第十部分： 海外 VI  2020

 

苏幕遮•年假休完上班有感 20200103

 

地朦胧，天色暗，年假終时，早起心情惨。不忍凭楼山色览，顾镜观瞧，怕笑风霜脸。

 

暖将来，春又艳，只叹流光，日日随风减。长恨人生多缺憾，花好月圆，总是痴心念。

 

Resuming Working after Annual Leave 20200103

 

The ground is hazy, the sky is dark

the annual leave over. I get up early and feel miserable.

I can't bear to look at the mountains.

I look at the mirror，laughing at the frosty face.

 

Warm days to come, spring is beautiful,

I only lament the loss of time with the wind

I hate how many regrets there are in life,

the full moon and nice flowers are only in my dream

 

 

石州慢•美艳生悲 20200103

 

美艳生悲，佳丽惹愁，欲罢难断。少年自是痴情，年老亦难心乱。芙蓉出水，亭亭玉立娇姿，谁人不把鲜花赞。临数亩荷塘，梦回江南岸。

 

长叹，木船孤旅，风华正茂，运河之畔。忆想当年，风物苏杭游践。同舟美女，一夜无语伧然，平明舟驻皆分散。遗憾失良缘，想来遥云汉。

 

Beauties Generate Sadness 20200103

 

 

Beauties generate sadness

Fair faces generate sorrow

None however are rejectable

Young hearts’re easily trapped

Old ones to confusion susceptible

Fresh lotus flower

Graceful in water

How not they make people admire

By the vast lotus pond

I recall the Yangtze delta

Lamenting a lone trip on a wood boat

On the Grand Canal in my prime age

Back in those years I spent

A night in a Su-Hang voyage

Sharing a cabin with a beauty

For a miserable speechless night

At dawn we got off the boat

The chance of dating in flight

Now in reminiscence

She is nowhere in sight

 

 

 

 

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Beauties generate sadness
Fair faces generate sorrow
None however are rejectable
Young hearts’re easily trapped
Old ones to confusion susceptible
Fresh lotus flower
Graceful in  water
How not they make people admire
By the vast lotus pond
I recall the Yangtze delta

That lone trip on a wood boat I lament
On Grand Canal in the prime of my age
Back in those years I spent
A night in a Su-Hang voyage
I shared a cabin with a beauty
For a miserable speechless night
At dawn we got off the boat
The chance of dating in flight
Now in reminiscence
She is nowhere in sight

 

浣溪沙 • 风雨飘摇旧历年 20200117

 

风雨飘摇旧历年，大洋彼岸夜清寒，昏灯凉枕漏声残。

无意空堂孤守岁，有心淑女共凭阑。 蛾眉笑靥梦中颜。

 

Lunar New Year Arrives 20200117

Luna New Year comes in wind and rain
Nightly cold reigns on this side of the ocean
Dim light, cold pillow and dripping roof rain

Keeping zero hour alone I’ve no intention
Leaning on the rail I wish to with fair companion
Only in dreams see I her smiling expression

 

就冠状肺炎病毒事活剥崔颢《黄鹤楼》 20200121

 

昔时非典中国虐，今日妖来黄鹤楼。萨斯亲戚凶神返，千家万户很担忧。

当初只报香江走， 现在零星布九州。百步亭前犹聚宴， 江城鄂佬不言愁。

 

SARS Once China Plagued 20200121

 

SARS once the whole of China plagued

Now demon possessed the Yellow Crane

Viciously the kin of SARS returned

Worrying households of million

They said it was confined to Hong Kong

Now the sparkles ignited China all

Potlucks  still seen at Baibuting

The Hubei guys not concerned at all

 

盼武汉疫情早住  20200202

 

冠疫知时节，冬阑乃发生。随风潜入体，致病恶无声。

年夜皆辞聚，元宵续闭城。煎熬何日了，复见鹤归鸣。

 

Wishing for the Stop of Pandemic in Wuhan 20200202

 

Coronavirus does know its time

At winter’s last days to seek a kill

The virus invades bodies, weak or prime

Causing a plaque in silence and still

No gathering on the Eve of New Year

Still empty are cities towards the end

When will the torture be done and over

And crane returns to the native land?

 

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八六子•情人节随笔 202002xx

 

寡心情，美人偷看，桃面犹似寒冰。恼媚眼，带笑勾魂，移步香飘四溢，微风绕栏榭亭。无由叩门丝贸，辗转迟眠，还醒三更。

 

叹错年庚，话无言，三观更难知探。北南殊域，海天悬隔， 真个，爱恨无缘构建，相逢总是言生。似星辰，天间各飘各行。

 

Valentine 202002xx

 

I have no mood to peep at the beauty
Her peachy face seems pretty icy
I resent her soul-snatching smile
She moves and her fragrance lingers awhile
Like a breeze through the pavilion rails
I have no excuse her silk to trade
I can’t fall asleep until very late
And in the small hours up I often wake

I sigh for our miss-matched ages
Her world view I can’t detect by words
The south and the north stand far apart
Betwixt ocean’nd sky there’s much distance
It’s really impossible to build up love or hate
Even seen often she won’t be an acquaintance
Like stars we drift in the sky and never date

 

贺新郎·交错犹无语 20200304

 

交错犹无语，叹伊人，无缘无份，非亲非故。虽是同衙无由问，能否相邀举箸。天涯客，皆为飘羽，浊酒何妨书卷叙。望能为，知己红颜女。恨只恨，隔如许。

 

他乡异土孤身处，入流难，华洋疏隔，徒精夷语。悬锁多年封心阁，积落尘，浮蛛缕，偶奢望，慈航吾渡。非我族群难为伴，意中人，应识唐音谱。哀此意，无人诉。

 

Speechless Encounter 20220304

 

Crossing each other we're speechless
I lament the zero relation between us
Though we serve the same government
I wonder if I can invite you for gourmet
We are both flying feathers away from home
Why can't we gossip over drinks and a tome
All I hope for is a lady friend
How this gap between us I resent

I live alone in this alien land as an alien
It's hard to melt into the stream called main
A wide gap exists between things Chinese and Foreign
I know their language well, but in vain
A lock hangs many years over my heart chamber
That gathers dust and has spider webs all over
Occasionally I harbor the luxury wish
That a lady of mercy could ferry me like a fish
It's hard to find companion in the Other
It should be someone from the Tang culture

But who the hell can understand what I desire?

 

玉楼春•幽怨如潮 20200306

 

幽怨如潮云漫漫，长夜梦沉心思乱。春风无意到楼台，谁见空廊脂粉面?

云鬓摇摇金玉颤，步影翩翩南去雁。天涯空望彩霞飞，古寺霜风钟磬断。

 

Resentment Is Like Waves 20200306

 

Resentment is like waves under rolling clouds

Confusing are the dreams of the long night

The spring breeze comes to the terrace casually

Who saw the powdered face in the empty corridor?

 

The cloud-like hair sways and gold and jade pendants shake

The graceful walking is like the flying of south-ward geese

It’s useless to watch the colorful clouds in the sky

The frost-laden wind interrupts the ancient temple bell

 

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七律•蒙城一夜雨淋淋 20200321

 

蒙城一夜雨淋淋，窗外春园草色深。仙掌结桃红艳艳，龙兰亮剑碧森森。
微菌抵近封州邑，海众提防远肉林。难料此情持好久，囤粮购米唱空琴。

 

A Rainy Night in Monterey 20200321

 

Monterey was in the rain all night

The spring garden outside the window was dark

Cactus pears are red and bright

Agave’s leaves are like dark green swords

Towns in the state are closed against virus

Mass of human flesh is banned for safety

Hard to say how long this will last

I stock up on food and play Zhuge Liang’s harp

 

眼儿媚· 淫雨频来黯心情 20200327

 

淫雨频来黯心情，寒气绕空庭。春花寂莫，斯人枯坐，独守残灯。

军营突锁无人迹，孤自享闲清。忽惊不念，蛾眉云鬓，窈窕娉婷。

 

 

The incessant rain darkens my heart

My empty house filled with cold air

Lonely are the spring flowers

Here I sit doing nothing

The company of a lone lamp keeping

 

Abruptly locked, the base is deprived of human trace

Alone I enjoy the leisure

Suddenly I am shocked to find

That I am not thinking about

The beautiful lady

 

 采桑子 • 封城之怨 20200331

 

封城无处闲游去，廊榭空空，失了春红，独倚栏杆沐海风。

 

\此情难料何时了，夏雨秋虫，北雁南鸿，未解诗心此恨浓。

 

Stay in Place Woes 20200331

 

Nowhere for a leisure tour in locking down

Veranda empty, spring blossoms gone

Alone I lean on the rails in ocean breeze blown

 

When this siege ends it’s hard to tell

Rain in summer, crickets in the fall

Geese of the north, those to the south

Of their insensitivity I resent all

 

 

武陵春•禁足 20200426

 

 瘟疫猖狂人自禁，诸事网中行。笑语欢声尽在屏，欲触冷冰冰。

 

虽似潜伏特工状，无险亦无惊。倒是无聊处处盈，能不念娉婷？

 

 

Lockdown 20200426

 

Self-imprisoned during pandemic

We do all online

Smiles and laughter all on the screen

It’s cold to touch the scene.

 

Though it’s like an undercover job

There’s no danger or surprise

All we feel is boring business

How can’t I a fair lady miss?

 

南歌子•夜寂春阑院20200427

 

夜寂春阑院，花繁夏始时。

嫣红姹紫报谁知，离久忆虚难复念娥眉。

 

暮望微风岸，朝迎丽日曦。

昔人长椅看潮低。空有乱零芳草倍凄迷。

 

A Yard in Quiet Night 20200427

 

A yard in quiet night of the waning spring

A time when summer begins much blooming

To whom can I report all those rich colors

Out of sight, out of mind, the appearance of hers

 

Browsing the beach in breeze in the evening

Facing the brilliance of morning sun rising

Once a figure on bench watched the low tides

Now only scented grass presents desolate sights

 

 念奴娇•宅家避疫 20200428

 

宅家避疫，未晚身横榻，了无情趣。暮色临窗乌渐落，惹动无名心绪。片刻情形，似曾相识，追忆飘然去。时光穿越，旧时京外居处。

 

已惯离早迟归，流连学校，返程披星路。今日黄昏家里看，教我不知何住。无数闲书，蒙尘积垢，自笑曾相与。谁人如我，乐囚文冢书墓？

 

Staying Home to Avoid Pandemic 20200428

 

Fearing pandemic I stay home 

Before dark I already lie down in bed

Feeling uninspired

Dusk comes to the window, dark clouds fall

Provoking feelings unnameable at all

This very moment

Seems familiar

But memories of it disappear

In a time travel

I come to the native home

Outside China's capital

 

I have been used to leave early and return late

Staying in school after work

My return trip is under the stars

Now I look at dusk at home

Wondering where I live

Countless books are covered in dust

I laugh at myself for giving to someone as valuables

Who is like me

Finding pleasure in a graveyard of books?

 

 

南乡一剪梅•今日碧云天 20200501

 

今日碧云天，必有行人海岸边。纵使居家颁禁令，山也堪怜，水也堪怜。

 

孤自莫凭栏，美好阳春四月鲜。窈窕红颜如自锁，花草称冤，人鬼称冤。

 

Today Is a Fine Day with White Clouds 20200501

 

Today is a fine day with white clouds

There must be people on the beach

Despite the home stay order

Loveable are the mountains

Lovable are the waters

 

Do not lean on rail alone

It’s a fresh April of spring

If a beauty locks herself in

Sad are flowers and grass

Sad are people and ghosts

 

御街行•窗间明月高天照  202005xx

 

窗间明月高天照，屋内孤灯挑。虽无经卷亦如僧，无欲无求无恼。常吟诗句，闲拾花木，亦把庭园扫。

 

美人暗影眸含笑，端的神情俏。无缘相识借丹青，伴我残生到老。色空空色，缘来缘去，谁解人生妙。

 

Bright Moon at the Window 202005xx

 

From the window I see the bright moon high in the sky

Inside the house a solitary lamp provides the light

Though I have no scriptures, I am like a monk

Free from desire, wants, and worries

I often recite poems

Tend to flowers and bushes when free,

As well as sweep the yards

 

A beautiful woman's eyes smile in the shadow

Her expression truly charming

Destined not to meet her, I use her portrait

To accompany me through my remaining years

Appearance embodies emptiness, emptiness the nature of appearance

Fate comes and goes, unpredictable by human beings,

Who can understand the mystery of life?

 

西江月•案头望月  202005xx

 

窗外一轮明月， 案头一盏孤灯。虽无经卷亦如僧，无欲无求心境。

 

暗影朦胧美艳，眸间秋水盈盈。 无缘相识借丹青，伴我残阳暮景。

 

Looking at the Moon from Desk 202005xx

 

Bright moon outside the window

Lone lamp on desk does glow

Without scriptures I'm still like a monk

No desire, no yearnings, oh, no

 

Blurred is the beauty in the shadow

Autumn waters in her eyes flow

To have her acquaintance I am unable

Her portrait accompanies my sun's setting low

 

点绛唇•周末无聊 202005xx

 

周末无聊， 空空各处消人迹。庚年新疫，世界今非昔。

 

草绿花红， 寂寞春残夕。人欲泣，孤灯照壁，灯下诗行辑。

 

Boring Weekend 202005xx

 

Boring weekend

From everywhere, human traces disappear

The world is the same no longer

Due to the pandemic this year

 

Green grass and red flowers

Can’t the loneliness of late spring dispel

I am prone to cry

Under the lone lamp in my cell

My poems I compile

 

七律•过同事旧居活剥崔颢  20200502

 

伊人已向檀香去，此地空余美盛楼。行者经年无复返，家园数载空悠悠。

晴天历历无名树，雨夜萋萋野草洲。欲问乡音何处是？晋阳湖上使人愁。

 

Passing the House of a Colleague 20200502

 

The lady has left for Hawaii

Here is left her house, a beauty

For years she has not returned

Her yard has been left vacant

In fine days the nameless trees stand

In rainy nights wild weeds extend

Where is her accent I ask

Sorrow on the Jinyang Lake is vast

 

盐角儿•思时也怨 202005xx

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。

 

I Resent Her When Missing Her 202005xx

 

I resent her when missing her

I resent her when seeing her

After all she is not my partner

I cry when I sing of her

I cry when I talk about her

Like a star she is in a distance, farther and farther

 

She disturbs my sorrowful nights

She makes me utter sad sighs

She seems to be at my desk,creating disorderly sights

Why can’t she be

A ghostly beauty

So as to have love scenes to enjoy

 

 阮郎归• 看芳菲 202005xx

 

 曦光临牖看芳菲，龙舌仙掌肥。满园荒草任参差，茴香竞旺枝。

 

人寂寞，梦还悲，枯肠愁索诗。诗成无处赠娥眉， 开轩听鸟啼。

 

Looking at Fine Plants from the Window 202005xx

 

Looking at fine plants from the window

In the morning light. I see agave and cactus growing high

Weeds in the garden are left free to grow

Dill plants compete to reach to the sky

 

Lonely am I

Sadder is my dream

I exhaust my sorrowful mind to write a poem

Done, but which beauty to give to?

I open the window to hear the cuckoo

 

临江仙•记梦 202005xx

梦醒犹觉身不在，美中今昔难清。穿行街巷发犹青，互相询问，毕业聚何烹。

昏昏想起居家禁，方知聚会难成。匆匆收拾乱床棚，明晨将去，各自奔前程。

 

Recording a Dream 202005xx

 

Waking up, I do not feel my body

Time and place all confuse me

My hair still black, I walked in streets

Asking classmates

Where to hold the graduation party

 

In a daze I remember I am house confined

There is no way to have a party

I tidy up the bed hurriedly

When morning brings the first solar ray

Each will go on his or her way

 

七绝•晨醒 202005xx

 

沉梦觉来天已白。浮生又见少三分。年轮不住无情转，共事几何能与君?

 

Waking Up in the Morning 202005xx

 

Waking from dreams at daybreak

I see life somewhat shortened

The wheel of time turns cruelly

How long in your service can I be

 

酒泉子•后午夕阳 202005xx

 

后午夕阳，可劲无情暴晒。落窗帘， 如锅盖，遮阳光。

 

有钱不赁东南厝，儿时曾经住。院中藤，老槐树，纸糊窗。

 

Late Afternoon Sun  202005xx

 

Late afternoon sun

Shines mercilessly

Window curtains draping down

Like the lid of a wok

Blocks the sun

 

Rich people do not rent west and south-facing houses

I lived in one of them when a child

Vines in the yard

Old pagoda tree

Windows of paper

 

破阵子•疏懒久藏虚剑 步辛弃疾韵  202005xx

 

疏懒久藏虚剑，勤工犹赴行营。楼阁望洋飞白浪，沙岸听涛振豹声，操场亦阅兵。

 

岁月如梭飞快，苍髯对镜心惊。难了胸中烦琐事，徒有书斋儒者名，昏昏负此生。

 

I Still March on to the Presidio 202005xx

 

Being lazy I have ignored my fake sword long

For work I still to the Presidio march on

From buildings I watch the white waves of the sea

From sand beaches I hear them as well as the seals

On Soldier Field, a parade of troops I can see

 

Years passed by as fast as an arrow

Surprising how much white hair I grow

Too many vexing thoughts in my mind

I doubt I’m a man of scholastic kind

In life I’ve been but a man blind

 

 清平乐•梦后觉醒  20200513

 

梦后觉醒，犹记零星景。乱世纷纭难言罄，是否冥冥示警？

 

梦里别有山川，醒来又是一天。但愿人生长寐，不愁好梦难圆。

The Dreams I Had I Still Remember 20200513

 

The dreams I had I still remember

Chaotic events in large number

Hard to describe in detail with words

Is it an omen I wonder

 

The dream world is different

A new day upon waking up

I’d rather be in perpetual sleep

Having a good dream to keep

 

题于静老树图  202005xx

 

洲边老树少昏鸦，何处愁肠在旅涯？日落西天云翳暗，弱水三千不返家。

 

On a Painting of Old Trees 202005xx

 

Few sleepy crows seen on the old trees on the islets

Where to find a sad traveller at the end of the world

Clouds become dark as the sun in the west sets

There is no home to return to on the vast span of waves

 

西江月•隔壁柠檬满树 202005xx

 

隔壁柠檬满树，我家荒草萋萋。操劳终日一场疲，只有残枝满地。

 

课罢荷锄弄草，夜来落枕填词。此生垂暮欲何期，不想无端心累。

 

Neighbor Has a Lemon Tree 202005xx

 

My neighbor has a lemon tree

My yard is weedy as you can see

The ground is covered with broken twigs

A day’s labor exhausts my poor body

 

After class I weed my yard with a hoe

At night I write poems, head on pillow

My life into twilight, what is my wish?

Simply not being a burdened fellow

 

一剪梅 • 物是人非 20200515

 

物是人非因疫情，家国未变，人事皆更。自由往日再难回，如此河山，谁可横行？

 

万事皆休为保生，彼此防范，相互疏盟。 欢歌笑语网中看，鸡犬相闻，屏幕如冰。

 

Pandemic Changes People, Not Objects 20200515

 

Pandemic changes people, not objects

Landscape is the same

Changed are the human fairs

Past liberty is hard to recover

Who can travel around

In such a land

 

All stops for saving life

People are suspicious of one another

Old allies become disintegrated

Only on the screen we see the laughter

We still hear dogs and roosters

But the screen is cold as ever

 

摊破南乡子 • 垂老忘红 20200518

 

垂老忘红颜，换得个，晴朗云天。水远山长无限美，应该胜似，卿卿我我，鸳语缠绵。

 

何苦为情煎，全是也，烦恼无端。镜花水月虚空景，徒然令我，魂牵梦绕，自扰清眠。

 

Forgetting Beauties in Old Age 20200518

 

If at old age you forget beauties, you will enjoy a clear and fine sky

The long rivers and mountain ranges are infinitely beautiful

Which should be better than entangled intimacies and soft whispers

 

Why suffer for feelings, it's all about baseless vexations

The mirrored flowers and reflected moon are all empty scenes

Haunting my soul and disturbing my sleeps, for nothing

 

鹊桥仙 • 晨起  20200519

 

朝华滴露，清枝留雨，红日平明又至。天高云淡望无边，青冥里，银丝点缀。

酣眠未尽，梦情难记，不识纠缠何味。美人倩影已消残，欲思索，追寻何易。

 

Getting Up in the Morning 20200519

 

The morning flowers drip with dew

The clean branches keep the rain

In the morning the red sun rises again

The high sky with thin clouds is borderless

Its blue space is embellished with silver threads

 

I did not have a good night's sleep

It's hard to remember the dream

And I don't know how it feels to get emotionally entangled

The beauty's shadow stole away like a thief

Beyond the mind’s power to retrieve

 

南乡子•向晚起乌云 20200520

 

向晚起乌云，横卷苍穹日色昏。谁解老天多变数，期雨，且看明朝飞几许。

 

今日舍园静，蓬门几未开。流云难识我，浩宇一尘埃。

 

Dark Clouds Rise at Dusk 20200520

 

Dark clouds rise at dusk

Across the vast sky dimming the sun

Who expects the changes in the weather

Wait and see

How much rain fall tomorrow

 

Quiet is my yard today

My gate almost never opened

Fleeting clouds do not recognize me

A dust in the universe

 

 20200622

 

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浣溪沙•斯人渐远 20200706

 

避疫宅家心室空，斯人渐远忆朦胧，惊疑芳字网屏中。

无理问安人可好，蒙尘画影旧时容，春闌花落逝香踪。

 

Sheltering in Place My Heart Grows Empty 20200706

 

Sheltering in place my heart grows empty

This person’s faded out in my memory

Surprised that her name on screen showing

No way I can send a concerned greeting

The visage of old time has turned dusty

The fragrance of fallen spring flowers escaped me

 

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七律•后海二零零三 20200802

 

日暮时分湖畔行，水波倒映万家明。 缘堤冷眼观棋落，绕树欣闻荡橹轻。

遗憾不能携玉手，伤心竟要忆离情。 如今鬓发乱如许，碧海涟漪载败英。

 

Houhai Lake 2003  20200802

 

I come to the lake when the sun sets down

Many lights of houses are reflected in the pond

Along the bank I watch people playing chess

The sounds of oars linger in the surrounding trees

A pity that here I cannot hold delicate hands

Sadness surges at thought of severed lands

Now my hairs are in such a great disorder

As fallen flowers float in the green water

 

高地行脚 20200529

 

高地昏云暗，松间鹭鸟飞。 荒坡孤履客，微汗解行衣。

A Walk on Presidio 20200529

 

Above the Presidio evening clouds are dark

Through pine trees a heron is startled to dart

On the barren slope is trekking a lone hiker

Slightly sweating, he unties his sweater

 

更漏子•无声堂  2020xxxx

 

无声堂，残花院，日久宅家生倦。美人渺，本无缘，离长意更迁。

 

回乡路，疫情阻，更有官僚添堵。此生看，似难行，隔洋哭几声。

 

Soundless Rooms 2020xxxx

 

Soundless rooms, yard with withered flowers

Long shelter in place makes life hard

Where’s the beauty I say?

Not for me anyway

Out of sight, out of mind day by day

 

The journey home to return

Is blocked by Covid-19

Much more the government wants to restrain

In the rest of my life in view

I’m maybe unable to go

Across the ocean, my tears flow

 

梦里武汉 20200925

 

月隐乌栖雾满江，秋风叶落小山窗。 龟蛇默对朦胧夜，浪子漂游梦乱邦。

 

Wuhan in Dream 20200925

 

The moon hidden, the crows at rest, the river in fog

Leaves falling in autumn wind  at the small window

In misty night the Snake’nd Turtle face each other in silence

A soul of drifter wanders in chaotic country in dream-walk

 

看京城秋照 20201007

 

秋高气爽是平京，碧瓦红墙系旧情。 物是人非多代谢，追思只在网中行。

 

A Photo of Beijing ' Autumn 201007

 

Beijing as usual is having its fine autumn

Scarlet walls and glazed tiles invoke feelings old

Human changes abound in the city same

I seek memories in virtual world cold

 

疫中小院 20201113

 

闭户全天似隔离，满园新绿草多姿。 郊游何必行长路，破院留鞋亦览奇。

 

Yard in Pandemic Lockdown 20201113

 

Whole day in house I seem to be in quarantine

The verdant new grass makes my yards look fine

No need to go far for an outing and sightseeing

I see wonderful scenery within my yards’ confine

 

秋影 20201115

 

秋影朦胧窗外树，残生寂寞枕眠人。 不知梦里身为客，却把烟霞看作真。

 

Autumn Shadow 20201115

 

Vague are the autumn trees outside the window

Lonely is the person with few years left at the pillow

In dreams he doesn’t realize he is a guest

And thinks smoke and clouds are tangible

 

 

年末包饺子 20201221

 

时临冬至夜深沉，揉面搓皮剁馅勤。 灯下孑孓一老朽，屏间绚烂尽佳人。

冠情愁叹归家路，际遇悲吟浪迹春。 水饺盘中飘美味，他乡聊解寂哀心。

 

Making Dumplings 20201221

 

Deep at night as winter began I made

The dough, the wrappers and the filling

A solitary elder under the light's shade

The beauties on the screen watching

The home return hope is killed by the virus

I lament the ill luck of lovelessness

Only the dumplings’ fragrance

Can comfort my heart of loneliness