一枚蝉壳
趴伏在一棵龙眼的
树干上

我发现了它
在那个炎炎夏午
和我童年时常发现的情形一样

如今我已中年
回首，只见
童年如那蝉壳……

如果炎炎夏午过去了呢？
如果中年过去了呢？
它是否会仍然完好不变？

The Cicada Shell / Hsu ChiCheng

There was a
Cicada shell lay down
The trunk of a longan

I find it
In a hot summer noon
Just as I found in my childhood

And now I am in the middle age
Turn back to look, I find
My childhood looks like the cicada shell

May it be undamaged
If the hot summer noon is passed？
If the middle age is passed？

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