篝火晚会结束要离开时

从纷杂的人群中，突然

响起那小女孩的惊叫：

“我看见北斗七星了。”

长久身陷滚滚红尘中

确实久矣不见北斗七星

抬望眼，只见湛蓝的穹苍中

无数星星不住闪烁着

显得特别大特别亮

其中有七颗更大更亮的

顺序排列，形成魁和柄

那正是北斗七星，依稀

我童年时看见的模样

惊喜中，我深深地，贪婪地

吸着清净无尘的空气，顿觉

四周盈溢许多熟悉之物：

我童年时乡间的绿景、芬芳

以及乡人朴素的语言笑貌

我整个身心沉浸在

愉悦和甜美的回忆中

一如和久别的老友重逢

在这异乡的陌生草原

注：一九九九年八月十三日，是大海洋诗社诸同仁参加在内蒙古海拉尔举行的中国新文学学会第十六届学术年会及草原之旅的第十日，也是大会结束后旅游的第二日。是夜，全体与会者在敖包山庄享受全羊大餐晚宴，并参加篝火歌舞会。结束时，九时已过，气温已转凉，突然，华中师大教授张永健和王芝夫妇的孙女张璟惊叫：“我看见北斗七星了。”引得大家仰头上看，引我进入童年的回忆中。今日台湾，空气污染太过严重，要看到北斗七星的机会已不多，要由看北斗七星进而引发对童年回忆的机会自然也少。唉！

Seeing Big Dipper Again 　Hsu ChiChen

The campfire party was over

People began to leave

Suddenly a little girl’s voice was heard in the crowd:

“Look! Big Dipper!”

Landing in the vanity of the world

I hadn’t seen Big Dipper for a long time

Looking up at the azure sky

I saw countless stars twinkling

Bright and clear

Among them there were seven stars

Brighter and clearer than the others

That was Big Dipper

Which looked as same as it was when I was a child

Deeply and greedy

I breathed in fresh air

Many familiar things suddenly appeared before my eyes:

The country scenery, the fragrance of grass and trees

The villagers’ simple words and their smiling faces

I lost in sweet memories of my childhood

As if meeting an old friend again

After a long separation

In the unfamiliar grassland

Note:

Aug.3,1999 was the 10th day of the colleagues of Ocean Poetry Club participating in the 16th Learned Annual Meeting and the Grassland Tour held by Chinese Sociaty of Modern Literature, and it was also the 2nd day of the Tour after Meeting . That night, all participants had the Dinner Party to eat an entire sheep, then attended the Campfire Party of Singing and Dancing. The campfire Party ended over nine o’clock that night when it got a bit cold. Suddenly Zhang Jing, granddaughter of Mr. Zhang Yongjian and Mrs. Wang Zhi who work as professors at Central-China University, shouted ,” Look! Big Dipper!” Her voice aroused everybody looking up at the sky, and aroused the memories of my childhood. The air is seriously polluted in Taiwan today. It is nearly unable to see clear Big Dipper. Therefore, I have few chance to recall my childhood by being aroused with seeing Big Dipper. Ah!@