余光中 乡愁

阿林

余光中 乡愁

  原文

  小时候,

  乡愁是一枚小小的邮票,

  我在这头,

  母亲在那头。

  长大后,

  乡愁是一张窄窄的船票,

  我在这头,

  新娘在那头。

  后来啊,

  乡愁是一方矮矮的坟墓,

  我在外头,

  母亲在里头。

  而现在,

  乡愁是一湾浅浅的海峡,

  我在这头,

  大陆在那头。

  英文译文

  When I was young,

  my homesickness was a small stamp,

  I was here,

  my mother was there.

  After growing up,

  my homesickness was a narrow ticket,

  I was here,

  my bride was there.

  Later,

  my homesickness was a little tomb,

  I was outside,

  my mother was inside.

  And now,

  my homesickness is a shallow strait,

  I am here,

  the mainland is there.

  创作背景:

  1937年抗日战争爆发后,10岁的余光中随父母辗转于上海、重庆等地。

  22岁那年,余光中随家人来到台湾,并考取了台湾大学外文系。

  虽然专业是外文,余光中却对中国传统文化有浓厚的`兴趣。他在诗歌、散文、评论、翻译都有大量著述,而其中成就最杰出的,当属诗歌。人们评论,他的诗题材广泛,风格屡变,技巧多姿,融汇了传统与现代、中国与西方的笔法。因此,他被誉为台湾现代派“十大诗人”之一。

  1971年,20多年没有回过大陆的余光中思乡情切,在台北厦门街的旧居内赋诗一首。写完后,诗人热泪盈眶,沉吟良久。这,就是后来被海外游子不断传唱的《乡愁》。