《兩代香港人》（Bilingual Version）

Citizen A 上一代人

 

Back then I was a skinny little kid, barely ten years old. Still, I had a good-sized basket of scrap metal on my back. I was not alone, of course. Ahead of me were bony boys and girls about my age, all born with a burden. 

Boys wore no more than worn-out shorts. Girls fared better, covering themselves in patched clothes. One of them - I couldn't help imagining - turned around and smiled at me. What a lovely twig doll! Doll or no doll, however, we all desperately needed to sell stuff for food in a marketplace beckoning from afar.

Ouch! I cut myself walking barefoot. Well, I had sold my outgrown sandals the other day.

Unusually quiet behind me was my newly widowed mother. In her arms was my baby sister, also unusually quiet.

My baby sister ended up in heaven on that market day. No one explained to me why she didn't have a chance on earth.

It was 1960. Mainland refugees were all over Hong Kong.

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Citizen B 這一代人

調寄《浣溪沙》（詞林正韻第二部平聲）

 

夜海明珠夢海藏，願存心底自由鄉，浮生何處不蒼茫？

歲月無詞誇靜好，欄杆有力拍悲涼，回聲一燕曉東方。

 

Author: Ren Qiulan 

 

 

 

所有跟帖： 

• 收入最低地区——观塘，不喜欢香港，贫富差太大，人多势力，分三六九等。。。。。。。 -lovecat08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2023 postreply 18:51:00

• 谢谢爱猫版主来评。对，据《南华早报》，观塘区人均收入最低，但是也比某些一线城市的所谓“低端人口”高出不知多少。 -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2023 postreply 19:07:02

• 谢谢青青的山文友留赞鼓励！ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2023 postreply 18:58:07

• 赞顶！ -梧桐之丘- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2023 postreply 18:59:43

• 谢谢梧桐版主鼓励！ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2023 postreply 19:22:21

• 这后半段英文以前读过，a sad story, also in your poem. -AP33912- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2023 postreply 19:13:00

• 谢谢AP文友！烦请指明，让我参照一下。再谢！ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2023 postreply 19:20:37

• Only a tiny bit - from a song? -AP33912- ♂ (490 bytes) () 02/08/2023 postreply 21:16:34

• Thank u! That's a heartbreaking one about unrequited love. -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2023 postreply 22:22:15

• 在广州的岁月里，就听过不少內地饥民偷渡到香港逃荒的故事。李嘉诚好像也在相若时期离潮逃港的。 -LYJiang- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2023 postreply 19:34:17

• 对。当然，发迹之后，就会有人给他写传奇，造神话的。无意贬低他的才能或成就，须要指出当时香港的优势：谁得谁失，党管不了的。 -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2023 postreply 19:43:32

• 洋君果然洞若观火。多年前读过一个逃港红卫兵写的小书《理性的黄昏》，里面也一针见血地指出，殖民地政府懂得养金鹅。 -LYJiang- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2023 postreply 19:51:18

• 红卫兵也想被养成为一只金鹅吧。 -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2023 postreply 19:53:12

• 哈哈！对对对。站在天安门前高呼万岁的都是企鹅，走在香港街头自由卖买的都是准金鹅。鵝鹅鹅，曲项向金歌！ -LYJiang- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2023 postreply 19:58:50

• 先生改写杜甫儿时名作了。估计喝了点酒不成？ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2023 postreply 20:02:43

• 三杯两盏淡酒，怎敌他，晚来金色、鹅过也，正开心，许是旧时相识，滿地黃金堆积！ -LYJiang- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2023 postreply 20:13:52

• 易安居士不饶先生啊！ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2023 postreply 20:16:07

• 罪过罪过。不如洗洗睡吧。洋君晚安！ -LYJiang- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2023 postreply 20:18:16

• 先生晚安！ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2023 postreply 20:19:52

• 小r写得很有味，必须赞。 -nearby- ♂ (34 bytes) () 02/08/2023 postreply 19:39:09

• 谢谢邻版主！ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2023 postreply 21:02:11

• 谢谢小西留赞鼓励！ -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/08/2023 postreply 22:00:18

• 香港当年是繁荣无限，风光无限，算是天时地利人和都赶上了，但是盛衰都有时啊，人只能看短期选眼前 -浮云驰- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 04:12:48

• 谢谢浮云版主！来评甚是，所谓“风水轮流转”。同时，据我理解，港人是不甘沉沦的。港谚：五窮六絕七翻身。 -renqiulan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/09/2023 postreply 08:55:38