小雪 / The First Light Snow

小雪/ 向陽

小雪趕在紅葉之後
開遍愛荷華初冬的山坡
彷彿落葉一般，不斷飛過
我暫時寄寓的樓窗前
又頹然歇下腳來
在輕迴的風中，在自己
也決定不了的處所呵了一口氣，灰濛濛的
天空──另一半正注視著
大洋彼端的家國　


思念有時像小雪。有時
更像落葉，不融不化
只是慢慢腐萎
這異國晨間的細雪
疑是昨夜的一場夢魘
夢中，已經死去的父親
也來與我站在窗前
指著四處飄零的雪花
說：雪太冷了，我們回去
回到故鄉舖滿落葉的土地


The First Light Snow Xiang Yang

The first light snow comes after red leaves fall
It covers the hills in Iowa at the beginning of winter
Just like the falling leaves, the snow flies by
In front of the window of my temporary house
It comes to rest
I sigh in the wind, I can’t
Even decide where to live
The ashy sky watches
My homeland on the other side of the ocean

Sometimes longing is like light snow, Sometimes
It’s more like falling leaves
It doesn’t melt, but it just slowly wither
The light snow in this foreign land
Seems like a dream of last night
In the dream, my late father
Came to stand with me in front of the window
Pointing at the falling snowflake, he
Said The snow is cold, let’s go back
Back to our land where the ground is covered by fallen leaves