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【Big If】

麻桑

If Death is what we came to this earth for 

Then, let us idle the engine

Stop and talk to our neighbor 

Listen to the rain drops on the window

Pity a flower just dropped

Try to interpret the birds' song

Take a walk on a snowy evening

Figure out the  rhythms of falling leaves

Pick up a shell while walking on the beach. 

Open a bottle of red wine you can never afford

Go wooing to be reminded of your youth

Compose a poem or song which you know you can not do well!

But if we were born for the Glory as God promised

Then do exactly the same 

For what we have done so far

is not for the flesh we leased from our Lord, 

Body will decay

It is for our souls

which are ours

And ours alone

如果死亡是今生的唯一目的，

那么暂且让引擎放慢速度；

转身去和邻友打个招面；

去静听雨水拍打着窗户；

去怜惜那刚刚凋落的花朵；

去揣摩鸟语的真谛；

去散步在一个雪花覆盖的傍晚；

去捕捉落叶的韵律; 走在沙滩上，

拾一枚贝壳；

开一瓶最昂贵的或许一辈子也买不起的红酒；

谈情说爱去激活那想当年风华正茂的青葱岁月；

谱一首诗或歌，就算是最笨拙的也罢！

假如真应上帝的许诺，

我们来生即荣耀，

我们同样还是这么去生活，

因为活着不是为了向上帝借来的终将腐朽的躯壳，

是为了我们的灵魂，

只属于我们的灵魂。

 Translated by: 小玲 ..Charlene

 

诗人简介 (Poet's Bio)

麻桑。男。年龄 不详。爱好：收藏非洲艺术和中国古董。写古诗, 偶然写英文诗。

Ma Sang. Male. Age Unknown. Hobbies: Collecting African art works and Chinese antiques. Writing classical Chinese poetry, occasionally English poems

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