saying good-bye to cambridge again
--by xu zhimo
再別康橋 徐志摩
very quietly i take my leave
as quietly as i came here;
quietly i wave good-bye
to the rosy clouds in the western sky.
the golden willows by the riverside
are young brides in the setting sun;
their reflections on the shimmering waves
always linger in the depth of my heart.
the floating heart growing in the sludge
sways leisurely under the water;
in the gentle waves of cambridge
i would be a water plant!
that pool under the shade of elm trees
holds not water but the rainbow from the sky;
shattered to pieces among the duckweeds
is the sediment of a rainbow-like dream?
to seek a dream? just to pole a boat upstream
to where the green grass is more verdant;
or to have the boat fully loaded with starlight
and sing aloud in the splendor of starlight.
but i cannot sing aloud
quietness is my farewell music;
even summer insects heap silence for me
silent is cambridge tonight!
very quietly i take my leave
as quietly as i came here;
gently i flick my sleeves
not even a wisp of cloud will i bring away
help:
rosy: adj.薔薇色的, 玫瑰紅色的
shimmering: adj.微微發亮的
sludge: n.軟泥, 淤泥, 礦泥, 煤泥
leisurely: adv.從容不迫
duckweeds: n.[植] 浮萍
輕輕的我走了，正如我輕輕的來；
我輕輕的招手，作別西天的雲彩。
那河畔的金柳，是夕陽中的新娘；
波光裏的豔影，在我的心頭盪漾。
軟泥上的青荇，油油的在水底招搖；
在康河的柔波里，我甘心做一條水草！
那榆蔭下的一潭，不是清泉，是天上虹
揉碎在浮藻間，沉澱着彩虹似的夢。
尋夢？撐一支長篙，向青草更青處漫溯，
滿載一船星輝，在星輝斑斕裏放歌。
但我不能放歌，悄悄是別離的笙簫；
夏蟲也爲我沉默，沉默是今晚的康橋。
悄悄的我走了，正如我悄悄的來；
我揮一揮衣袖，不帶走一片雲彩。