【高翻译第1552期.《母亲的老屋》】

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母亲的老屋

作者：赵太珩

80岁的母亲不上楼

只住和她一个年龄的老屋

说她就像院子里的那棵老槐树

离开了那块土就不能活

睡在那铺土炕上就是踏实

刻着花纹的炕柜是她一辈子的闺蜜

那块养了我们一家人的园子

抛弃它就是不仁不义

她喜欢蹲在地上看绿色一天天生长

像看小时候的我们一天天长大

她枯枝一样的手

抓不住光怪陆离的城市

只能抓住这一小块幸福

像抓住她简单的一生……

【高翻译第1552期.《母亲的老屋》】

Mother’s old house

By Zhao Taiheng Yongji County, Jilin City, Jilin Province , China |Tr.Gao Binyu in Shanghai ,China | Updated: 2022-05-07 23:23

The 80 year old mother couldn’t climb the stairs.

She only lives in that old house.

She said she was like the old locust tree in the yard.

The old locust tree can’t live without that soil.

She felt at ease sleeping on the earthen Kang.

The carved Kang cabinet is her best friend all her life.

That garden is the one that keeps our family.

She felt it was unkind to abandon the garden.

She likes to squat on the ground and watch green plants grow day by day.

She looked at the green plants as she looked at us as a child.

Mother’s hands are like dead branches.

She can’t catch the strange city.

She can only seize this small piece of happiness.

She grabs happiness as she grabs her simple life.