《Ye Jiang Ying(1897-1986) selected poems》江紹倫英譯
《油岩题壁(1915)》《Written on Oil Cliff(1915)》
放眼高歌气吐虹 My will a rainbow I sing my aspirations high
也曾拔剑角群雄 Before this I had followed revolutionary men with pride
我来无限兴亡感 Here I study to understand the rise and fall in history
慰祝苍生乐大同 I will work with my people towards universal equality
Note: This poem was written when the poet first entered university in his hometown. He was 18 years old.
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《ChenYi (1901-1972) selected poems》江紹倫英譯
《憶亡 (1932)》《Remembering My Wife (1932)》
泉山渺渺汝何之 On hills under the yellow spring how are you
检点遗篇几首诗 Among papers you left are poems in view
芳影如生随处在 Your images alive on pages here and there
依稀门角见玉姿 By the door I seem to see a cold beauty hither Continue reading
暑假旅遊Banff, 父親開車，兒子坐車頭。 兒子的任務是看著手機的GPS點路，與父親聊天。
世間那有絕對聽話的兒子。他還要用智能電話「打機」，還要看小說。
「What are you reading?」
「Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy。It is a required reading for next quarter’s Russian literature class.」
我立刻沉默，兒子在讀托爾斯泰名著。請快把小說讀完，不必與父親聊天了。
年輕時讀過大文豪的「戰爭與和平」，現在輪到兒子讀文豪的「安娜-卡列尼娜」。
伯牙遇子期，曲高和寡
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《Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi) Poems (1887-1975)》
《述志(1909)》《My Determination 1909》
騰騰殺氣滿全球 Hot is the killing spirit in a world so ill
力不如人萬事休 Inferior to powers ten thousand matters stand still
光我神州完我責 Duty bound I vow to keep motherland secured
東來志豈在封侯 Coming to study in Japan noble laurels not my will
[ Note: At age 21 Chiang was sent by the Qing Dynasty to study at a military college in Japan. He wrote this the following year.]
《雪竇山口占一绝句 (1920)》《On Mt. Shedou (1920)》 Continue reading
This is how they play chess in Punjab.
Each time you kill an opponent’s piece, you drink it up.
Very few people finish the game…
《古宋香水山芙蓉寺題詩 (1911)》《和郭沬若同志 “登爾雅台懷人”(1944)》
《過武夷山 (1961)》《遊越秀公園 (1961)》《詠蘭 (1961)》《望雨 (1963)》
《龍門石窟 (1963)》《悼陳毅同志 (1972)》《浪淘沙·雪中過邯郸 (1954)》
《古宋香水山芙蓉寺題詩 (1911)》
[Note: Zhu De wrote this poem at 25 years old on graduation from military college. Years later, Chiang Kai Shek admired it so much he recited it to his generals, to urge them to learn poetry to be better leaders.]
《To the Hibiscus Temple at Fragrant Hill (1911)》
已饑已溺是吾憂 I care for the perennial hunger and torment in motherland
急濟心懷幾度秋 To help uplift this common fate I had in years lent a hand Continue reading
1994年9月, 跟茂生和我相熟的一位香港好友, 告訴我茂生逝世的消息, 那時茂生正值壯年, 我萬分驚異, 簡直不敢相信。1987年他赴美後, 我在港, 他在美; 我教英語, 他教中國語文和文學, 專業學術研究。 我們不常來往, 但他每經過香港多會和我聚一聚。1990年我一家四口到過加州戴維斯市 (Davis) 探訪他和范光中女士新婚倆口子。約在92, 93年, 他往上海做實地考察, 我們又匆匆地見了一次面, 怎知道那是最後的一面…
《挽劉道一 (1907)》孫中山《Remembering a Martyr》Sun Yet-sen
半壁東南三楚雄
Half of China south east stood three countries since ancient
劉郎死去霸圖空
Your death leaves a vacuum in our revolution intentions
尚余遺孽艱難甚
What is left to do is difficult to say the least
誰與斯人慷慨同
Who could match your leadership in this task mighty Continue reading