An Old Man's Dream

新竹青青草原 (from "Google Images")

" I saw the green meadow by the wood " ---- DJ Lee

( 我看到樹林邊, 一片青綠的草原。)

An Old Man's Dream

我們都是古稀老人，喜歡緬懷過去，即使作夢，也是如此。

不久前，我醫學院同窗李定禎，一個尋夢的退休老人，寄來一首他寫的英文詩，
“An Old Man's Dream”。

他説，那是給自己怡悅消遣。

An Old Man's Dream

In a dream, that place was my land,
And my love for it was never banned.
I saw the green meadow by the wood,
In a Spring, jump with friends I would.

In a Summer, we played hide and seek,
And caught few fishes in a creek.
On a little hill, we climbed up on a tree,
For picking those wild fruits in glee.

In the Autumn, the age of innocence ended.
And all had their lofty future planned.
By chance or guided by the Mighty Hand,
I spent forty some years in Dixieland.

Did I ever take hold of my life's theme?
How can I tell a dreamer from a dream?

D J Lee

詩情畫意，卻帶點感傷。

葉子再將之翻譯成中文:

一個老人的夢

夢裏的地方, 是我的故鄉。
我眷念家鄕之情, 永不淡褪。

在那裡,
我看到樹林邊,
一片青綠的草原。

春天,
我與同伴追逐, 跳躍。

夏天,
我們玩捉迷遊戲,
下小溪, 抓幾條魚兒。
小山上, 爬樹摘野果,
興高采烈。

秋天來後,
天真的歲月不再,
因為, 我們憧憬宏偉的未來, 開始規劃。

是偶然, 或是蒼天主導,
我來到這爵士國度, 也四十餘年。

我自問, 曾否掌握自己生命的旋律.
然而, 我如何從夢中, 訴諸作夢人。


PS
DJ Lee had graduated from 新竹中學 before he attended NTUMC in 1961.


葉子(Yeh Tze)