<p class="ql-block">芙蓉古城</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">Hibiscus Town</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">曾虹 Hong Zeng </p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">如果我们的生命原本虚幻</p><p class="ql-block">仅被造物主梦见</p><p class="ql-block">那么是否故乡也原本虚幻</p><p class="ql-block">仅在无数次的生命轮回中</p><p class="ql-block">被我梦见</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">If our lives are unreal</p><p class="ql-block">Only dreamed by the Maker</p><p class="ql-block">Is our hometown also insubstantial then</p><p class="ql-block">Only dreamed by me</p><p class="ql-block">In my endless cycles of previous lives</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">它是从记不清的时代</p><p class="ql-block">沿袭下来的一个名字</p><p class="ql-block">芙蓉古城</p><p class="ql-block">今天芙蓉飘拂的花瓣</p><p class="ql-block">一千年前</p><p class="ql-block">承袭随风潜入夜的梦回细雨</p><p class="ql-block">在杜甫醒来的窗口</p><p class="ql-block">引发了花重锦官城的惊叹</p><p class="ql-block">峨嵋崎岖的山道</p><p class="ql-block">曾震醒李白石破天惊的梦魇</p><p class="ql-block">“蜀道难，难于上青天！”</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">It is a name acquired from</p><p class="ql-block">A forgotten Age</p><p class="ql-block">Ancient Hibiscus Town</p><p class="ql-block">Today’s fluttering hibiscus petals</p><p class="ql-block">A thousand years ago, unaware,</p><p class="ql-block">Were wet by the dreamy drizzles carried by night wind</p><p class="ql-block">And in front of Tu Fu’s window</p><p class="ql-block">Awoke his exclamation</p><p class="ql-block">“Rain flowers laden Hibiscus Town!”</p><p class="ql-block">The zigzag paths of Mount E Mei</p><p class="ql-block">Once startled Li Po’s nightmare</p><p class="ql-block">With its sky astounded by splintered flying rocks</p><p class="ql-block">“The path of Shu Country, harder to climb than ascending sky!”</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">它也是低矮错落的店铺陈旧的灯光</p><p class="ql-block">鹅卵石的街道上无声迷失的人流</p><p class="ql-block">沙河淤泥凝重的流水</p><p class="ql-block">穿过无数时代</p><p class="ql-block">茶馆空寂等待的藤椅和</p><p class="ql-block">消失在空气中的闲谈</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">It’s also the rusty light from the low uneven shops</p><p class="ql-block">Strayed, soundless drift of people on the gravel paths</p><p class="ql-block">The stagnant Sand River clotted by mud</p><p class="ql-block">Flowing through countless ages</p><p class="ql-block">Empty, waiting bamboo chairs in the tea houses</p><p class="ql-block">And chatting vanishing into thin air</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">不可复得的满天繁星</p><p class="ql-block">栀子花浓郁沉闷的香气</p><p class="ql-block">在乘凉的蒲扇上散播</p><p class="ql-block">四面高大透明的山岭</p><p class="ql-block">山路无雨却空翠湿衣</p><p class="ql-block">仿佛只存在于国画淡墨的渲染中</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">Unrecoverable stars filling up the sky</p><p class="ql-block">Fierce and muggy fragrance of gardenia flowers</p><p class="ql-block">Spreads on the cooling bamboo fans</p><p class="ql-block">Tall and transparent mountains all around</p><p class="ql-block">Rainless in their paths, whose green nonetheless wet clothes</p><p class="ql-block">As if only exist in the splashed ink of Chinese painting</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">齐腰深的杂草</p><p class="ql-block">蝴蝶隔世般鲜艳的图案</p><p class="ql-block">蜻蜓掠水而起的闪亮</p><p class="ql-block">在一个梦幻的时刻</p><p class="ql-block">被儿时的我奇迹般地捕获</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">Waist-deep weeds</p><p class="ql-block">Butterflies’ bright colors feel as if from another life</p><p class="ql-block">Glint of dragonflies leaping from water surface</p><p class="ql-block">In a dreamy moment</p><p class="ql-block">Captured miraculously by my childhood self</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">远在异乡</p><p class="ql-block">让故乡沉入我一层层梦境</p><p class="ql-block">一次次诞生</p><p class="ql-block">同时伫立在往昔</p><p class="ql-block">在永恒中</p><p class="ql-block"> </p><p class="ql-block">Faraway in another country</p><p class="ql-block">Let the hometown sink into layers of my dream</p><p class="ql-block">Be born once and again</p><p class="ql-block">At the same time stand in a past time</p><p class="ql-block">In eternity</p>