双语诗＜同河流辩论＞及＜写诗＞发表于《新大陆诗双月刊》154期，2016.6

Bilingual Poems "To Argue with a River" and "Writng Poetry" published in New World Poetry Bimonthly, Issue # 154, June 2016.

同河流辩论

 同河流辩论是徒然的

 特别是在刚下过大雨的时候

 他激情澎湃泥沙俱下

 哗啦哗啦

 头都不回地向前猛冲

 根本不给你一个

 插嘴的机会

 更不会听你的

只有等他平静下来

 在温煦的阳光里缓缓移动

 轻掠岸边的水草

 有如抚弄情人的头发

 愉悦地回应

 树上此起彼落的清脆鸟鸣

 有时还绕着水中突起的几块石头

 来一段美妙的回旋曲

这时候用不着你开口

 他也会完全同意

 而你也早把要说的话

 忘得一乾二净

TO ARGUE WITH A RIVER

to argue with a river is pointless

 especially right after a heavy rain

 it just keeps gushing and rushing 

 on and on 

 without glancing back 

 you have no chance at all

 to interrupt

 and it will not pause to listen 

you have to wait for it to calm down

 as it moves leisurely in the warm sunlight

 pulling at waterweeds along its shores

 like stroking a lover's hair 

 and joyously answers bird calls 

 it might even whirl and dance around 

 some smooth rocks protruding from the water

at this time there's no need for you to speak

 it will agree with you completely

 and you too will forget

 whatever you try to say

写诗

知道

 池上的漩涡

 湖面的波纹

 喘喘的溪流

 滔滔的江浪

 翻天覆地的海潮

 都源自一滴

 小小的

 水珠

诗人

 嘴边带着微笑

 在空白的稿纸上

 写下了第一个

 字

WRITING POETRY

knowing 

 the small eddy in the pond

 the gentle ripples on the lake

 the gurgling stream 

 the torrential river

 the billowing sea

 all start with a drop

 of water

with a smile on his face

 the poet

 puts down on the paper

 his very first

 word