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范光陵英文诗《Riveroftears》

范光陵英文诗集

《Riveroftears》

泪河

byDr.KennethKuanlingFan范光陵院士

President,WorldCongressofCultures世界文化大会主席

President,WorldCongressofPoets世界诗人大会主席

President,AcademiaSinicaofCultures中华文化协会主席

PublishedbyUnitedPoet-Laureate

InternationalCalifornia,USA

Copyright1985byDr.KennethFan

DistributedbyTheFans560SonomaAveLivermore

CA94550UnitedStatesofAmerica

INTRODUCTION

RIVEROFTEARSbyDr.KennethFanisagreatcollectionofepigrams.theyareeithershininglikerisingsun,brightmoonoragreatriver,amagnificentwater.Itisabreakthrough；theyarebeyondreach.Dr.Fan'sworkcannotbematchedbyusall.

Dr.Fan'sbook“TransparentLake”hasbeenamostpowerfuloneintheworld.theRiverofTearswillagaingivedirectionsandhopetoallofusinthistroubledworld；andtoupliftthequalityofourlives.They'llcomedownthehistoryassomeofthebestmasterpiecesforalonglongtime.

Prof.HoChiou

President

ConventionofthePoet'sFestival,1985

《RIVEROFTEARS》

Theyaremytears

Theyaremypoems

FromtherootofI

theycried

ariverover

anoldme.

Thisriver

fromme

towardsyou,softly.

Thoughsohumble,

shallraindownyour

riveroflife,

and

Saveyourtears

Ontheroad

toyoureternity!

《OLDMAN'STHEME》

Howiwishiwereyoungagain

toplaywithyou,

singalongwithyou,

paintamagnificentworld

andanimmensespaceupthere

withyou.

Youmaynotwanttobewithmenow.but,

listentome

evenforashortwhile,

I'lltellyousomething

thatwillnotwasteofyourtime,

itmaybe

valuableandusefultoyou.

youknow,

Imaynotbeasuccessfulone,

butthroughthoseturbulentyears,

I'vepaidmydues

tomylife'sjourney

insuchashortandworrisometimelikeidid

MayI?

《38&50》

Thirty-eightyearsyoungisonlytwelveyearsawayfromfiftyyearsold.

《LIFEISSHORT》

Lifeismuchshorter

thanonerealizes.

Bythetimeyourealizethereisnotimeleft.

《LIFEISCHESS》

Lifeisbutachessgame,youdon'tunderstand--

untilistoolatetounderstand.

《LIFEANDDESIRE》

Lifeislimited,

desiresareunlimited?

Theycometotheendatthesametime.

《PORCUPINEANTEATERS》

Wemaynotknowit,

butwe'rePorcupineanteatersWewanttosqueezetogether,andwehurteachotherwithspines.

Weflightforsuchlittleants,andwehavenodesirestopart.Whatcanwedotous?

!

《EVERYTHINGISNOTHING》

Everythingisnothing,

nowiknow.

But,

If,

andif

Iknowthis

earlier.

《STAYLOW》

Staylow,

you'llstaylonger;Stayhigh,

you'llstayshorter.

《THEBESTADVISE》

Iknowyou'relonely,Iknowyou'rebitterIknowyou'reangry.ThebestadviceI'llgivetoyou--isto

SMILE!

《REMOTECONTROL》

Havearemotecontrolinhand,

one'llchange

TVchannelsoften.

《ANINCHANDAFOOT》

Respectothersaninch,

otherswillrespectyouafoot.Aninchforafoot.

Whynot!

Whynotdoit?

《TAIK》

Talkless,

lessproblems.

Stickyourneckoutless,

you'llhavelessscratches.

《HONORANDDISGRACE》

Whenyou'reinhonor,thinkaboutthedaysyoumaybeindisgrace.whoknows,

itmightcome

inanyminutes.

《NATURE》

Thoseagainstthenaturewillnotprevail;

thoseprevail,

willnotlast;thoselast;havelearnedtorespectthenature

atlast.

《WHATYOUARE》

Don'tdependonwhatyouare,watchoutfor

thedayyouarenot.

《ABREAK》

Givehimatinybreak,whatdoyouhavetoloseinGod'sgranddesign?

《THEREALITY》

Ifhedoesn'tworthit,hedoesn'tworthit.

Thisistherealityoftruth.

《PEOPLEANDYOU》

Aspeoplelikeyou--ifyou'redoinggood,it'sverygood;

ifnogood,

it'sOK.

Aspeopledislikeyou:

ifyou'redoinggood,it'snogood,

ifnogood,

you'reruined.

《FIGHTNOTFORMORE》

Fightnotformore,you'lllosemore

somewhereelse.

《GREYHAIR》

Whyletgreyhair

comesbeforetheirduetime?

youalone

madeithappen

thatway!

《THETEACHER》

Thosemaynotqualifytobeagoodstudent,liketobelieve

theyaregoodteachers.Theyruinothers'livesaswellastheirown.

《KNOWMORE》

Youknowhimmore,byknowinghimmore.

《YOU》

Youaremadebyyourself.Andyourselfonly.

《FAVOURS》

Don'twaitforfavours,

dosomebodyafavour

Wouldyoufeedthewoundeddove?

Wouldyouhelptheblindoldmancrossing?

tothepoorkidinAfrica?

Whatareyouwaitingfor?

《KNOW》

Knowwhentotake,

Knowwheretostand.

Knowwhattoturn,

Knowwhytodo,

Knowhowtohandle,

Andknowwhotoknow.

Now,youknow.

《ITCHANGES》

Itchanges

fastthanyourealize;

povertytorichness;

richnesstopoverty.

itchanges

infrontofyou.

《AIR》

Whenthefinaldaycomes,

theonlythingyoucanhold

inyourhold

isnothingbuttheAIR.

《RATIONAL》

Youarenotarationalyourself,

whyexpectothers

toberationaltoyou?

《NOTTHEONLYONE》

Youarenottheonlyoneonearth

whothinksheisright.

"Iamright"

istheonlything

everybodyonetheearth

agrees.

《TWOCHOICES》

It'stoolatetofixtheairplane,

whenit'salreadyonthesky.

Youhaveonlytwochoices;

Getdownnowbyparachuting,

orfalldownlater.

Mostofus

waitfortheGRANDFALL!

《SMILING》

Smilingcostsyounothing.

Whysostingy?

《SAYNOBADTHINGS》

Saynobadthings

behindpeople'sback,

they'llknowthem

beforeyouknowtheyknow.

《SMALLANDBIG》

Whyasmallgesturebringsin

bigresults.

Smallplussmallarebig.

Bigminusbidaresmall.

《NOTTHEWORST》

Heisnottheworstofall,

youhaven'tmeetthemallyet.

《AFRIEND》

Haveafriend,

hecantellyouinfacethat

youarewrong--

youreallyhaveafriend.

《FRIENDSHIP》

Worshipfriendshipselectively.

You'llneverregretit.

《BETTER》

Nomatterhowgoodyouare,

thereereothersbetter.

Nomatterhowbadyouare,

thereareothersworse.

《SCULPTRESS》

Worryisthesculptress.

Happinessistheworkerofwonders.

《SPRING》

Takeawaythewinter

onyourfrozenface,

giveheraspring.

《FAME》

Fameisthesourceofpower;

aswellastherootofcalamity.

《FAMILY》

Benicetoyourfamily,

beforenicetoothers.

Familyiswhereyougetstartedinthemorning,

intheevening

that'swhereeventhebirdsreturntorest.

《KINDNESSANDFORGIVENESS》

Kindnessandforgiveness

makeyoulivelongerandhappier.

《EVERYTHINGANDNOTHING》

Somepeoplehaveeverything,

andstilltheycomplaintallthetime.

Theyarereallymakingeverything

intonothing.

Whatawaste!

《ONEMISTAKE》

Onemistake,

maycostallofyourmerits

inyourlife.

Becareful,

mylittlefriend.

Thingsmaynotbethatsimple

asyouseeit.

《NEVERGETANGRY》

Nevergetangry,

you'llbetheonlyloser

insideandout.

《NICE》

Behindpeople,

saynicethings;

beforepeople,

donicethings.

《WORRIES》

Don'tbringyourworrieshome.

Leavethemwheretheybelong.

Youknow,

worrisomecankillaperson.

Don'tbringkillershome.

《CONFIDENCE》

Confidenceintheheart

issuccessinreality.

《PARKBIRDS》

Littlebirdsinthepark,

doyouknowthat?

Moneyisnottheanswer!

Belikedandtrustworthy

arethegatewaytosuccess

andlastinghappiness.

《NOTAFAILUREYET》

Youarenotafailureyet,

youarestillalive,

ain'tyou?

《YOUTHINK》

Youthink

youwin--

youwin;

youthink

youlose--

youlose.

《BEPREPARED》

Opportunitiesarethere

foryoutograb--

bepreparedforthem.

Oh--

You'renotevenprepare

tobecomeprepared.

《TOSEE》

Peopleonlysee

whattheywanttosee.

Alltheotherthings

arenotinthere.

《REBUILT》

Youcanrebuiltahouse,

youcan'trebuiltanadultinside.Howaboutyou?

《ENJOY》

Enjoymorewhatyouget;

nottogetmorewhatyouenjoy.

《DON'T》

Don'tbefriendwiththose,

theyalwaysthink

theyareright.

《TOHAVE》

Haveapoemforyourself;

asmileforothers

andatenderlovingcare.

eachtoeach.

《WHO》

Whoisperfect?

Thewhitedoves--

whodirtythehouse?

.

《READ》

Readandready,

facetherealityreadily.

《MAKE》

Don'tforceit.

Makethemwanttodoitthemselves.

《SMALLER》

Haveasmallermouth,

getabiggerhead.

《NOTHING》

Moneyisnothing,

only,

itcandoalmost

anything

withdignity.

《JUSTICE》

Justiceontheearth?

Whatjustice?

《SPRING》

Oneswarmthtowardspeople,

thatisthespring.

《SIMPLICITY》

Simplicityisthemotherofcontentment.

《THEKEY》

Grabthekey,

youmaymovefreely.

《STEPDOWN》

Stepdown,

whenyou'restillhighuptherealone.

《TOSHARE》

Sharewithothers

NOW!

Howlongyoucanholdthemforyourself?

《GIVE》

Givetotake;

backwardtoforward.

《FRIENDSHIP》

Friendshipmayendup

inenemity;

Adversariesmaybecomefriends.So,

Neveroverdoit.

《THEBOSS》

Respectyourboss

you'llbecomeone.

Otherwise,

you'llbecome

noone.

《NICETHINGS》

Donicethingstootherswhenyoustillcan.

Don'twaituntilthedayyoucan't.

《CALLYOUNAMES》

Whenyou'rereallygood,Peoplewillsurely

callyounames.

Thatdoesn'tmean

youarebad.

It'sonlythat

youaretoogood

tobeleftalong.

《THECHANGE》

Therichandthepoor

maychangetheirpositionssoonerthanyoucanseeclearly.

《AIN'TYOUHAPPY？

》

Don'tenvytherich,hehasmoreworries;don'thatethefamous,hehasmoredangers.Ain'tyouhappy?

We'reneitherrich

norfamous.

《RETURN》

Return

beforethereturn.

《RIGIDITY》

Rigidityleadsto

afinalbreakdown.

《LIVEWITHTHEM》

Therearethecleanandthedirtyinthisworld.

Learntolivewiththem

both.

《RICHNESS》

Thebigrichness

istohavelittleworriesinone'slife.

《INSIDEANDOUTSIDE》

Wheninside,

keepyoureyesoutside.whenoutside,

keepyourheartinside.

《YOUANDTHEROCK》

YOU

holdtherock

inyourhands.

whatareyougoingtodowiththat?

It'stooheavyarockforyoutohold.

you'llhurt

noone'sback

butyourownfeet.

《STOP》

Stop,

please.

Beforeyoucan't.Enjoy

whileyoucan.

《THEWORLD》

Youcan'tchangetheworld,