Late Autumn in the Desert

Late Autumn in the Desert

 

Magpies made a fuss when leaves were falling.

You didn't foresee this, fortune tellers?

Still your cawing made the desert field quieter,

while the tall mountain looked on silently.

 

At season's turning, my soul lives inside the tree of life that had

its lush moments and its dull moments.

Together we strode across that lifeless bridge.

 

Nearby a bell is ringing "dong, dong, dong…"

as if complaining "frozen, frozen, frozen…" in Chinese.

In the far away sky, geese are forming

the letter 'humanity' in Chinese.

 

I look for the swallows living under my eaves,

but they are all gone. Maybe they have found

another house to build nests and live with

people who don't speak a foreign language.

 

【五律】大漠秋晚

 

鹊噪叶飘飘，山高野寂寥。

魂栖生命树，人度寞石桥。

诉冻钟声近，怀人雁影遥。

试寻檐下燕，已往赵家巢。

 

(© November 20, 2023, godog)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

所有跟帖： 

• 沙发！占位点赞～～ -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/20/2023 postreply 15:07:49

• 欣赏中英文双语诗。赵家巢，another house to build nests and live with -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/20/2023 postreply 15:56:15

• people who don't speak a foreign language. -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/20/2023 postreply 16:10:28

• 谢谢盈盈 -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/20/2023 postreply 21:18:44

• 赞dodog兄的新作！the swallows know more languages:)) -卫宁- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/20/2023 postreply 18:57:08

• +100086 -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/20/2023 postreply 19:40:55

• 谢谢。雨燕是语言大师：）） -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/20/2023 postreply 21:19:28

• Godog兄的双语诗不是翻译，是中英文独立创作的，所以中英文读起来有不一样的感觉，英诗俏皮一些，中文的严谨一些，都很喜欢 -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/20/2023 postreply 23:54:46

• 谢谢鼓励。您说得很对，我在以前的贴子里说过，英诗我会根据英语本身特点再结合西方文化重写，假想以后的读者主要还是英语母语者 -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/21/2023 postreply 07:50:13