My Homesickness was a Small Stamp written, website, growing, Recently, following

williamzhang

Recently I just learned a poem from the following Baidu website, and I am deeply impressed by the poem written by Yu Guang Zhong (余光中）who is from Taiwan, China.

http://baike.baidu.com/link?url= ... 388lyMXLG2_MXIW7q#1

When I was young, my homesickness was a small stamp, I was here,my mother was there.
After growing up, my homesickness was a narrow ticket, I was here,my bride was there.
Later, my homesickness was a little tomb, I was outside,my mother was inside.
And now, my homesickness is a shallow strait, I am here, the mainland is there.

(The original poem in Chinese)
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。

hart

回复 1# williamzhang


   

乡愁对我而言永远是一条线：

是一条亲情的线，儿子这头的我，掂挂家乡的父母，

是一条时间的线，今天这头的我，回忆昨天的童年，

是一条距离的线，地球这头的我，想念远方的家乡，

是一条牵心的线，天涯这头的我，心系咫尺的故土，

是一条梦中的线，常常把我带回童年，送回家乡。

于2015年春节

千山万水

good!

williamzhang

回复 2# hart

Excellent!  This is my first time to read such a good poem written by a member of Hua You Wang.  It would be greatly appreciated if you or someone can translate it into English.

hart

I try to translate, maybe it is not  original meaning because never I have thought my homesickness in English.

The homesickness is an endless line in my heart:

It’s a family line: as a son, worrying about my parents
It’s a time line: in my middle age, recalling my childhood
It’s a distance line: living in the South Hemisphere, missing my hometown far away
It’s a connecting line: no matter where being, my heart tied to China
It’s a line in my dreams, often bringing me home to be with my family and taking me back to my childhood.

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为了你.我同父亲那样.为你的思想同未来而默默担心
为了你.我同母亲那样.为你的吃饭同干净而天天劳累
为了你.我好无奈.可惜这是现实.
谁都没有办法知道自己的孩子
会走向哪里......
为了你.我真的没有办法了吗？