重新读读这样的诗，是需要用心静静聆听的。

轻轻的我走了，正如我轻轻的来；我轻轻的招手，做别西天的云彩。

那河畔的金柳，是夕阳中的新娘；波光里的艳影，在我的心头荡漾。

软泥上的青荇，油油的在水底招摇；在康河的柔波里，我甘心做一条水草。

那榆阴下的一潭，不是清泉，是天上虹；揉碎在浮藻间，沉淀着彩虹似的梦。

寻梦？撑一只长篙，向青草更青处慢溯；满载一船星辉，在星辉斑斓里放歌。

但我不能放歌，悄悄是离别的声萧；夏虫也为我沉默，沉默是今晚的康桥！

悄悄的我走了，正如我悄悄的来；我挥一挥衣袖，不带走一片云彩。

Very quietly I take my leave
As quietly as I came here;
Quietly I wave goodbye
To the rosy clouds in the western sky.
The golden willows by the riverside
Are young brides in the setting sun;
Their reflections on the shimmering waves
Always linger in the depth of my heart.
The floatingheart growing in the sludge
Sways leisurely under the water;
In the gentle waves of Cambrige
I would be a water plant!
The pool under the shade of elm trees
Holds not water but the rainbow from the sky;
Shattered to pieces among the duckweeds
Is the sediment of a rainbow - like dream?
To seek a dream?Just to pole a boat upstream
To where the green grass is more verdant;
Or to have the boat fully loaded with starlight
And sing aloud in the splendour of starlight.
But I cannot sing aloud
Quietness is my farewell music;
Even summer insects keep silence for me
Silent is Cambridge tonight!
Very quietly I take my leave
As quietly as I came here;
Gently I flick my sleeves
Not even a wisp of cloud will I bring away.

乡愁

　　余光中

　　小时候 乡愁是一枚小小的邮票 我在这头 母亲在那头

　　长大后 乡愁是一张窄窄的船票 我在这头 新娘在那头

　　后来啊 乡愁是一方矮矮的坟墓 我在外头 母亲在里头

　　而现在 乡愁是一湾浅浅的海峡 我在这头 大陆在那头