詩三首

(星熒 (邵維廉 William Y. Shaw))

詩三首

(星熒 (邵維廉 William Y. Shaw))

詩三首之一
乳燕（中文原著） Baby Swallow (英譯文 English translation)

不待秋風吹起
乳燕終於飛去
剩下一片空白
填滿我的失落

Not waiting for the autumn wind to start blowing,
The baby swallow eventually flies away,
Leaving here a whole house of emptiness
Filled up with my loss.

誰會來清理

Who would like to come and pick it up?

啊！空白，失落的感覺
從來未曾去尋覓
為何？
卻又匆匆填滿心底

Why? The emptiness,
This loss, has suddenly filled my heart in such a rush.

凝望舊巢的屋脊
擬想著遙遙的歸期

Looking at the lone beam where the empty nest lies,
I try to figure out,
When will come its time of return,
That is so far away!

星熒（邵維亷）1953 年 7月17日上午九時寫于台灣左營海官校，著者在2007 年十月十一日將其譯成英文於美國加州娜荷雅家裡。

William Y. Shaw wrote the original poem in Chinese at 9 o’clock in the morning on July 17, 1953, in the campus of the Naval Academy of the Republic of China in Tsoying, Taiwan, This is its literal translation by the author on October 11, 2007 in La Jolla, California, USA.

詩三首之二 (Note 2)
Image (about writing) (英文原著) 映像 (談寫作)（中文譯文）

Image (About writing)

An image is the thoughts we feel,
Not the objects we see.
To write is to change what we see
Into an image that
Even a blind person can see.

映像（談寫作）(中譯文)

映像是我們所感覺得到的思想
而不是我們看得到的景物
寫作是用文字
將我們所見到的轉變成映像
那是瞎子也能看得見的模樣

Note 2: On October 12, 2007 in a Community College, English writing class in San Diego, California, we were instructed to write what ever we “see” around us. These topics stimulated my thoughts, and these five lines in English were instantly recorded in my notebook. I translated this poem, “Image” later into Chinese “映像”.

註二：2007 年10月12日在加州 San Diego 社區學院英文寫作課程裏，講師要每個學員寫出身邊所「見」之事物。這個題目帶給我靈感，當時就在筆記本上寫下這五行英文詩：“Image”。我在數日後將它譯成中文。

詩三首之三
懷念 (中文原著） Yearning (英譯文 English translation)

懷念 (中文原著）

是離別緊扣我心弦
激起夢樣回憶總驚眠
讓我以
希望做音符
祈禱為誓願
悄悄地
譜出我由衷的懷念
希望春近花會再開
祈禱冬去你就回來
我將以此心聲向你低唱
當你又重回我的身旁

Yearning (英譯文)

Yearning is the parting
That tightens the strings of my heart.
It stirs up the dreamy memories
That always awake me, startled and confused.
(Let me ….)
With hope as musical notes,
Prayer as my pledges,
Let me quietly compose my song.
Yearning sincerely for you,
Hoping flowers blossom as Spring comes near,
Praying you will return here when Winter is over,
I will whisper my heartfelt wishes to you in song
When you return to my side again.

星熒（邵維亷）1955 年某日，寫于台灣左營海官校，著者在2007 年十月二十六日將其譯成英文於美國加州娜荷雅家裡。

（邵維亷）星熒 William Shaw wrote this poem “Yearning “ in Chinese in 1955 at Naval Academy in Tsoying, Taiwan. This is the literal translation from its original Chinese poem by the author on October 26, 2007 in La Jolla, California, USA.