Xu Zimo: Gently, I Am Leaving, Just Like When Gently Came I 徐志摩 悄悄的我走了 正如我悄悄的來 我揮一揮衣袖 不帶走一片雲彩 Poem by Frank Yue

Goodbye, Cambridge
- Xu Zimo

Gently, I am leaving,
Just like when gently came I.
Gently, I wave goodbye to the Western sky.

The golden willow by the riverside
Is the Setting Sun's bride.
Her beauty on the shiny waves reflecting,
In my heart it'll be rippling.
On Cambridge's soft soil stand the green reeds,
Their image on water showing.
O! Were I a tiny weed
Amidst the soft waves flowing!

The water beneath the elm's shades is not crystal clear,
It's the rainbow in the firmament,
Scattered among the plants floating
With one's dreams in muddled sediment.

Chasing my dream?
Towards the greener grass with a long pole,
I float;
With a boat full of star-lights.
Among the stars sprinkling,
I could be loudly singing.
But I cannot be singing -
Silence is the flute of parting.
The Summer insects all remain silent for me.
Silence is Cambridge tonight.

Gently, I am leaving now,
Just like when gently I came.
My sleeve I flick -
Not taking a piece of the coloured-cloud.


(2020.12.19)


再別康橋. 徐志摩.

輕輕的我走了， 正如我輕輕的來；
我輕輕的招手， 作別西天的雲彩。

那河畔的金柳 是夕陽中的新娘；
波光裡的艷影， 在我的心頭蕩漾。
軟泥上的青荇 油油的在水底招搖：
在康河的柔波裡我甘心做一條水草！
那榆蔭下的一潭不是清泉，
是天上虹揉碎在浮藻間，
沉澱著彩虹似的夢。

尋夢？
撐一支長篙向青草更青處漫溯，
滿載一船星輝，
在星輝斑爛裡放歌。
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，
不帶走一片雲彩。