

七律·西塞晚归 Coming Home Late in Seaside 20191019

 

西塞荒村月坠沉，星移斗转渐秋深。归途漆黑行程暗，屋影幽然景色森。

鬼节何须妖打扮，冥时已是魅侵淫。明朝红日东升处，大好阳光复照临。

 

Going Back Home in Seaside at Night 20191019

 

Over Seaside a heavy moon is hanging

Stars turning, the depth of autumn is coming

In darkness dimly lit is the homeward road

At night the houses here wear a spectral coat

No need for ghostly sight for the Halloween

Already the town’s night boasts a creepy scene

Tomorrow when Phoebus arrives at time right

Again the earth will enjoy a feast of light

 

无题有感 20191031

 

与君同日不同庚，共事相邻亦少迎。见面莫非幺二语，开言只道两三声。

有心邀客推杯盏，无胆投书递请呈。河伯望洋知阔远，楼头得月便殊荣。

 

Title-less 20191031

 

We share the same day but not the same year

Though neighbors, seldom do I meet you here

When meet, our words are but a few greetings

When talk, we don’t  cover even a few things

I desire to treat you for a meal, just simple food

I never invited you for lack of a brave mood

Seeing the sea, the river knows own humbleness

Sharing the moon’s brilliance is already blissfulness

 

如梦令·欢乐烟消寂寞 20191109

 

欢乐烟消寂寞，甚似独居萧索。回首望歌台，人去楼空垂幕。问鹊，问鹊，何处伊人高阁。

 

Merriment Gone 20191109

 

Merriment gone like smoke, loneliness sets in

Worse than that one feels when living alone

A look at the stage

Finds it empty with draping curtain

who knows

who knows

Where do her chamber windows close·

 

永遇乐·垂暮斜阳 20191113

 

垂暮斜阳，天涯孤木，他乡孤羽。前路迷茫，运筹无计，败相分明露。流光不待，浮生如梦，梦醒不知何处。望星空，凄寒宇宙，更觉此心愁苦。

 

无由怀旧，说来肠断，毕竟青春虚度。世如棋形，平庸之辈，到底闻声楚。英雄项羽，虞姬犹伴，谁可为余歌舞。一床书，付之一炬，送魂上路。

 

Sun at Dusk 20191113

 

Sun on the horizon at dusk

A lone pine at this end of the world

A single feather between heaven and ocean

Unclear is the journey ahead

The mind is devoid of any scheme

Signs of a loser, a clear manifestation

Time does not wait

Life is like a dream

Waking up, I know not my position.

Looking at the starry sky

A cold universe

I feel more sorrow and frustration.

 

No mood to reminiscent the past

Talking will break my heart

My youth I spent in vain

The world is a chess game

An incompetent, I now hear

The songs of a lost campaign

The defeated hero Xiang Yu

Had his concubine in the end but who

Can sing‘ nd dance for this person

All the books on my bed

Can be torched

To see me off to the Heaven Western.

 

蝶恋花·一日闲来无去处 201911xx

 

一日闲来无去处，四顾茫然， 尽是平常路。琐事家常无客语，秃岩海岸皆松鼠。

 

岁末应当行远旅，何去何从，难请同行侣。欲向美南寻旧处，龙虾洋乐观歌舞。

 

For This Holiday I Have Nowhere to Go 201911xx

 

For this holiday I have nowhere to go

Around me are all common roads, what a puzzle

No guest comes to chat about house chores

On bare rocky shore are seen many a squirrel

 

End of the year should see a long journey

But where to go· And it’s hard to find someone for me

I should go down to the deep south for a revisit

And savor lobsters, alien music and dances maybe

 

七律·蒙特雷入冬初雨 201911xx

 

叶落秋庭景物伤，斜风带雨送冬凉。浮生寂寂悲寒夜，逆旅匆匆怨薄霜。

作茧丝缠囚自己，燃灯蜡尽费幽光。空堂日日凄清景，只对丹青慕艳妆。

 

First Rain in Monterey Winter 201911xx

 

Gloomy is the yard covered with fallen leaves

Winter's coldness comes with winds wet with rains

Lonely souls dread most the lengthy cold nights

A quick-paced life about thin frosts complains

A cocoon imprisons the silkworm tight

Burnt out candles waste their flickering light

The empty house is a daily sad thing

Only the beauty's worshipped in painting

 

 

七律·贺李X吾老师退休 20191205

 

惊闻老李要辞休，勇退中流业绩优。一室曾同分教任，十年两离系扁舟。

言文奥秘常寻探，诗韵华章总见邮。输你孩孙堂院走，膝前之乐赛孺牛。

 

On Mr. Li Liwu’s Retirement 20191205

 

Alas! Our Leo Lee is to retire

From career zenith I admire

We shared teaching as buddies

Then were put into different studies

The mysteries of language he oft explores

By email he sent beautiful poetic lores

Shamed am I, not like you with kids around your knees

In your retirement their growth will you please

 

玉楼春·命里有之终会有 20191204

 

命里有之终会有，命里无时须认受。话虽如是意难平，影绕心头无夜昼。

不望齐眉端饭酒，岂敢奢求牵美袖。倘言三两问安辞，愿为娉婷筋骨瘦。

 

If You Are Destined to Have It 20191204

 

If you’re destined to have it, it will come

If you’re destined to miss it, stay calm

This I say with ease but my heart is hard to appease

Her shadow haunts my mind and does not cease

 

I desire not her serving wine brow high

I desire not holding her sleeve standing nigh

If only she could greet me with a how do you do

Oh, my fair lady, I won’t mind dwindling for you

 

梦魔 20191209

 

梦魔夜夜叩清宵，疑是灵魂出窍飘。穿越古今时尽错，横行中外路皆遥。

常忧职任薄冰履，少见桃源樵客招。最恨枕间霞色里，心之所念鲜曾邀。

 

Dreams 20191209

 

Dream ghost daily knocks at the quiet night

Most likely my soul is roaming outside

Wrong time, between present and past presences

Long road, traversing home and foreign lands

Too much worry on thin ice while working

Seldom a guest at the Peach Source feasting

Worst is in the rosy clouds at pillow

What haunts my mind does not often show

 

踏莎行·圣诞季渔人码头闲逛 20191213

 

耶诞将临，码头灯挂，缤纷五彩平安夜。游人暮色享清闲，湾波水映桅光泻。

 

独自闲游，附庸风雅，却怜老朽身形寡。同行应是解琴人，寻来偏少梨园姐。

 

Walking around Fisherman’s Wharf 20191213

 

Christmas is near

Lights hang on Wharf

Peaceful nights de colors

People at dusk enjoy their leisure

Mast lights trail down to bay’s water

 

Strolling alone

Faking high brow taste

I pity myself for being a lone walker

I need a companion, some connoisseur

Searching, I find no fan of Peking Opera

 

烛影摇红·题无名美女照 20191219

 

红袄妖娆，看伊微笑春风面。飘飘长发柳风吹，双目秋波盼。

惊叹天生容倩，怎描摹·沉鱼落雁。心仪仰慕，视如神尊，诸芳不见。

 

On a Painting of a Nameless Beauty 20191219

 

Her red jacket is beautiful and charming

Her smile is like the breeze of spring

Like willows waving in wind her long hair sways

With autumn ripples her eyes are brimming

 

I marvel at the pretty creature of nature

But how to describe her·

A fish diving, a goose landing

She is an idol in my heart chamber

A goddess that blinds my eyes

Blocking the vision of many a flower

 

盐角儿·思时也怨 20191220

 

思时也怨，见时也怨，終非余伴。歌之泣下，言之泣下，邈如星汉。

 

扰愁宵，催愁叹，飘然案头书生乱。怎非是，聊斋魅影，还得一厢情绻。

 

Missing Brings Lamentation 20191220

 

Missing brings lamentation

Seeing brings lamentation

After all she’s not my companion

Singing of her brings tears

Speaking of her brings tears

She’s as distant as starts in universe

 

She disturbs my sorrowful nights

She makes me have sorrowful sighs

An apparition at my desk unsettles my heart

Why isn’t she

A ghost from the Chinese Studio

So I can have a story to impart

 

千秋岁·时将岁暮 20191221

 

时将岁暮，沙漏狂流注。思凌乱，阴虚度，扑风虚影魅，捞月池中树。終是个，抱残守缺沙丘鼠。

 

自问心何主，沧海迷朦雾。谁执舵，迷津渡·蜃楼天际灭，霓虹云间舞。都在那，可观可看虚无处。

 

Near the Year’s End 20191221

 

Near the year’s end, sand in glass runs wild

Chaotic are my thoughts for the wasted time

In pursuing the phantom in the winds

And scooping the moon in the reflected trees

I am but a

Squirrel in its incomplete home on the sand dune.

 

I ask who’s the master of my heart

In the vast foggy sea

Who’s holds the helm

To chart the puzzling course·

In the horizon mirage disappears

In the clouds rainbow dances

All visible nothingness

喜迁莺·冬至蒙特雷渔人码头即景 201912xx

 

今冬至，夜寒凉，耶诞彩灯光。码头闲走自彷徨，三丐坐栏旁。

 

无聊中，呆宾馆，只为家中无暖。忽闻犬吠响汪汪，人狗共疯狂。

 

Winter Starts on Fisherman’s Wharf 201912xx

 

Winter formerly begins

Cold are the nights

Colorful are the Christmas lights

Strolling on Wharf alone for God knows what

I see three beggars at the rail’s side

 

Bored, I hang out in big hotel

Because the heater at home has me failed

Suddenly dogs bark furiously there

The nerves of themselves and human beings they tear

 

不日耶诞 20191223

 

不日耶辰，雨初霁， 蒙湾清澈。抬望眼，天高云淡，平洋开阔。船泊码头桅静立，彩灯辉映帆边月。看周遭，多逆旅遊人，风光阅。

 

长居此，新奇绝。年年是，凄清节。偶猜度他人，儿嬉娘悦。人各有家关底事，痴情莫向寒山说。且长吟， 一首满江红，消寒冽。

 

Christmas Is Coming 20191223

 

Christmas is coming

It has stopped raining

Monterey Bay is clearly seen

Looking afar

One sees sky high and clouds thin

And a placid sea very wide

Quietly the masts of moored boats stand

Their colorful lights echo the moon by the sails

Most people around are

Hotel dwellers

Here for the view of the landscape

 

I have lived here long

The novelty is not strong

Every year's the same I say

A cold and gloomy day

Sometimes I guess the fun of others

Such as happy kids and mothers

Each has her own family beyond my concern

I should never convey feelings to cold mountain

Just chant melodiously the poem old

A River Glowing in Red

To dispel the cold

 

水调歌头·圣诞几时有 2191224

 

圣诞几时有，把此问中华，不知何故谣造，愚弄小娃娃。

网上广为播布，写得鼻头有目，唯恐不喧哗。过节弄仇外，争把爱中夸。

 

犬啸日，蝇碰壁，影杯蛇。不应有恨，何故排斥别人家。

世界文明交渗，岂是愚氓能禁，此事臂拦车。不读书和史，贻笑井天蛙。

 

Since When Was Christmas There 20191224

 

Since when was Christmas there·

This I would like to ask China

Why should they spread rumors

To fool their young scholars·

Widely broadcast online

So vivid they rumors are

So as to surely make some fanfare

They fan up xenophobia

And brag about love for Land Mamma Mia.

 

Dogs bark at the sun

Flies towards hard wall run

A curvy shadow taken as a snake

I wonder why you harbor such hatred

So that anything foreign you resist·

The interaction between civilizations

Is nothing preventable by foolish brains

It’s but using your arm to stop a train

Ignorance is not reason

Don’t be a welled frog with narrow vision

 

南乡子·满腹尽愁肠 20191227

 

满腹尽愁肠，星月飞驰底事忙·心内乱填零碎事，惶惶，无解方程费脑浆。

年岁似长江，滚滚东流向海洋。所异水源犹可续，汤汤，不似人生梦不长。

 

My Guts Filled with Much Worry 20191227

 

My guts are filled with much worry

Why are stars in such a hurry

A myriad of small things my mind contains

I panic

And insoluble equations wrack my brains

 

Years run like the Yangtze river

To the ocean it rolls yonder

The difference is it can be refilled with

New water

Unlike a dreamy life that is much shorter

 

眼儿媚·偷看无缘眼清波 20191230

 

偷看无缘眼清波，徒惹恼烦多。一双眸子，两描眉黛，出水莲荷。

痴迷人在迷魂处，年月枉蹉跎。何如知命，乌龟绿豆，蛇鼠同窝。

 

 

 

Peeping at Beautiful Eye Not for You 20191230

 

Peeping at beautiful eyes not for you

Only causes you much vexation

That pair of pupils

Those black brows

Those pretty pond lotus flowers

 

The fool is in a foolish mindset

Wasting his years instead

Better to know his own fate

The turtle finds green pea his mate

The rat shares his home with the snake

 

满庭芳 ·吉城行 20191230

 

家务无聊，天晴气爽，公交北上吉城。青山雨后，草毯色青青。几处牛群觅草，农家韵，飘逸山风。车行缓，唯一通道，周末俱出行。

 

吉城初次去，曾经看作，老美荒城。料不得，有模有样清平。超市熙熙攘攘，亦常有，华语闻听。青山谷，东西屏障，舒目以嘉峰。

 

Bus trip to Gilroy 20191230

 

Tired of house chores on this fine day

I took the bus on Gilroy way

After the rains the hills are green

Grazing cattle were sometimes seen

In the breeze of verdant mountains

I feel the atmosphere of life of peasants

Slow were the autos on the only road

On weekends it bears much traffic load

 

It was my first trip to Gilroy

I used to think it in terms of poverty

It turned out to be a pretty town

Costco was filled with human throng

Often I heard some Mandarin

From some kind of Chinese kin

Flanking the valley were hills a few

That fed the eye with a charming view

 

虞美人 ·蒙特雷初夜。20191231

 

暖冬初夜人潮涌，岁去争相送。洋娃弄火赞声高，救火车灯红闪，耀良宵。

 

星巴客满咖香酽，四望皆夷脸。此时佳丽正何为·苦笑庸人自扰，惹闲悲。

 

 

The First Night of Monterey 20191231

 

Human waves surge on the First Night of this warm winter

All out to see off the departing year

Loud praises for the fire performer

Flashing red lights from fire trucks

Highlighting the fine nightly hour

 

Starbucks Coffee is full, aroma of coffee thick

Looking around, I saw only foreigners

What is the beauty doing right now·

I laughed at myself for this thought

To provoke baseless sorrow