诗画双语 |《我依然喜欢旧时光》麦冬/ 英语：罗曼

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《我依然喜欢旧时光》

我喜欢很原始的语言

你侬我侬的

喜欢繁体的字版  铅码

古旧的店铺

毛笔写出的大字

很旧的名字  布坊  酒坊  药铺

食堂

还有充满硬质的机修车间

人力车铺  理发店

大街上的旗袍

我一直喜欢更古旧的词汇

打土坯  吆喝  镰刀  纸鸢

担心呵！现代的东西越来越多

忘记了过去

冷落了父母们欢喜的年代

我依然喜欢旧时光

依然爱着绿皮火车   绿皮邮箱

墨绿的自行车

走在一条石板铺垫的小街上

那些随风飘荡的招牌

那些叫卖的声音和着铁器声

小街的角落里

一群玩跳皮筋的女孩子

我喜欢！真的喜欢过旧的时光

我们张望着

那些简单的

单调的生活

素朴的蓝布裤子轻盈走过

我喜欢呵

真的喜欢！人世间轻如羽毛

我所有的喜欢

都各归其位

都在念念不忘的过程中

疼痛  抽搐

我喜欢旧的表达方式

羞涩   含蓄    拘谨的动作

喜欢高亢的发言

似乎有人站在广场的一角

大声地喊着爸爸

喊着一些需要表达的想法

2020年4月16日

I Still Prefer the Old Days

— Maidong

I much prefer the original language

The authentic forms of you and me, me and you

I prefer the use of traditional characters in print

I prefer the old shops

Large characters to be written with a brush

The old names: cloth mill; tavern; apothecary

And dining hall

I also liked the old machine repair workshop, full to the brim with hardware

The shop that sold rickshaws, the barber’s shop

Seeing cheongsams worn out on the street

I have always preferred the old terms:

‘Mud brick construction’; ‘hawking one’s wares‘; a ‘scythe’; a ‘kite’ when expressed as a ‘paper bird of prey’

What a disturbing state of affairs!  We are being overrun by modernity

To the point where we have forgotten the past

We look upon our parents’ times with disdain

I still nurture a fondness for the old days

For the green leather train and post boxes

My dark green bicycle

On which I rode down the stone-paved alleyways

The shop signs that were tossed about by the wind

The sound of hawkers and ironmongers

The group of girls, jumping rubber bands

On the corner of the street

I prefer the old days! I truly love them!

We used to look on

While simple folk

Going about their humdrum lives

Passed by in their plain blue cloth trousers, without a care in the world

I really love the old days

How I love them! The world was as light as a feather back then

Everything I love

All in the one place

All part of the painful drawing-out

Process of preserving memories

I prefer the old forms of self-expression

The shy and reserved actions

Remarks uttered in loud, strident voices

It seems that someone is standing at the corner of the square

Calling out something he needs to let

My dad know

16 April, 2020

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作者简介

麦冬

麦冬:现居西安。中国文艺家协会理事，香港银河出版公司签约诗人，新浪自媒体签约诗人。徐志摩诗歌奖获得者，2014年度《诗人文摘》十大诗人，2017年9月12日被央视邀请作为<<机智过人>>栏目嘉宾诗人，2017年获中国诗词大会美篇诗豪奖。作品入选多种年度选本。

罗曼简介

罗曼 （笔名“海门）斯科特是作家和翻译家。她在欧洲长大，会说多种语言，现在和家人住在澳大利亚。毕业于悉尼大学，三十多年来，她对中国文化产生了极大的尊重和热爱，经常到中国去拜访她的许多艺术家朋友。翻译一些值得注意的中国诗人的作品也是她的一大乐趣和荣幸。

Romaine Scott is a writer and translator. She grew up in Europe, speaking a number of languages and now lives in Australia with her family. A graduate of the University of Sydney, she has, over thirty years, developed a great respect and love for Chinese culture, frequently travelling to China to visit her many artist friends. It has also been her great joy and privilege to translate the work of several notable Chinese poets.