2001年9月初在黃永玉先生北京通州的萬荷堂作客
先生為我的六首詩作畫
這是其中的兩幅

虎

眯着眼
猫一般温驯
蹲伏在栅栏里

武松那厮
当年打的
就是这玩意儿？

TIGER

squatting in the cage

squinting

gentle as a kitten

was this the kind of animal

our hero Wu-song *

fought with?

* Wu-song, a tiger-fighting hero in Chinese folklore.

融雪脱胎换骨的声音

永远是那麽

一点一滴

不徐不急

                               (摘自<瀑布>──黄石公园游记)

you can hear

the sound of melting

and transformation of the snows

so deliberate

speck by speck 

drip by drip

--from

                                              THE LOWER FALLS OF THE YELLOWSTONE