离乡在外
让我念念不忘的是这个地方的
那些明亮的阳光和新鲜的空气
那些曾经的田地、清溪、泥土路……
那些曾经的玉兰花、夜合花、野姜花、吊灯花……
那些曾经的竹林、木棉树、榕树、槟榔树、椰子树……
那些曾经的龙眼、芒果、莲雾、荔枝、柚子、柠檬、杨桃……
那些曾经的稻子、玉米、蕃薯、黄豆、白豆、绿豆、红豆、黑豆、芝麻、花生
以及胡瓜、萝卜、豆腐乳、高廲菜、大白菜、酸菜、青椒、韭菜、葱、蒜、……
那些曾经的麻雀、斑鸠、白鹭鸶、乌鹙、喜鹊、乌嘴鷝仔、绿绣眼、裁缝鸟
以及竹鸡、米鸡、黄莺、八哥、啄木鸟、雉鸡……
那些曾经的鸡群、鸭群、鹅群、鸽群、猫、狗、猪、牛……
那些曾经的牛车、犁、耙、锄头、圆锹、畚箕、棕蓑、箩筐、竹篮……
那些曾经的蟋蟀、蝴蝶、蜻蜓、金龟子、鸣蝉、萤火虫……
那些曾经的鲫鱼、虾子、鳝鱼、蛤蜊、田螺、吴郭鱼、大肚鱼、青蛙、鳗鱼……
那些曾经的平房草屋、灰埕、稻草墩、古井、堆肥场、舂米臼、石磨、瓮……
那些曾经的父母叔伯诸亲人……
那些曾经的特有话语、乡情、欢笑……
念念不忘呀念念不忘……
可是如今我回来
一切都改变了
寻觅，寻觅，再寻觅
寻觅到的
只有泥土依旧
唉，只有泥土依旧！
Just the Soil as Before Hsu ChiCheng
Get away from my native place
Let me constantly bear in mind are
Those bright sunshine and fresh air
Those once field, clear stream, mire road…
Those once yulan, coco magnolia, butterfly ginger, fuchsia…
Those once bamboo forest, kapok, banyan, betel palm, coco…
Those once logan, mango, wax apple, lichi, polemo, lemon, carambola…
Those once rice, corn, sweet potato, soybean, white bean, mung bean, adzuki bean, black soybean, sesame, peanut…
And cucumber, radish, fermented bean curd, cabbage, Chinese cabbage, suan cai, green pepper, garlic chives, bunching onion, garlic…
Those once sparrow, streptopelia, little egret, Formosan black drogon, magpie, black bulbuls, Japanese White-eye, Sew-bird as well as bamboo partrige, rice chicken, oriole, myna, woodpecker, pheasant…
Those once chickens, ducks, geese, doves, cat, dog, pigs, bovine…
Those once ox cart, plow, rake, hoe, spade, dustpan, palm-bark rain cape, crate, bamboo basket…
Those once cricket, butterfly, dragonfly, may beetle, cicada, firefly…
Those once crucian carp, shrimp, swamp eel, clam, river snail, tilapia, mosquitofish, grog, eel…
Those once thatched cottage, lime courtyard, straw heap, well, compost ground, shi jiu, mill, earthen jar…
Those once the kinsfolk of father, mother and uncle…
Those once the special words, closed feeling, laugh with joy…
Constantly bear in mind, oh constantly bear in mind…
However, all are change
While I come back today
Look for, look for, and look for again
What I look for
Just the soil as before
Alas, just the soil as before @
责任编辑：林芳宇
