双语诗〈文艺复兴配偶〉及〈隧道〉发表于《新大陆诗刊》177期，2020.4

文艺复兴配偶

现在我知道为什麽

我被称为文艺复兴男人

原来我太太是个

文艺复兴女人

她有个好婚姻

我相信

而她也忠於我

至少到目前

何况还生了两个儿子

但说真心话

我会乐意拿文艺复兴男人

这花哨头衔

去交换一个

美丽可爱的女儿

附注：“文艺复兴女人”在网络上有各色各样的定义，如“一个对许多事物有兴趣及知识的女人”；“一个具有广泛智力兴趣并在艺术及科学领域都有成就的女人”等等。而根据一个叫「巴特而比」网站上的一篇文章：“文艺复兴女人是一个有好婚姻，忠於丈夫并生下男孩子的女人”。

RENAISSANCE COUPLE

Now I realize

I am a Renaissance man

since my wife

is a Renaissance woman

She married well

I believe

and has been loyal to me

at least so far

and gave birth to two boys

But to tell the truth

I'd be more than happy to swap the fancy title

of Renaissance man

for a wonderful and lovely daughter

Note:  There are various definitions of Renaissance woman on the Internet, such as "A woman who is interested in and knows a lot about many things"; " A woman who has broad intellectual interests and is accomplished in areas of both the arts and the sciences", etc.  And according to an essay on bartleby.com: "…A Renaissance woman is supposed to marry well, be loyal to her husband and give birth to boys."

隧道

不忍见人们气喘呼呼

攀爬它的背脊

山

打开了一个

小小的

心门

TUNNEL

can't bear to watch

people breathlessly climbing

on its back

the mountain

opens up

a little door

in its heart