第七部分： 海外 III 2017
天留人诗 20170104
天黑如墨大风吹。高木折腰冠低垂。海生黑浪涛奋起，云压苍穹空欲坠。
隔岸陋室四壁冷，濒老枯肠万念灰。登高望洋叹不绝，大千世界我是谁？
Detained
by Rain 20170104
Dark as ink is the sky when
big wind blows
A tall tree bends, its crown
downward goes
Black waves surge in the
ocean down the hill
Burdened by the clouds, the
sky seems to fall
Across the bay my shabby
house hosts coldness
My aging heart harbors
nothing but emptiness
Looking down at the ocean I
never stop to sigh
In the Sahā-lokadhātu who the
hell am I?
看草知风忧地球 20170107
隔窗看草动，知有大风吹。风自海上来，尚且无雾霾。
神州正烟瘴，谁清万里埃？若不治理好，全球必成灾。
愚氓难为训，鸵鸟沙里埋。公开大数据，透明治灾害。
山水不复清，黄祸将复来。迁徙数亿人，无国能承载。
纠纷因此生，兵戈因此派。太空未开发，地球已破坏。
难怪有人云，生子同遭罪。今日造孽者，子孙必愧对。
Worry about the
Earth 20170107
Grass rustles outside the window,
A strong wind is blowing, I know
The wind comes from the sea,
And there's no smog though
China is choking with ailment
Who will clear dusty universe?
If not properly addressed, this issue
Global disasters will follow
Foolish people are hard to teach
Ostriches bury their heads in the sand
Please open up the big data,
And fight disaster with transparent hand
Otherwise_____
The mountains and rivers will no more be green
The Yellow Peril will someday return
Relocating hundred millions of people
Is beyond the capacity of any nation
Disputes will arise from this,
And wars will be waged
Space remains unexplored,
Earth is already destroyed
No wonder some say that
Having children is suffering
Those who commit sins today
Will bring shame to their offspring
卜算子 岁末
20170111 2018改
雨落送年归，风起迎春到。甲子平头年犹惑，更少开颜笑。
笑也不由衷，只把时光耗。待到无人垂老时，兀自寒床靠。
End of Year 20170111
Rain falls, the year ends
Wind comes, spring arrives
Close to 60 I am still clueless
Seldom do I smile
Smile is not sincere
It only kills time
When there is no one by me at old age
At the bed will I be alone
晨见残月 20170111
海上落残月，天涯不共时。诗人怨遥夜，凌晨起相思。
相思不可见，犹得备晨炊。待到七点钟，去把公交追。
Seeing the Waning Moon in the Morning
20170111
A waning moon sets over the sea
People on the other side do not see
The poet laments the long nights
Waking up with longing too early
I long for, but I can't see, her
I still have to prepare breakfast
When seven o'clock alarm rings
I have to catch the bus for work
骑车 20170111
暮色苍茫黑隆冬，老五骑车在暗中。只为昨晚没锻炼，忍痛起床出门行。
一日三餐五斗米，半生蹉跎只撞钟。所思美人不可见，却无耐心念佛经。
Ride Bicycle 20170111
In the twilight of a dark winter
Rode in the darkness a bachelor
He missed workout the night before,
And forced himself up for the gym door
Three meals a day is what he works for
Half his life wasted in hitting the temple bell
The beauty he longs for cannot be seen
Yet he is impatient chanting the sutra as well
雨后 20170123
雨后天半晴，大雁人字飞。晓云犹低挂，高空镰月垂。
时落珠帘雨，可是湘竹泪？欲问无从问，低首思蛾眉。
After the Rain 20170123
After the rain, the day is half clear
Geese fly over in the formation of V
Still hanging low are the morning clouds
High in the sky a crescent moon I can see
Showers come down like beads of curtain
Is it the tear of the wives of King Shun?
I want to ask someone but there’s none
Lowering my head, I think of the loved one
晨上班见朝霞褪色有感 20170126
好花不长开，好景不长在。方才玫瑰云，转瞬色已衰。
落花委泥垢，折戟沙中埋。豪杰能几时，隔洋问雪莱。
The Fading of Morning Colorful
Clouds 20170126
Flowers do not stay in bloom long
Pretty scenes are quickly gone
See the rosy clouds just now?
Soon they lose their colors strong
Fallen petals turn to dust
Broken spears are buried in sand
How long can a hero's fame last
Go and ask Shelly of England
时到元宵湿漉漉20170210
时到元宵湿漉漉，如同饺子水里煮。此处无灯亦无人，上街去把好景睹。
更莫言说见美女，她在灯火阑珊处。竭力忆旧往事想，无力起死乏奇术。
车站睇雨地面打，等车带我山上去。一呆呆到降旗时，军号裂空嘟嘟嘟。
粗茶淡饭果腹后，骑车城里看图书。免费桌前看一看，搜寻经典文史儒。
A Rainy Lantern
Festival 20170210
I'm having a wet wet Lantern Festival
As wet as the water to boil the dumplings
Here there are no lanterns nor people
That go watching lights and nice things
Much less to say seeking a pretty woman
In the place where light is scant
I try to recall the past as much as I can
But make the dead to come alive I can't
At the bus stop I watch rain beat the ground
Waiting for the last bus to haul me uphill
Where I will stay till I hear the taps sound
That tears open the twilight air so still
Then after eating a meager meal
I glide on my bike to the downtown library
At the freebies table I hope to find a good deal
Of classics, literature, history or philosophy
无题 20170318
运交桃花欲何愁，不怕美人打破头。心之所向在天姥，大士不佑信难求。
我欲因之梦吴越，太湖浩瀚连天月。吴侬软语丝竹声，醉里生死全忘却。
Title-less 20170318
As fate has it I have peach flowers to enjoy so what do I worry about?
Am I afraid of many a beauty who come to crack my head in and out?
But my heart is tied to the remote mountains of Heavenly Grandma
Yet I'm not blessed by the Avalokitesvara
In my dream I thus fly to where the mountains lie
Under the bright moon a vast lake rises to the sky
The sweet speech mingles with the sound of strings and flutes
Oblivious to life and death is an intoxicated I
海军学院看玉兰花 20170319
铁甲学府开玉兰，绿叶烘托粉花鲜。枝疏开阔何大气，色彩相因更增妍。
何处帷幄平怒海，碧草春花看等闲。祈愿环球无战事，共享和平艳阳天。
Watching Magnolias at Naval School
20170319
Magnolias bloom in the military Academy,
Green leaves make pink blossoms look fresh
Majestic looking are its many a branch
Complementing colors enhance their beauty
Where is the headquarter pacifying the sea?
I see verdant grass and spring flowers fine
I pray for a world free of war
And shared peace and sunshine
春韭 20170319
春来各处见春韭，绿衣白冠体态修。随风摇曳不张扬，委身路边鲜做秀。
折叶闻香忆故园，制馅做饺慰乡愁。天公所赐长生草，莫教美意陷渠沟。
Spring Chives 20170319
In spring, everywhere one sees spring chives
Green dress with white blossoms, graceful in shape
Swaying with the wind without arrogance
They bend by the roadside, seldom showing off
Plucking the fragrant leaves I think of old home
Making fillings for dumplings soothes my homesickness
A gift from heaven, this perennial grass
Let not its beauty fall into the dirty ditch
骑车过公墓见花 20170416
走马观花铁骑重，下马看花无闲情。虽是周末春光好，诸事缠身谁云轻。
碌碌无为三点线，昏昏噩噩撞铜钟。时光都随风飘去，水里花月冷似冰。
Biking Passing Cemetery Seeing Flowers 2017319
My bike was heavy when I passed a sea of flowers
But I had no mood to appreciate nature's showers
Though it was weekend and a fine spring day
I was burdened with tons of chores on my way
Everyday I ran between three points fruitless
And dutifully beat the temple bell brainless
All my time is gone with the wind as I grow old
The moon and flowers in water are icy cold
题Lee 女士新照 20170420
绿叶红花美女娇，春风荡漾自逍遥。赋得诗意流毫墨，自有文情上九霄。
千里南国屏上看，切磋偶尔笑推敲。愿君常有惊人作，好教老夫灯下瞧。
One the New Photo of a Lady Friend
on Facebook 20170420
Like a red flower in green leaves, you are such a beauty
In the spring breeze a free and leisured life you enjoy
Your poetic charm flows at the tip of your brush,
Your literary sentiment to the heavens does rush
On the screen I see the southern land thousands of miles away
We occasionally laugh and ponder while discussing poetry
May you often have amazing works done
So that I can read them under the lamp for fun
题出墙之花 20170430 20190123 改
我家红蕊出墙头，破落之庭莫肯留。老叟穷酸名不第，嫦娥窈窕影空修。
独居异地三餐饭，自缚他乡两去愁。待到此身成骨烬，魂飘四宇任悠游。
On the Flowers Protruding through
the Fence 20170430 20190123
My home's red flowers peek out of the fence
The dilapidated courtyard won't keep them thence
Old, poor and unaccomplished is the house’s master
Vain is my meditation about the graceful Chang’E
Alone in a distant land, three meals a day is all I care
Tied to a remote place, I am in a dilemmatic snare
Wait till to ashes and dust my body turns
My soul will roam freely in the four directions
无题 20170509
远在天边可微信，近在咫尺难相通。隔岸共饮一江水，欲渡无舟烟波横。
携卷移樽思求教，寺门徒叩不燃灯。湖月镜花常入梦，星河寂寥雁孤鸣。
Title-less 20170509
Though far apart, people can communicate via WeChat
Yet though you are close at hand, we can't each other connect
We drink from the same river separating two banks
But no ferry boat can carry us across the misty waves
Carrying a book and a cup of wine closer, I seek your
instruction
But the doors of the unlit temple I knock in vain
In dreams I often see reflections of flowers and the moon
While the starry river is silent and the wild goose cries alone
题美女郊游照 20170521 2019改
陌上谁家美艳娘。桃红敷面发丝长。霓冠翠盖云霞伴，沅芷湘兰玉璧藏。
目视青春常驻色，心思裙带总飘香。君如识我相知意，把酒天台宴客郎。
Pretty Girls in an Outing
20170521, 2019 revised
Behold the beauty afield, whose daughter is she?
Her cheeks rouge, her long hair fair
Colors of nature and rosy clouds in company
Like fine jade hidden by fragrant weeds she is there
My eyes peep at her forever youthful countenance
My heart follows her skirt that scatters fragrance
Oh , maid, If thou knowest my desire to befriend thee
Please hold a wine feast at the fairy terrace for me
题高中同学遛鸟照 20170521
高中同学以遛鸟视频于微信索句，勉强为之。
京城老炮余几何？说不少来也不多。此有荆爷是一份，提笼架鸟乐呵呵。
参透人生苦和甜，凤凰涅磐新生活*。绕膝欢跳小孙女，提笔挥洒大气魄。
呼朋唤友邀故旧，煮茶品茗尝新馍。香车宝马不上眼，出门偏爱小摩托。
今日索句无所赠，信口胡诌交功课。我乃江郎才已尽，不似当年延寿窝。
只愿弟兄能共老，平安是福求稳妥。暮色夕阳正潇洒，与君共唱大风歌。
*他们两口子都是非典幸存者。
On the Photo of an Old Beijing
Friend Strolling with a Caged Bird
20170521
How many veterans are left in Beijing?
Not many, but not too few either
Here's Grandpa Jing, one of them
Joyfully carrying his bird cage tither
He knows well life's bitter-sweetness
A phoenix-like rebirth gave him a new lease*
He enjoys the little granddaughter's company
In unrestrained style he writes calligraphy
Inviting friends to his house occasionally
He serves buns of new grain and brews them tea
He's not interested in luxury vehicle
But prefers a scooter when out he does go
Being asked for a poem, I have nothing to offer
Just this piece as a pupil's homework
My talent has faded after so many years
It differs from when we were in the village
I only wish we could grow old together
Life for us could be safe and secure
As the dusk sets, the sun is prettier
Let's sing the Song of Wind together**
*Both Jing and his wife are SARS survivors
** Song of the Wind, by Emperor LIU Bang
语言日忆旧 20170522
去年那日此驿中，淑女比肩笑靥盈。暖暖春风今又是，青花览遍少一瓶。
Recalling the Last Year’s Language
Day 20170522
On that day of yesteryear at this station
A fair lady, nearby, smile brimming on her face
Today blows the warm winds of germination
But of all the blue flowers, one has left without trace
题寒山雪霁图 20170707
寒山一片雪茫茫，枝头树叶尽落光。人生足迹亦如是，不过世间走一场。
声名利禄身外物，美景良辰草上霜。百年不过白驹隙，试问何与日月长？
On a Painting of Mountain after
Snow 20170707
Snow covers the vast cold mountain
Leaves from trees have all fallen
This is the same as human footprints
They come to the world, then return
Not part of our body, fame and fortune
Frost on grass, the good time and pretty scene
A century is but a gap a horse jumps across
What can live longer than the sun and the moon?
题自画老无所依漫画 20170720
命如风帆浮波浪，逐流入海过大洋。少小离家老大回，枯木无花发苍苍。
隔江遥望高楼起，岸芷汀兰旧模样。物是人非天地换，古月依然照长江。
On My Self-portrait of Being Old
Helplessly 20170720
My life was a sail floating on the waves
It crossed the ocean when flowing to the sea
Leaving young and returning an old man
The grey hair now befriends a mere dead tree
Beyond the river sky scrapers rise high
The grass are the same as in days gone-by
My old acquaintances have gone yonder
An ancient moon still shines on the river
题野喇叭花 20170728
窗外又见喇叭开，不种不养兀自来。自叹弗如野生草，他乡经年根不栽。
故土渐薄回植难，旧日情愫枕边哀。怜汝能堪篱下寄，留待秋后再制裁。
On the Blooming Flower
20170728
Here blooms the Scarlett O'Hara Pink under my window
Not planted nor invited, she is not my favored show
Yet I lament that I am inferior to the wild plant
Here, after 20 years, I still roam rootless around
The soil back home is gradually turning thin
At pillow-side, feelings past are but bitter grin
I pity your courage of living under other's roof
I will let you live to autumn and then you remove
静水 20170729
静水投石无微澜，宜将妄念放一边。芸芸众生皆有隔，星汉相逢但凭缘。
月貌花容为悦己，旁人过客皆无关。无有马良神来笔，丹青只做壁上观。
Still Water 20170729
When still water gives no ripple as you cast a stone
It's a sign that your fancy ideas should be left alone
All souls of the multitude themselves in shells tuck
Crossing orbits in the universe is a sheer piece of luck
Beauty as beauty is, it is for none other than the lover
It's none of the business for outsiders whatever
Without the magic brush Ma Liang used to give life to all
A painting is nothing but a piece of paper on the wall
思归 20170729
工作越来越复繁，老夫只想归田园。同乡同岁皆享乐，独我异域把活干。
算算社保也该够，莫上天堂留下钱。回望神州河山好，人生能有几回玩？
Thinking of Returning 20170729
Work has more and more complication
This old guy just wants to return to the garden
Same age folks are all enjoying life
I alone overseas am doing 8 to 5
My social security seems already enough
Don’t I leave a lot when exhaling the last puff
Looking back I see a splendid magic country
In one’s life, how many chances can one play
题网友山居夜照 20170812， 2018 改
夜冷嫦娥返月庭，空留明灭几钉星。鸣蝉琴挂酣眠去，蟋蟀犹闻颂晚经。
On a Photo of a Friend’s House at
Night 20170812， 2018 revised
Night turning chilly, Lady Luna returned to her palace
Leaving behind some twinkling stars in the sky
Tired, cicadas have put away their harps to sleep
Crickets are heard chanting late sutras nearby
题网友山居照 20170812 2018 改
池边野草绽花黄，碧水锦鳞桥下藏。楼宇庭园秋色好，南安慕煞杜丽娘。
On a Photo of a Friend’s Mountain
House 20170812, 2018 revised
By the pond bloom wild flowers of color golden
Under the bridge goldfish swim in water green
The fenced villa enjoys a nice autumn scene
Eclipsing that of Lady Du's spring garden
西江月-题网友城居照 20170814
天际霓霞在望，凭窗风过犹惊，黑纱蔽日万千层，楼自岿然笃定。
莫道世唯人贵，谁云万物无情？历山顶上换青冥，悲喜自然随性。
On a Photo of Friend’s Building 20170814
Rosy clouds at horizon
Surprising wind by the window
The sun is wrapped in black gauze thick
Buildings stand aloof
Blame not the snobbish world
Who says things are feelingless?
Sky changes over the Lishan Mountain*
Nature decides sadness or happiness
*In Jinan city, Shangdong Province
题网友山居照 20170819
一山苍翠闭家门，满院清幽锁静村。看雾观云风起意，挥毫蘸墨色销魂。
隔空看画知佳艺，越海吟诗见笔痕。憾未相逢华夏地，西窗共剪并移樽。
On the Photo of a Friend’s Mountain
House 20170819
In the verdant mountains her home gates are closed
Locking a quiet villa in the seclusion of the yard
Wind inspires poem writing amid mists and clouds
Colorful inky brushes demonstrate a soul of art
I learn of her wonderful skills from her paintings online
Her poems the ocean yonder let me see a writer’s heart
What a pity that we did not cross paths in the land of mine
And trimmed candle together while seeking your teachings fine
蒙特雷咏叹调 20170825
背山一座城，面海总临风。四季无冬夏，海水冷冰冰。
居此十八载，望洋常伶仃。烦琐催人老，转瞬白发生。
Monterey 20170825
This city against a hill
Is often brushed by wind from the sea
Whose water is icy cold
There are no winter nor summer to see
For 18 years I have lived here
Oft I stand facing the sea alone
Vexing and trivial matters quicken my years
In a split second white hair has grown
骑车过西塞府衙见路边花 20170819
西塞府衙前，寂寞开无主。已是初秋香犹在，底事飘晨露？
岂欲蕊常鲜，岁月难留驻。美艳无缘邀相顾，但与风云处。
Seeing Flower When Biking past
Seaside City Hall 20170819
A bush is blooming alone
On the lawn of city hall
Strange that petals scatter in the morning dew
While fragrance lingers in early fall
I’m not for constant freshness
How can time be kept from moving on?
If beauty can’t be my companion
With wind and clouds I get along
望月 20170819
月儿弯弯照美国，阴阳交错一刹那。宇宙大千界外界，星云灿烂河中河。
骚人问天天不语，霞客描地地难摹。傻对青冥放狂想，只为夜风荡清波。
Watching the Moon 20170819
Above America is a crescent moon
Ying and Yang change in a few ksanas
The universe is housed by another one
The Milk Way is part of a group of stars
Heaven replied not to Qu Yuan's questioning
Earth is more than what Xu Xiake put in writing
Foolishly I let my thought run wild under the sky
Because of the nightly breeze that passes by
题网友画 20170901
晨起无心画娥眉，丹青调好写春归。风飘落蕊红艳洒，月照横桥乱絮飞。
花散一屏伞难挡，愁飘万绪客不回。寄情山水心思远，写意诗行志崔嵬。
On a Friend’s Painting 20170901
No mood to dress up in the morning
She prepared palette for the return of spring
Red petals fall and scatter here and there
The bridge in moon light sees flying catkins fair
An umbrella can hardly fend off the falling flower
That carries sorrows of a forever roamer
The painting conveys thoughts traveling far
The poem expresses ideas brilliant as the star
月华初升 20170906
月华初升如金盘，伶仃一轮挂天边。升到中天金变银，流光溢彩寰宇间。
玉兔皎洁嫦娥美，英姿压倒众星惭。不问地球兴衰事，自管盈亏年复年。
As the Moon Ascends 20170906
As the moon ascends it resembles a
golden disk
Alone by itself it hangs in the edge
of the sky
As it reaches the zenith the gold
turns into silver
Over the universe streaming its
brilliant light
The jade rabbit is cleanly bright
and the Moon Lady pretty
The moon surpasses all the stars in
beauty
It does not care about the events on
the earth
Only keeps growing and waning year
after year
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