老妈读诗-乡愁

乡愁

——余光中

小时候，

乡愁是一枚小小的邮票，我在这头，

母亲在那头。

长大后，

乡愁是一张窄窄的船票，

我在这头，

新娘在那头。

后来啊，

乡愁是一方矮矮的坟墓，

我在外头，

母亲在里头。

而现在，

乡愁是一湾浅浅的海峡，

我在这头，

大陆在那头。

Nostalgia

——余光中 译者：杨钟琰

When I was a child,

Nostalgia seemed a small stamp:

"Here am I

And there ……my mother."

Then I was a grown-up,

Nostalgia became a traveling ticket:

"Here am I

And there……my bride."

During the later years,

Nostalgia turned to be a graveyard:

"Here am I

And yonder……my mother."

And now at present,

Nostalgia looms large to be a shallow strait:

"Here am I

And yonder……my motherland!"