“Meeting at Night”

The gray sea and the long black land;
And the yellow half-moon large and low;
And the startled little waves that leap
In fiery ringlets from their sleep,
As I gain the cove with pushing prow,
And quench its speed in the slushy sand.

Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach;
Three fields to cross till a farm appears;
A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch
And blue spurt of a lighted match,
And a voice less loud, through its joys and fears,
Than the two hearts beating each to each!


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“夜相逢”

陰沉沉的海，長長而漆黑的路；
黃澄澄的半月低倚在半空；
小波浪從睡夢驚醒
欲欲而躍，化成水圈，
我把船推到小海灣，
在泥濘上，船速減慢了。

踏遍一里的海灘，
越過三畝的農田，農場才出現在眼前；
輕敲玻璃窗，嚓的一聲，
亮起一點藍色的火光，
微微的叫聲，聲音驚中帶喜，
那聲量比二人的心跳聲還小呢！


(translated by 阿然 on September 29, 2001)


P.S. 猶記得唸大學時，教授曾稱讚我的題目起得好：正是！「夜相逢」是由「喜相逢」轉變而成的，簡而精，又有深意，真令我喜不自勝呢！^^