--by Xu Zhimo
再別康橋 徐誌摩
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；
波光裏的艷影，在我的心頭蕩漾。
軟泥上的青荇，油油的在水底招搖；
在康河的柔波裏，我甘心做壹條水草！
那榆蔭下的壹潭，不是清泉，是天上虹
揉碎在浮藻間，沈澱著彩虹似的夢。
尋夢？撐壹支長篙，向青草更青處漫溯，
滿載壹船星輝，在星輝斑斕裏放歌。
但我不能放歌，悄悄是別離的笙簫；
夏蟲也為我沈默，沈默是今晚的康橋。
悄悄的我走了，正如我悄悄的來；
我揮壹揮衣袖，不帶走壹片雲彩。