已經好些日子了
總覺得很奇怪
總有一些聲音從窗外傳來
斷斷續續
不分晨昏
不分陰晴
不分日夜

好像是貓叫春的聲音
又像是嬰兒啼笑的聲音

我聚精會神去聽
想方設法，力圖找出那聲音
到底是什麼聲音
到底是從哪裡來的
到底是哪些怪物發出的

今天我終於找到答案了：
當我一早打開窗子
赫然發現
窗前那棵玉蘭樹的枝頭上
有好些芽苗正歡唱著

早春

Discovering Early Spring　 Hsu ChiCheng

For quite many days
I feel it strange
To hear some voice from without the window
On and off
Morning or dusk
Cloudy or clear
Day or night

Like caterwaul
And like cries of a baby

I listen with all ears
Try every means, to trace the voice
What kind of voice
From where on earth
Produced by what a strange animal

Today I finally get the answer:
When I open the window in early morning
What greets me
Is on twigs of the Magnolia tree before the window
Many buds are singing merrily the song of

Early spring

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