溫哥華贊 曹小莉

溫哥華贊

曹小莉

藍寶石的山崗，

頂戴著冰雪皇冠，

起伏連綿，

橫桓在你的北方。

戴著花環的民居， 

披著雲霧的大廈， 

森林吐出氧氣和清芳， 

環抱著碧玉般的海灣。

 你不是巴黎，

 那俯視世界驕傲的公主，

 吸引著萬千絡繹不絕的朝聖客。

你不是倫敦，

 那風華絕代世襲的皇婦，

 讓世人追憶大英帝國的過往榮光。

你不是紐約，

 金融財富，聲名權力的集中地，

 人群追逐著各自的地獄和天堂。

你不是北京，

 摩天大樓崛起在宮牆之外，

 空氣中迴響著二十世紀末的雜音。

 你就是你，

豆蔻年華，嫵媚清新，

來自世外桃源的仙女，

 當世界十年前發見你驚人的美麗，

 求婚者把多少珍寶奉獻在你的眼底。 

只有在夜幕降臨后，

 你才戴上那稀世的鑽石珠串，

 讓水晶般的璀燦高懸山上，

 為路人指明朝北的方向。

在藍色的惆悵中，

有人抱怨你多雨的季節；

 在綠色的和聲中，

 我卻謳歌你的細雨和風。

 南加州標榜陽光燦爛，

 你可曾捧過那五年不雨的焦土，

 在不毛的火焰山中穿行，

 看烈日燒焦了碧綠群山。

我感謝碧詩省多情的雨水， 

它永遠讓溫哥華雲遮霧繞，

 沒有醉人的淅淅雨夜，

 哪來花重溫城的壯觀。

我在空氣中捕捉，

 銀鈴般的聲響，

 玉蘭高擎著巨大的酒杯，

 遙遙向我作春天的禮讓。

我在花樹上收集，

 雲霞般的色彩，

櫻花帶著羞澀的淚花，

 紛紛撲向大地的胸懷。

我在心中搜尋，

 珠璣般的文字，

 可是在那水洗過的藍天上，

 映照著我無法形容的嚮往。

我站在城市高地極目遠望，

 溫哥華，

 在你起伏的丘陵上，

 鬱鬱蔥蔥是百年老樹，

星星點點是紅瓦白牆，

 滔滔滾滾是湧入的金錢，

 沸沸揚揚是沉默的聲浪。 

願財富不要洗去你的純真，

 願紛爭不要侵擾平靜，

願差異不要造成隔閡，

願這一切不要奪去你的親和力，

讓凡人可望而不可即。

讓每一個人，

無論他是世代居住，

還是剛來的新移民，

都獻上一片愛心，

為我們自己，為後代子孫，

留下一片和平的凈土之地。

一九九三年

Ode to Vancouver

Shirley Sue -A-Quan

Sapphire mountains

Crowned with ice and snow

Gently undulating

Spanning the northern horizon

Houses wearing garlands of flowers

Buildings enveloped in cloud and mist

Forests releasing oxygen and fragrance

Embrace a jade-colored ocean bay

How different from Paris -

A beautiful though arrogant princess

Gazing down upon the world

Attracting tens of thousands of worshiping tourists

How different from London -

A royal lady with a rich heritage

Full of elegance and beauty

Recalling the past glory of the British Empire.

How different from New York –

A massive center of fortune, fame and power

With crowds of people

Pursuing their paths to Heaven or Hell.

How different from Beijing –

Where skyscrapers stick out among the ancient palaces.

Noises of the changing millennium

Echo through the air.

You are your own self

Flowers budding in early Spring

Pure and fresh

Like fairies coming from the land of Peach Blossoms

When the world suddenly discovered your abundant beauty

So many precious gifts were presented by courtiers.

When the curtain of night descends

You display a rare diamond necklace of light

Crystals glittering high on the hill

Guiding the way for passers-by

When in a melancholy mood

Some have complained of excessive downpours

But from the verdant harmony created

I sing the praises of your gentle breezes and frequent drizzles

Southern California boasts of the sunshine

But have you touched the parched soil

Or traveled through the semi-desert

With mountains baked brown from the scorching sun?

Because of the abundant rain

Vancouver is forever green.

After the evening showers

We see the garden city blooming with flowers

I try to capture in the air

The echo of the silver bells.

Magnolias hold up huge wine cups

Saluting me in a Spring toast.

I try to imagine in the trees

The rosy clouds

Cherry petals with tears of joy

Return to the embrace of the soil

I search my vocabulary

For words like pearls and gems

In the blue water-washed sky

To express my indescribable praise

From a high spot in the city I look at the horizon.

On Vancouver』s hills that rise and fall

I see hundred-year-old trees like a sea of green

With new white houses topped with red roofs

Reflecting a growing flood of money

Coming wave after wave.

I hear silent voices murmuring here and there

Sometimes a trace of gray clouds

Appears in the clear sky

Causing my heart to beat faster for you

I wish that wealth would not displace innocence

Disputes would not disturb the peace

Differences should not cause estrangement

I wish that in a harmonious environment

All people can express themselves in a beautiful chorus

Everyone, whether long resident or newcomer

Should devote tenderness and love

 To create for ourselves and future generations

A peaceful and prosperous land

Written in Vancouver in 1993

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