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(Bilingual Post) 香港兩中秋

renqiulan
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Mid-Autumn 1960

A skinny kid barely 12 years old, I had a good-sized basket of scrap metal on my back. I was not alone, of course. Ahead of me were bony boys and girls about my age, all born with a burden. 

Boys wore no more than worn-out shorts. Girls fared better, covering themselves in patched clothes. One of them - I couldn't help imagining - turned around and smiled at me. What a lovely twig doll! Doll or no doll, however, we all desperately needed to sell stuff for food in a marketplace beckoning from afar.

Ouch! I cut myself walking barefoot. Well, I had sold my outgrown sandals the other day.

Unusually quiet behind me was my newly widowed mother. In her arms was my baby sister, also unusually quiet.

My baby sister ended up in heaven on that market day. No one explained to me why she didn't have a chance on earth.

Nightfall came. So did moonrise. Moon-gazing refugees from the Mainland were all over Hong Kong. 

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2022年中秋

調寄《浣溪沙》(詞林正韻第二部平聲)

海上明珠海底藏,冰輪獨亮自由光;人間幾處自由鄉?

歲月無言誇靜好,欄杆有力拍悲涼;西風一夜雁何方?


Author: renqiulan


*香港,号称东方之珠。

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盈盈一笑间
2 楼
赞英文微小说和中文诗词,相得益彰。不知道60年代香港发生过什么。中学历史书上记载不详。相对于标题,内容尽显沧桑。
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waterfowl
3 楼
A poignant, gut-wrenching read.
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renqiulan
4 楼
Thank you, 盈盈!
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盈盈一笑间
5 楼
“海上明珠锁黑箱,冰輪獨亮自由光;人間幾處自由鄉”,锁黑箱,怎么理解?:)
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renqiulan
6 楼
Thank you, waterfowl! 1960 was an "annus horribilis."
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盈盈一笑间
7 楼
查了一下历史,那年中国大陆好像发生过夹边沟农场惨案。香港还真不太清楚。
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renqiulan
8 楼
盈盈问得好,的确不好理解。即改。
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盈盈一笑间
9 楼
啊?我还以为是有什么故事背景呢。:)
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renqiulan
10 楼
黑箱作业之意。不过,于词境无助,故改。
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renqiulan
11 楼
改为:海上明珠海底藏。
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盈盈一笑间
12 楼
秋兰快笔!黑箱作业,可有什么历史背景?当初发生了什么?好奇。
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renqiulan
13 楼
今日香港官方跟大陆一样,強令历史服务政治。
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方外居士
14 楼
Translate the 词 into English as well?
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renqiulan
15 楼
方外居士, please be my guest!
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renqiulan
16 楼
Honestly, it is above my pay grade.
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renqiulan
17 楼
A black box model receives inputs and produces outputs but
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renqiulan
18 楼
its workings are unknowable.
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renqiulan
19 楼
这得从“大跃进”说起。当然,更应该从“人民公社”,从“大锅饭‘’说起。
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盈盈一笑间
20 楼
历史就是个任人打扮的小姑娘呀。这句话秋兰能看懂吗?:)
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盈盈一笑间
21 楼
哇! 中国历史,秋兰很了解嘛。赞。
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renqiulan
22 楼
可参考杨继绳所著的《墓碑:一九五八至一九六二年中国大饥荒纪实》
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盈盈一笑间
23 楼
暗箱操作。
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renqiulan
24 楼
看得懂,但是不敢苟同,因为事实不是这样子的。
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盈盈一笑间
25 楼
这句话是讽刺。
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renqiulan
26 楼
批我,好吗?
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盈盈一笑间
27 楼
哇!秋兰到底读过多少书!我记得你上次从香港台湾回来,就买了好多中文书,我没有看过的中文书。
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renqiulan
28 楼
太犬儒了。
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renqiulan
29 楼
Incidentally, language acquisition is---according to
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盈盈一笑间
30 楼
这段历史,中学课本几笔带过。不少内容我都是听我爸妈告诉我的,他们小时候的故事。
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renqiulan
31 楼
Noam Chomsky---essentially a black box problem.
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盈盈一笑间
32 楼
cynicism
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renqiulan
33 楼
I digress. My apologies.
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renqiulan
34 楼
Still, it is quite a nice punchline for a stand-up comedian.
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盈盈一笑间
35 楼
No problem. Can you please shed your light on it?
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renqiulan
36 楼
还原历史,至少补充历史,是上一代人的功德。
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盈盈一笑间
37 楼
Yup. Cold jokes...
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renqiulan
38 楼
盈盈记忆力真強。
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方外居士
39 楼
词太好了,只是想看用英语写会是什么样的。
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renqiulan
40 楼
感谢鼓励!实在是习作水平而已。
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renqiulan
41 楼
This is my personal bias: poetry defies translation.
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renqiulan
42 楼
Classical Chinese poetry, in particular, is a minefield
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renqiulan
43 楼
with "dragon teeth" as far as translators are concerned.
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盈盈一笑间
44 楼
IMHO, 秋兰,You are a great candidate to take on this job.
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方外居士
45 楼
Thanks for sharing the thinking!
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renqiulan
46 楼
I have deep respect for comedians. Why? Because...
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renqiulan
47 楼
“Dying is easy, comedy is hard.” This is a deathbed quote
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renqiulan
48 楼
attributed to "character actor" Edmund Gwenn.
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古树羽音
49 楼
先赞,我的水平需要慢慢拜读,晚间学习。
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CBA7
50 楼
I cannot agree more.
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CBA7
51 楼
我直觉地认为很多诗歌,尤其是中国的古诗词,是不能翻译的,这是由汉字本身的特殊性和特征所决定的,
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CBA7
52 楼
翻译出来后,感觉面目全非,而且完全失去了原诗的意境和味道。
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盈盈一笑间
53 楼
Making people laugh is a challenging and demanding job.
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盈盈一笑间
54 楼
character actor, 实力派演员?
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renqiulan
55 楼
Naw! But I appreciate it.
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盈盈一笑间
56 楼
那中西方文化的交流怎么办?:)
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renqiulan
57 楼
Translation might be doable when it comes to
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盈盈一笑间
58 楼
我看过许渊冲的一些诗词翻译。钱钟书曾评价他:“要是李白活到当世,也懂英文,必和许渊冲是知己。”
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CBA7
59 楼
A touching story in English and a classical Chinese poetry
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renqiulan
60 楼
sister civilizations (such as those of Babylon & Assyria).
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CBA7
61 楼
shine like a perfect moon. 赞! 谢谢秋兰分享,中秋快乐!
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renqiulan
62 楼
闻一多也谈论过李白诗的英译(跟许渊冲当然无关),指出语境是鸿沟,跨不过的。我同意。
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CBA7
63 楼
Good question. 我主要是针对诗歌翻译而言的。:)
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renqiulan
64 楼
All hope is not lost to those who dream.
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renqiulan
65 楼
There's a way around it, I believe.
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renqiulan
66 楼
感谢古树羽音!太客气了。欢迎交流!
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renqiulan
67 楼
The story is based on a senior Hong Kong citizen's
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renqiulan
68 楼
narrative of his "refugee generation."
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CBA7
69 楼
就文化交流而言,我认为:Meaning can get as close as it can.
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renqiulan
70 楼
感谢小西!期待新作。
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CBA7
71 楼
Good to know. Thanks for sharing.
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CBA7
72 楼
I wrote a little poem inspired by my boy's drawing.
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CBA7
73 楼
When I wrote it, I thought of your baby girl :)
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CBA7
74 楼
I will keep it secret until next week,
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renqiulan
75 楼
Your idea makes sense to me. It reminds me of
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renqiulan
76 楼
The Shahnama of Firdausi, translated by A. G. Warner and E.
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renqiulan
77 楼
in 8 volumes (London, 1905-1923). They
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renqiulan
78 楼
anglicized Persian classics sensibly.
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CBA7
79 楼
but you may mention it to your wife now.
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CBA7
80 楼
Congratulations to you both again!
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renqiulan
81 楼
That sounds appetizing enough. I am looking forward to
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renqiulan
82 楼
the full version of yours.
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renqiulan
83 楼
You are welcome. Goodnight!
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CBA7
84 楼
I bet you and your wife will like it :)
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CBA7
85 楼
Good night, Qiulan.
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颤音
86 楼
a touching story and a provocative poem!
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renqiulan
87 楼
Thank you, 颤音! Heart-breaking stories keep piling up. I am
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renqiulan
88 楼
afraid that it is the worst of times in Hong Kong.
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