似水流年(1):Life can’t be counted in candles
文章来源: 陈默2008-09-24 18:11:52
今天一个台湾同事说笑话,说他们大学联考中,有个填充题是“英雄宝刀不老”,有才的小同学对下联:“老娘风韵犹存”。真是对仗工整。

好像以前看过类似的笑话,不过今天还是把我笑得不行。

前不久从别人的博客“借”(或者是偷)了个《20,30,40》的主意,想自恋一下我的小半生;后来又蕴酿着未雨绸缪地做篇文章来《优雅地老去》。今天想,不如直白点,来个《英雄宝刀不老,老娘风韵犹存》,自我宣言一下得了。

不过,真要这么叉着腰自称老娘,我还是自己把自己吓了一跳。一转身,还是变回了文学老青年,和大家分享一首小诗,确切地说是写在生日卡上的口水诗。

我这个阿Q常常念叨着这几句话,珍视我的joys, efforts, dreams,渡过我的heartaches, tears, failures……

Life can’t be counted in candles,
It counted in small joys and good times and laugh lines,
as well as in heartaches and tears.

Life can’t be counted in candles,
but in things done with effort and pride…with dreams followed boldly,
and hopes kept alive…in times when we’ve failed but tried.

Life can’t be counted in candles or measured in years that have flown…
It counted in kindnesses, close friends, and loved ones,
and in all the sweet blessings we’ve known.

关于年龄、关于老去;关于优雅、关于风韵-咱们下次再聊。