Deep Smile Poem by Luo Zhihai

★ Deep Smile

☆ Poetry by Lin Huiyin (1904-1955, China)
☆ Translation by Luo Zhihai (1954-, China)


Who smiles so sweet, so deep
The round turn? Strings of pearls oh!
Big and small shins bright and bursts innocent indeed!
In the clear spring bottom floats. On the water face flows
Magnificent
Dispersion!

Who smiles like a flower in bloom
So light, not startle any one
Thin fragrance inadvertently, with the wind moves
Whisks in the short wall, hisses before the setting sun
Hanging
Nostalgia up

Who smiles like the tall hundred layers of tower
Attracts unknown birds hover?
Who smiles like turn of tens of thousands of wind-bells
From each layer of glass edge
Flies
Into the sky?


注：林徽因，旧译Lin Whei-yin（1904－1955），中国著名建筑师、诗人、作家。
Note: Lin Huiyin, the old translation was Lin Whei-yin (1904-1955) , Chinese famous architect, poet and writer.


2015年5月29日翻译
On May 29,2015, Translation


◆ Chinese Text

★ 深笑

☆ 林徽因 诗


是谁笑得那样甜，那样深
那样圆转？一串一串明珠
大小闪着光亮，迸出天真！
清泉底浮动，泛流到水面上
灿烂
分散！

是谁笑得好花儿开了一朵？
那样轻盈，不惊起谁
细香无意中，随着风过
拂在短墙，丝丝在斜阳前
挂着
留恋

是谁笑成这百层塔高耸
让不知名鸟雀来盘旋？是谁
笑成这万千个风铃的转动
从每一层琉璃的檐边
摇上
云天？


选自《大公报•文艺副刊》（1936年1月5日）