fanghuzhai: 旧体诗：工作

第四部分：工作时期

碧城诗草198508xx

碧城山中月，洛邑汉宫秋。往事常回首，流年怨悠悠。

At a Small Town in Yunnan 198508xx

Here in Yunan I see the moon in the mountain

I think of the autumn in palace of the east capital*

Old memories come back oft like a fountain

Years of laments are like rivers that forever flow

Luoyang was the east capital in the Zhou, Sui and Tang Dynasties0

丙寅元夕辞滇之洛阳19850306

滇云暮色暗勤丰，月向圆时演灞陵。欢绕除夕恩未尽，愁凝元夜怨横生。
分离知是因迂腐，挫败莫非为痴情。欲效前朝三桂事，功名忍教付戎兵？

Depart Yunnan for Luoyang 19850306

Yunnan clouds are dark, darker is this place called Qinfeng
Where is staged a drama of separation under a full moon
Fresh are the memories of New Year's merry making
Half a month later, resentment and sadness are growing
The stupidity of a bookworm is the cause of our separation
Indulging in affections led to this day's frustration
How I wish to follow the example of a wife-loving rebel lord
But a battle of forces will end up with my career destroyed

读旧作 19860302

解甲归田未有期，中原折戟悔来迟。此身已作鸿门客，刀俎之鱼命难知。

荃不察余听匡语，君恩图报是书痴。何当举案对知己，共话无人夜语时。

Reading Past Writings 19860302

No date is set for my laying down the arms and return to the field

My spear broken in the central plain, much regret it does yield

Now I am but a guest at my rivals’ conspiracy-hidden feast

My fate as a fish on the chopping board can be imagined at least

Rumors to which they lend an ear damage my reputation

Expecting the rulers to reward my service is a bookish vision

How I look forward to sitting before my beauty beloved

And chatting with her when sounds of the world are lulled

无题1989xxxx

尘缘了却万事空，功名利禄无所争。只笑营营苟苟者，终是白骨向苍穹。

Title-less 1989xxxx

When dusts are settled all are empty

Fame and fortune are out of my mind

For those still toil I laugh at their stupidity

Heaven sees they leave white bone behind

咏蝉1989 xxxx

提笔无言诗成行，鸣蝉嘈杂一扇窗。夏尽秋来听终曲，年年岁岁底事忙？

老来空壳委荒草，腐烂成泥人皆忘。我叹人生亦如此，何苦名利著文章？

Ode to Cicadas 1989 xxxx

I was wordless when I want to write a song

While cicadas outside made noises strong

A chorus of swan song for the departing summer

With what do they busy themselves? I wonder

As they grow, their empty shells fall into weeds

And turn to mud, lifeless as dead seeds

Human life is nowhere better than this creature

Fame and fortune are but senseless venture

看电视剧<<红 楼 梦 >> 19890817

红楼梦断大观园，风流钟秀一魂牵。只道人间多美色，岂知命运无好偏。

长棚千里终有尽，柔情万种不需还。迷津度罢各珍重，身前身後是因缘。

Watching TV Drama Red Chamber Dream 19890817

The dream of love dies in the love's nest

Elegance and grace are but a fragile soul

Beauties are plenty, each says she's the best

Fate does not judge however by one's role

A carnival, however pleasant, will one day end

Do not ask for a return for the love you send

At the Soul Confusing Ford we bid each other farewell

The past and the future are read in a turtle shell

听 雨 19890818 (20250928修改)

隔帘苦雨几多秋，面对青灯坐寂楼。弃路梧桐承落泪，空庭野草掩残愁。

昔年思去堪孤寞，此刻尝来亦可忧。欲把灵台佳丽付，星寒月冷夜悠悠。

Listen to Rain 19890818

Behind the curtain I listen to many falls of rain

Under a dim lamp, I sit in an empty room again

By the deserted path, dripping tears are caught by parasol
In the empty yard, wild grass hides lingering sorrow

Sadly I recall past years when I braved solitude

But this moment also bears sorrows of multitude

How I wish to give my heart to someone I love

The stars and the moon cold, the night is tough

无 题 198908xx

有情偏向别离生，无边懊恼是春风。道是京华世界好，奈何此去人丁零。

鱼雁难泯相思怨，咫尺天涯不比邻。我生遗恨多如是，来也匆匆去匆匆。

Title-less 198908xx

Feelings do not grow but at the time of separation

Spring wind carries endless annoyance and remorse

Everyone says the Capital is a place of admiration

However, alone there, I see a life much worse

Correspondence does not abate the loveless heart

Even as neighbors, people may be worlds apart

My life is full of thwarted wishes and woes

Of a sojourner who in haste comes and goes

读 林语堂<<红 牡 丹 >> 198909xx

敢恨敢爱红牡丹，一生风流在人间。情种自当寻沃土。恣意横生无阻拦。

此生血肉只一回，圣洁名分为谁担？艳史唯因色相有，酥峰云雨可缠绵。

Reading Lin Yutang’s Novel Red Peony 198909xx

Hail to Red Peony, for her brave deeds

Her life she let her true feelings rule

Fertile soil she found for her love seeds

And nurtured their growth full

Blood and flesh we have only once

Why should we live in repentance?

Without romance there is no history

On snowy bosoms is written the story

元 月 十 五 赏 月 19900210

元宵明月夜，徒照孑孑人。日日流光去，不觉又一春。

韶华能几何，沧桑是乾坤。致语少年人，莫自对空门。

Appreciating the Moon on the Lantern Festival 19900210

The Lantern Festival's bright moon

Casts light on a lone soul in vain

Time flows away, noon after noon

Another spring is here again

How long can the brilliance last?

The world does change fast

Hear my words ye lads and lasses

Waste not thy youth like stupid asses

元 月 十 六 观 灯 19900211

人似潮涌灯如云，笙管箫歌闹元春。三三两两阑珊火，影影绰绰鸳鸯人。

暗把凄凉抛一路，只将街景看三巡。归来挥笔成拙章。送与谁人识我心？

Lantern Show after the Lantern Festival  19900211

Tides of people, clouds of lights

Music and songs accompany the festival sights

Here and there lights are noticeably sparse

Shadows of pairs are seen happily pass

On my way I cast my miseries aside

Savoring the street scenes of the night

Back at the dorm I write this clumsy verse

But none I can show in the whole universe

花会时节怀洛阳199105xx

一

昔日花盛恨出门，最怕洛城起风尘。此时牡丹开异处，京郊碧色寂寞春。

二

谷水东西宜野游，最忆南山烽火楼。一墙蜿埏锁不住，满坡春色在枝头。

三

南门路口有梨花，青春十载曾为家。若问何物惹相思，单车胎上黄泥巴。

(洛外校报1991.6.5)

Missing Luoyang in the Peony Season  199105xx

(Original translation in brackets)

1

In the past I hate to go out when peonies were in full bloom

Fearing the dusty streets of the old town of Luoyang

Now peonies are blooming somewhere else

In the outskirts of Beijing, the green spring sings a lonely song

(When peonies were in bloom I loathed going out
To bathe in the dust of Luoyang’s spring
Now peonies are in bloom somewhere else
Highlighting the lonely greenness of Beijing)

2

East and west of Gushui is good for an outing

I miss the tower on the south hill standing

The winding campus wall can hardly lock in

The color of spring making all the slopes green

(East and west of Gushui is good for a picnic
I remember best the beacon tower of southern hill
There the winding wall could not lock out
The spring that removed trees of winter chill)

3

There is a pear tree at the south entrance

For ten years here I had my residence

If you ask me what I now mostly desire

It’s the yellow earth mud on my bicycle tire

(A pear tree bears blossoms at the south gate
Where for ten years I had my home
Asked what makes me nostalgic
I say it's the mud on my bike frame)

江南组诗六首19930815—0817

Six Poems about My Trip in the Yangtze Delta  19930815—0817