Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again
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Very quietly I take my leave,
As quietly as I came here;
Quietly I wave goodbye
To the rosy clouds in the western sky.
The golden willows by the riverside
Are young bridges in the setting sun;
Their reflections on the shimmering waves
Always linger in the depth of my heart.
The floating heart growing in the sludge
Sways leisurely under the water,
In the gentle waves of Cambridge,
I would be a water plant
That pool under the shade of elm trees
Holds not water but the rainbow from the sky;
Shattered to pieces among the duck weeds
Is the sediment of a rainbow-like dream.
To seek a dream? Just to pole a boat upstream
To where the green grass is more verdant;
Or to have the boat fully loaded with starlight
And sing aloud in the splendour of starlight.
But I cannot sing aloud:
Quietness is my farewell music;
Even summer in sects keep silence for me;
Silent is Cambridge tonight!
Very quietly I take my leave,
As quietly as I came here;
Gently I flick my sleeves,
Not even a wisp of cloud will I bring away.
輕輕的我走了，正如我輕輕的來；
我輕輕的招手，作別西天的云彩。
那河畔的金柳，是夕陽中的新娘；
波光里的艷影，在我的心頭蕩漾。
軟泥上的青荇，油油的在水底招搖；
在康河的柔波里，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，沉淀著彩虹似的夢。
尋夢？撐一支長篙，向青草更青處漫溯，
滿載一船星輝，在星輝斑斕里放歌。
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，不帶走一片云彩。
DING!
