Listen to this article乡愁四韵
余光中
给我一瓢长江水啊长江水，
酒一样的长江水。
醉酒的滋味，
是乡愁的滋味，
给我一瓢长江水啊长江水。
给我一掌海棠红啊海棠红，
血一样的海棠红。
沸血的烧痛，
是乡愁的烧痛，
给我一掌海棠红啊海棠红。
给我一片雪花白啊雪花白，
信一样的雪花白。
家信的等待，
是乡愁的等待，
给我一片雪花白啊雪花白。
给我一朵腊梅香啊腊梅香，
母亲一样的腊梅香。
母亲的芬芳，
是乡土的芬芳，
给我一朵腊梅香啊腊梅香。
Homesickness(4 Stanzas)
Yu Guangzhong
Give me a spoonful of water from the River Blue,
Sweet as the brew.
Intoxicating,it will make me rue
For my homeland along the River Blue.
Give me a crab-apple flower red,
As red as blood when one is bled,
As painful as homesick tears I shed.
Oh,give me a crab-apple flower red!
Give me a snow-flake white,
As white as the paper of home letter I write.
I wait for the reply day and night.
Oh,give me a snow-flake white.
Give me a fragrant mume flower,
As fragrant as my mother’s bower.
My mother’s fragrance makes me homesick from hour to hour.
Oh,give me a fragrant mume flower!
