Moss Poem by Haiqing Hua

青苔
Moss

这是一位老朋友诗集的名字
The name of poetry anthology by an old pal
青苔给人悠远的意境
Moss creates a remote artistic impression
一种直觉
A kind of instinct
将我们带回远古的境界
Brought us back to the ancient ambit
那里是我们都要回归的地方
Where we all have to go back
我们远离太久
We have left it so far too long
几乎已经不记得来路了
Almost forgot the way we come

青苔又是一种自然现象
Moss is also a natural phenomenon
它浮生于湿地水域
It grows in wetland and water area
与水共生
Live with water
水无色无嗅
Water with no color nor odors
青苔通常是绿色并有自然的味道
Moss normally is green with natural smell

水就像纯诗
Water like pure poem
青苔就像现代诗
Moss like modern poem
一个无色无嗅
One with no color nor odors
一个通常是绿色并有自然的味道
One normally is green with natural smell

青苔和水
Moss and water
是完全不同的两种物质
They are two matters completely different
就像每一个诗人
As every poet
他们都不同
They all different
可是人们非要将他们归为一类
But people must classify them as same kind
这是一件可笑的事情
This is funny

青苔在我的记忆里
Moss in my memory
与我朋友的记忆不同
Different with the memory of my friend
我们是朋友
We are friends
青苔是我们可以共有的东西
Moss is something we can share
青苔不是女人
Moss is not woman
也不是我们的孩子
Nor our child

但是我要为青苔写诗
But I want write a poem for moss
因为青苔不仅仅是我朋友诗集的名字
Because moss is not only a name of the anthology of my friend
青苔还是一个自然现象
Moss is also a natural phenomenon
就像水
Just like water

写给历铭
To Liming

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