四十多年異國浮生
幾番盡寒冬
一朝風霜絕
韶華無覓
蕩氣無蹤
曲直盤根交錯
沉壓鎖重重
最是荒涼處
江厚難溶
且把餘柴剩火
劫後灰塵裡
再燃熊熊
但恐時不與
力歇未爐濃
問天宮 鵲橋安在
倩素星 伴我曲音中
春花夜 晚霞同倚
共醉燈虹
庚寅年己丑月丙子日
(20110121)
八聲甘州 (冬意) __ 李勝生
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Category Archives: Poems – All
風入松 (辛卯年中秋月明)_李勝生
Photo by YK Chan (’65) in Ottawa
屋前屋後起秋聲
黑暗月分明
夜深偏照愁人木
斷紅裡、葉葉飄零
目送隨風敗綠
人生多少行程
雁來無語獨相迎
一叫邁長征
艱難苦困天涯路
盡頭處、又是新晴
得待明年皓月
再還未了柔情
Peter Li (’66) in Saskatoon
Translation?
A request from a non-Chinese speaking enthusiast was received to translate the following into English. Anyone?
嵩山少林寺曹洞
正宗傳續七十字輩訣
福慧智子覺
了本圓可悟
周洪普廣宗
道慶同玄祖
清靜真如海
湛寂淳貞素
德行永延恆
妙體常堅固
心朗照幽深
性明鑒崇祚
忠正善禧祥
謹志原濟度
雪庭為導師
引汝歸鉉路
詠四季七言句 余晃英 Qijue – The Seasons by Fong-ying Yu
註: 以下中文七言句不合七絕規格, 英譯時則力求用單或雙音節字, 每句七音節,
間亦於二、四句末押韻. 這新嘗試的目標是試圖創做英文新詩體– 英文七絕.
两種語文, 或可達到相近境界.
Note: While the Chinese seven-character lines below do not conform to
the strict requirements of the Chinese qijue, the English verse form
might be called “English qijue,” with one- to two-syllable words, 7
syllables per line and occasional rhymes. The aim of the experiment is
to bring the two languages together in a similarity of metrical forms.
春 SPRING
初春 (一)
冬寒已退冷未消 刮臉猶如利鋒刀
驚鳥匿藏葉叢裏 生人步近齐飛高
Early Spring (1)
Winter retreats; its cold stays,
Grazing the face like razor.
Timid birds hide in the bush.
At a noise, to sky they soar.
初春 (二)
春意偷上樹枝頭 含苞羞澀候佳音
小鳥還怯三分冷 不為人間報早春
Early Spring (2)
Spring steals up the branches’ tips.
Blushing buds announce the news.
Birds, with memory of cold
Won’t tell that good times are due.
初春 (三)
立春己過氣猶寒 春雨帶雪灑人間
難堪舊時不忍去 乍暖還冷未開花
Early Spring (3)
Chill belies the Day of Spring.
Rain drizzles down mixed with snow.
A slow death dies the old times.
Nor warm nor cold, no flowers blow.
夏 SUMMER
無 題
路旁橋畔野花嬌 蝴蝶偏憐舞蹁躚
大地到處花盈眼 泰半寂寂自榮枯
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On roadways, gay wild flowers,
Butterflies around them dance.
Flowers fill the eyes, here, there.
Unbeknownst, they live, they die.
炎夏忽至
春長霪兩氣猶寒 炎夏曜曜撲面遲
虛己順時心平置 冷暖早知受無辭
Summer Comes, Late and Sudden
Long rain-filled Spring is cold still.
Sudden summer comes, full-hot.
Humbled, I go with the times.
Cold and hot, just come. So what?
秋 FALL
拾 葉
裸樹肅然立風中 樹底葉塚已墳隆
造化脫胎正換骨 痴情許是拾葉人
Gathering Leaves
Trees stand in wind: solemn, nude.
Leaves form tombs around trunk-beds.
The world itself renewing,
Why are leave pickers’ eyes red?
深秋, 得二首 Late Autumn (2)
其一: 霜
楓樹搖落別有姿 涼風習習拂額寒
偏愛秋來添霜韻 蕭瑟草木未衰時
No. 1: Frost
Deleaved maples each a poise,
Cool wind fans my forehead cold;
I love fall — its frosty charm,
And grass and shrubs not yet dead.
其二: 遙看鐵道镇
秋光仍照遠景明 紅霞一抹刷天邊
且取美色存腦海 寒夜暖夢伴秋眠
No. 2: Viewing Metrotown from Afar
Fall-gleams light up the distance,
Red streaks brush athwart the sky;
I’d store the wonder in mind,
To hug warm dreams in cold nights.
冬 WINTER
冬 (一)
衰草頹竹尚苟存 眾芳憔悴早失色
鵝黄欲上怯冬意 萬籟屏息待春溫
Winter (1)
Tired grass, weak bamboo, survive.
Colours have long gone from plants.
Sensing cold, new growth retreats.
Breath bated, Earth waits for spring.
冬 (二)
禿樹一行猶有鳥 瑟縮枝椏吱两聲
烏雲厚壓鎖冬氣 行人哨語問春踪
Winter (2)
Bald trees still harbour some birds.
They cheep in the leaves, once, twice.
Thick clouds lock the wintry chill.
Whistling, I ask, where is spring?
2011/6/7
International Tulip Festival
七绝: 自然规律–加京国际郁金香节有感 陈耀国
根球去秋我先种
香花迎春当怒放
五月承随四月来
君仍近临我心芳
Tulip bulbs I buried last fall
Now spring to life they’re up
Sure as May follows April
Just as sure my heart they rub
Thanks are due to Yu Fong-ying for his English rendition, which I couldn’t do better.–YK
悼古志眾兄__余晃英
八載同窗有幾人(一) 君忽歸去我傷悲
何物兇疾橫肆虐 遽奪善人眾轟驚
志眾成城人堪學 古仔笑容燦心靈
籃球足球均稱健 事主虔誠好教徒
勤奮攻研藍金術(二) 青雲步上顯才情(三)
甫賀君添弄孫樂(四) 又痛金禧少斯人
二Ｏ一一年五月十三日
註:
(一) 1955-1963年同在九龍華仁唸書, 三年同班
(二) 西方有稱水為”藍金”者, 古兄主水務
(三) 官至副水務署長
(四) 二00九年抱孫
Wujue (五绝) in English
Yu Fong-ying 余晃英 (WYK1961) recently started me to think about getting Chinese verse forms adapted for the English language as some worthy contribution to cross-cultural fertilization. Both the sonnet and the haiku have been successfully adapted into English from Italy and Japan, respectively. Maybe some Chinese verse forms too can be similarly adapted.
I picked Li Bai’s best known 4-line poem 夜思 as a first attempt at this adaptation. Over the Easter long weekend, with Fong-ying’s collaboration, we arrived at the version below to start the ball rolling for anyone who is interested in taking up this challenge. It does not have to be a translation. It can be a composition in the form of a 4-line pentasyllabic verse, 五绝 (wujue), preferrably in monosyllables and with the rhyme scheme of abcb, but any 4-line pentasyllabic verse will do. A 4-line septasyllabic verse, 七绝 (qijue), is fine too. Also see Fong-ying’s wujue English composition “This Place I Roam” below. –YK Chan (WYK1965)
夜思 李白 Nocturnal Thoughts Li Bai
(五绝) (Wujue : A four-line pentasyllabic verse) Tr. by YK Chan & FY Yu
床前明月光, Bed side, Bright Moon shines;
疑是地上霜. Ground frost comes so fine?
举头望明月, Up at Moon I look;
低头思故乡. Down, for home I pine.
Wujue: This Place I Roam 五绝: 此地堪浪游
By YU Fong-ying 余晃英作 陈耀国译
Red the maple leaves 枫叶红北国
White hilltops like dome 穹顶白岭头|
Homeland now it is 新乡兹落户
This new place I roam 此地堪浪游
« Salut! Demeure chaste et pure» 纯美的香宅, 你好!
Tenor aria from Faust (1859, revised 1869), a French grand opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré’s play Faust et Marguerite, in turn loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe‘s Faust, Part 1.
Aria setup: In Act 3, Dr. Faust (tenor), an aging scholar who bought youth from Méphistophélès’ with his own service to the devil, Mephistophele, sings a cavatina (Salut, demeure chaste et pure) about nature’s wonderful creation of his love, Marguerite.
Sung by:
Nicholai Gedda – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m_Jas-OEFE&feature=related
Alfredo Kraus – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDHZUcvvr4M
Giacomo Aragall – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI6NYORa9-U
Giuseppe Di Stefano – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOktnGD8G_0&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Tr. YK Chan 陈耀国译
Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre? 是什么莫名其妙的烦恼渗透了我?
Je sens l’amour s’emparer de mon être! 我觉得被爱情控制了!
Ô Marguerite, à tes pieds me voici! 噢, 玛嘉烈, 我就在这儿拜你石榴裙下!
Salut! demeure chaste et pure, 纯美的香宅, 你好!
Salut! demeure chaste et pure, 纯美的香宅, 你好!
Où se devine la présence 存在这里的是
d’une âme innocent et divine! 一颗天真和神圣的灵魂!
Que de richesse en cette pauvreté! 这里的贫乏是多么富裕!
En ce réduit, que de félicité! 这里的缺乏是多么愉快!
Que de richesse, 多么丰裕,
Que de richesse en cette pauvreté! 这里的贫乏是多么丰裕!
Ô nature, C’est là 噢, 大自然, 那就在这里
que tu la fis si belle! 那是你把她造得这般漂亮!
C’est là que cet enfant 这个孩子就在这里
A dormi sous ton aile, 睡在你翼下,
A grandi sous tes yeux. 在你眼底成长.
Là que de ton haleine 在这里你的气息
Enveloppant son âme 包裹她的灵魂,
Tu fis avec l’amour épanouir la femme 用你的爱把这妞苞放
En cet ange des cieux! 成来自天堂的天使!
C’est là! Oui, c’est là! 那就成了! 是的, 就是那样!
Salut! demeure chaste et pure, 纯美的香宅, 你好!
Salut! demeure chaste et pure, 纯美的香宅, 你好!
Où se devine la présence 存在这里的是
d’une âme innocente et divine! 一个天真和神圣的灵魂!
Salut, salut, demeure chaste et pure, etc. 纯美的香宅, 你好,…
Au fond du temple saint 在聖殿深處
| Baritone and tenor duet from Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers 採珠漁人), a French opera in three acts by Georges Bizet, to a libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré. Duet setup: In the opening scene somewhere on the coast of Sri Lanka, Zungra (baritone) has just been elected leader of the fishers. Singing with his reconnected friend Nadir (tenor), they recall their long-ago quarrel over an attractive priestess, Leila, in the temple of Brahma. Believing they are now cured of their old infatuation, they swear their everlasting friendship. Renditions by: Jussi Björling (Nadir) & Robert Merrill (Zurga) 1950 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ekaMQP_Fwc Nicolai Gedda (Nadir) & Ernest Blanc (Zurga) 1961 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj_vTRVdUCI
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Tr. YK Chan 陳耀國譯
舒爾格 红光滿面的梵天教徒， 拿迪爾
拿迪爾
舒爾格与拿迪爾 拿迪爾 拿迪爾
拿迪爾 拿迪爾 舒爾格 拿迪爾 舒爾格
舒爾格与拿迪爾 她现在来团结我们。 |
Lascia ch’io pianga “Let me cry” by Giacomo Rossi
<让我哭泣>
Soprano aria from Rinaldo (HWV 7), an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel.The Italian libretto was written by Giacomo Rossi, based on episodes of Torquato Tasso‘s Gerusalemme liberata (“Jerusalem Delivered”). It is a heroic story of battle and love set in the time of the First Crusade (1096–1099).—fr. “Wikipedia”
Aria setup: Almirena (soprano), who is in love with the knight Rinaldo, has been abducted by the sorceress Armida and imprisoned. In a beautiful garden in Armida’s enchanted palace, Almirena laments her captivity (Act II).
Renditions by:
Marilyn Horne (mezzo) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxOZHQEux5c,
Suzie LeBlanc (soprano) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jiq0meAPOgs&feature=related, and
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRHJXDxQJL4&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Tr. YK Chan 陈耀国译
Lascia ch’io pianga
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让我哭泣吧, 我的恶运, 也让我叹望自由. 看怜悯份上, 愿悲伤弄断这些 给我受苦的锁链. |
