saying good-bye to cambridge again

--by xu zhimo

再別康橋 徐志摩

very quietly i take my leave

as quietly as i came here;

quietly i wave good-bye

to the rosy clouds in the western sky.

the golden willows by the riverside

are young brides in the setting sun;

their reflections on the shimmering waves

always linger in the depth of my heart.

the floating heart growing in the sludge

sways leisurely under the water;

in the gentle waves of cambridge

i would be a water plant!

that pool under the shade of elm trees

holds not water but the rainbow from the sky;

shattered to pieces among the duckweeds

is the sediment of a rainbow-like dream?

to seek a dream? just to pole a boat upstream

to where the green grass is more verdant;

or to have the boat fully loaded with starlight

and sing aloud in the splendor of starlight.

but i cannot sing aloud

quietness is my farewell music;

even summer insects heap silence for me

silent is cambridge tonight!

very quietly i take my leave

as quietly as i came here;

gently i flick my sleeves

not even a wisp of cloud will i bring away

help:

rosy: adj.薔薇色的, 玫瑰紅色的

shimmering: adj.微微發(fā)亮的

sludge: n.軟泥, 淤泥, 礦泥, 煤泥

leisurely: adv.從容不迫

duckweeds: n.[植] 浮萍

輕輕的我走了，正如我輕輕的來;

我輕輕的招手，作別西天的云彩。

那河畔的金柳，是夕陽中的新娘;

波光里的艷影，在我的心頭蕩漾。

軟泥上的青荇，油油的在水底招搖;

在康河的柔波里，我甘心做一條水草!

那榆蔭下的一潭，不是清泉，是天上虹

揉碎在浮藻間，沉淀著彩虹似的夢。

尋夢?撐一支長篙，向青草更青處漫溯，

滿載一船星輝，在星輝斑斕里放歌。

但我不能放歌，悄悄是別離的笙簫;

夏蟲也為我沉默，沉默是今晚的康橋。

悄悄的我走了，正如我悄悄的來;

我揮一揮衣袖，不帶走一片云彩。