炊烟
Cooking Smoke
中文｜白鹤清泉(Baihe Qingquan)
英译｜周柯楠(Zhou Kenan )
这是苍穹之下最撩人的风景
是土地燃放的烂熳春花
This is the most voluptuous scenery under the sky
Or the brilliant spring flowers set off by the land
是味蕾点亮的秋月
是母亲手造的梦
是童年的星月
It's the autumn moon lit up by the taste buds
The dream created by my mother's hand
Or the star and moon of my childhood
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当一条条美丽的青龙升起
升上土屋的房顶
When beautiful azure dragons rise
To the roof of the earthen house
一缕缕幸福的指数随即攀升
升上了放学路上期盼的心空
Then strands of happiness index will begin to climb
Rising to the expecting heart on the way home from school
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也许风会将它吹得歪歪扭扭
雨却淋不湿它冲向天空的高傲
Maybe the wind will blow the smoke askew
But the rain can’t wet its pride of rushing up to the sky
那是来自大自然的信仰
用干柴把生命的色彩绘就
It's the belief from nature
It’s the colour of life painted with dry firewood
那是来自泥土的芬芳
用爱把人间的日子喂养
It’s the fragrance from soil
The days of the world are fed with love
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那是一串串悠扬的短笛
吹落江城五月的梅花
It’s a string of melodious piccolo music
Blowing down Jiangcheng’s plum blossoms in May
那是一枚枚乡村的邮票
把我的乡愁印在天空
It’s like stamps from the countryside
Imprinting my homesickness in the sky
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啊，那是余晖中慈祥的母亲
在村头的山岗上叫唤
Ah, it is the kind mother in the afterglow
Shouting on the hillock at the head of the village
那是在外漂泊的游子
黄昏里一串串思乡的词语
That’s the wanderer away from home
Saying a string of homesick words at dusk
那是天幕上弯弯曲曲的山路
象一幅永不消逝的水墨
连接着天国的母亲和父亲
It’s a winding mountain path on the canopy of the heavens
Like an everlasting wash painting
Connecting my mother and father in heaven
2020年4月26日/April 26th, 2020
