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乾女兒的女兒 Goddaughter's daughter

乾女兒的女兒 Goddaughter's daughter

LAI Wai-leung 黎偉亮

LAI Wai-leung 黎偉亮

發表於: 08 Feb 2023

新生代的來臨該衷心祝福吧。此時此刻,送上最好的願望。The arrival of a new life itself deserves whole-hearted celebrations... (FP Editor) **English translation after Chinese original text.

**feature images courtesy of Linda Lai

 

媽媽
是白衣天使
所以
妳是天使的天使
南丁格爾說
天使
不是為世間灑下漂亮花朵的人
而是
為世上苦惱者奮戰的人
很勞累吧

 

聽說
人一生中
心跳多少次
呼吸多少次
走多少步路
眨多少次眼睛
都有定數
無可改變
不容抗逆
很沒趣吧

 

生於渾沌
歸於虛無
人人如是
途中
妳會追逐一些東西
追逐甚麼
怎樣追逐
飄渺的實在的
無人保證會成功
也許白忙一場
很氣餒吧

 

當然不

 

不會艱難也不會容易
不全為自己也不全為他人
今天乒乓球大小的腦袋
會慢慢長大
長大後
會給妳答案
抵達虛無前一切一切的答案
及一份大獎…
沿途的風光

image courtesy of Wai-leung Lai

[完]

 

[original poem translated into English by Linda Lai]

Your Mom is
A white-cloaked angel
Therefore
You’re the angel of an angel
Nightingale says
Angels…
No showering flowers for the human world
But perhaps
Those fighting for the miseries swelling
Tiresome. Isn’t it?

 

As some sayings go…
Throughout your life-time many times
Your heart beats
You breathe
You stride and
You blink…
… all numbered
according to absolute numbering.
Depressing, isn’t it?
 

Born into chaos
Heading towards nothingness
We are all in the same boat. Perhaps
Along your journey
You’ll be drawn to something to pursue
And what’s that
And how?
Be it fleeting or concrete
No guarantee for a full catch
Perhaps just for the sake of busying bustling and nothing more
Discouraging, isn’t it?
 

Of course not.

 

It’s not going to be too difficult or too easy
It’s neither just for yourself or purely for others
The grey cells of your ping-pong-size brain with grow as you grow.
And as you grow, slowly, bit and bit
And as you grow
Answers will arrive
Arriving on time in time in all fashions until nothingness dawns
And there you can be assure – a big bonus installed…
The scenery and landscapes along the way as you sojourn.
 

February 2023



 

 

 

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