那个白发苍苍的老人
一步一步地走着
时而停下来捶着背

当他走过一个汽车维修店时
正好听到一个维修工人
指着一个旧轮胎向汽车主人说：
“这轮胎用太久了
弹性几乎没有了
该报废换新了。”

那老人继续走着
自觉一步一步走在
黄昏的暮色和冷冷的冰雪里

“不，我要振作起精神来！”
他自语着，再次捶了一下背
仿佛要把辛酸岁月捶掉
把废轮胎的弹性捶回来

An Evening Scene　　Hsu ChiCheng

The gray-haired old man
Is walking from a step to another step
He stops now and then to pound his back

When he comes to a car maintenance shop
He hears a maintenance worker saying
While pointing to a used tyre:
“The tyre is too old
To have any elasticity
It shall be rejected for a new one.”

The old man walks on
Feeling to be walking from step to step
In the gloom of dusk and the cold ice & snow

“No, I will brace myself up!”
He murmurs, and pounds his back again
As if to pound off the bitter years
To recover elasticity of the old tyre

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