作品目录

1 咏莲
To the Lotus .................................................................................................................................3
2 咏菊
To the Chrysanthemum ...............................................................................................................5
3 高中毕业聚餐会后口占
Composed Extempore After the Senior High School Graduation Dinner ........................7
4 三字令
To o the Tune of“ Three Word Lines” ......................................................................................9
5 母亡后接父书
Receiving a Letter from Father After Mother Died ............................................................. 11
6 如梦令•残柳
Weathered Willow— To the Tune of“ Dreamy Melody” ................................................... 13
7 落梅风
To the Tune of“ Plum Petals Fly” ......................................................................................... 15
8 折窗前雪竹寄嘉富姊
To Jiafu: Leaves Plucked from the Snow-capped Bamboo by the Window .................... 17
9 生涯
Destiny ....................................................................................................................................... 19
10 秋宵听雨
Listening to the Rain One Autumn Night ............................................................................ 21
11 正宫端正好套曲
Me at Twenty — A Set of Songs to the Major Tone-pattern of“ Proper and Good” .. 23
12 醉太平
To the Tune of“ Drunken Good Times” .............................................................................. 33
13 晚秋杂诗 五首选一
Late Fall 1 of 5 ............................................................................................................................ 35
14 采桑子
To o the Tune of“ The Mulberry Picker” ................................................................................ 37
15 转蓬
Blown Thistle ............................................................................................................................. 39
16 蝶恋花
To the Tune of“ Butterflies Love Flowers” .......................................................................... 41
17 郊游野柳偶成四绝 选一
Quatrain on a Trip to Yeh-liu 1 of 4 ......................................................................................... 43
18 海云
Sea Clouds .................................................................................................................................. 45
19-20 读庄子逍遥游偶成二绝
Two Poems in Response to Zhuangzi’s“ The Great Journey” ................................... 47
21 菩萨蛮
To the Tune of“ Wild Beauty” ................................................................................................ 49
22 水云谣
Song of the Water and Clouds ................................................................................................. 51
23 异国
Alien Land .................................................................................................................................. 63
24 鹏飞
Falcon’s Flight ............................................................................................................................ 65
25 父殁
Father Died ................................................................................................................................ 67
26 庭前烟树为雪所压持竿击去树上积雪以救折枝口占绝句
Tree Laden with Snow (Composed Extempore) ................................................................... 69
27 梦中得句杂用义山诗足成绝句
Lines that Came in a Dream: Derived from Li Shangyin’s Poems .................................... 71
28 发留过长剪而短之又病其零乱不整因梳为髻或见而讶之戏赋此诗
My Hair Was Too Long ............................................................................................................. 73
29-32 一九七六年三月廿四日长女言言与婿永廷以车祸同时罹难日日哭之陆续成
诗十首 选四
Poems Written in Tears 4 of 10 ........................................................................................... 75
33-34 雾中有作 七绝二首
In the Mist: Two Quatrains ............................................................................................... 83
35-36 向晚二首
At Dusk: Two Quatrains ................................................................................................... 85
37 水龙吟•秋日感怀
Reflections on an Autumn Day —To o the Tune of“ Water Dragon Song” .......................87
38 临江仙
To the Tune of“ River Nymph” ................................................................................................ 89
39 赠故都师友
For My Teachers and Friends at the Ancient Capital ........................................................... 91
40 水调歌头•题友人国殇图
Inscription for a Friend’s Drawing of a Fallen Hero —To the Tune of“ Water Song” ........93
41 水龙吟•题嵇康鼓琴图
The Painting of Ji Kang Playing a Qin — To the Tune of“ Water Dragon Song” ..........95
42 鹊踏枝
To the Tune of“ Magpie on a Perch” ......................................................................................97
43 一九八一年春自温哥华乘机赴草堂参加杜诗学会机上口占
Composed Extempore on the Flight to China from Vancouver in the Spring
of 1981 to Attend a Conference of the Du Fu Poetry Society .......................................... 99
44 鹧鸪天
To the Tune of“ Partridge Sky” ............................................................................................ 101
45 蝶恋花
To The Tune of“ Butterflies Love Flowers” ........................................................................103
46 浣溪沙
To the Tune of“ Sands of the Washing Stream” ................................................................ 105
47 木兰花慢•咏荷
Ode to the Lotus — To the Tune of“ Magnolia Blossoms Adagio” ................................107
48 《灵谿词说》书成，口占一绝
Composed Extempore upon Completion of My Book on Ci-poetry .............................111
49 瑶华
To o the Tune of“ Flower Most Pure” .................................................................................... 113
50 纪梦
A Dream ................................................................................................................................... 115
51 金晖
Golden Rays .............................................................................................................................. 117
52 鹧鸪天
To the Tune of“ Partridge Sky” ............................................................................................ 119
53 鹧鸪天
To the Tune of“ Partridge Sky” ............................................................................................ 121
54 浣溪沙•为南开马蹄湖荷花作
To the Lotus of the Horseshoe Lake at Nankai ...................................................................123
55-56 妥芬诺度假纪事绝句 十首选二
On a Trip to Tofino 2 of Ten Quatrains ..............................................................................125
57 随席慕蓉女士至内蒙作原乡之旅口占绝句十首 之二
Trip to My Ancestral Land in Inner Mongolia 2nd of 10 ......................................................129
58 水调歌头•渡假归来戏作录示同游诸友
For My Travel Companions, After a Trip ..............................................................................131
59 绝句一首
Quatrain .................................................................................................................................... 133
60-61 戊子仲夏感事抒怀绝句 三首选二
Midsummer 2008 2 of 3 ..................................................................................................... 135
62 雪后尘霾不散，口占绝句二首 之二
Lingering Smog 2nd of 2 ........................................................................................................... 139
Translator’s Postscript / 140
There Was A Poem 有一首诗 / 143
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精彩摘录

滚绣球想人生能几年，天和寿一任天。尚兀自多求多恋，便做个追日死夸父谁怜。也不痴，也不颠。争信这人生是幻，长日的有梦无眠。怕的是此身未死心先死，一事无成两鬓斑。有几个是情愿心甘。水云谣之一云淡淡，水悠悠，两难留。自云飞过天上，绿水流过江头。云水一朝相识，人天从此多愁。水云谣之二云缠绵，水沦涟，云影媚，水光妍。自云授影在绿水的心头，绿水写梦在云影的天边。水忘怀了长逝的哀伤，云忘怀了飘泊的孤单。水云谣之三云化雨，水成云，白云愿归向一溪水，流水愿结成一朵云。一任花开落，一任月晴阴，唯流水与自云，生命永不分。

——引自章节：MeatTwenty—ASetofSongs