英语诗歌：念故乡“我们爱的地方就是家”

有人说，人一生可以去的地方很多，可以回的地方却很少。

家，抑或是家乡，大概就是这样的地方。

人们在外忙碌一年，来不及歇口气，就匆匆挤上了返乡的列车。踏上故乡的小路，感受熟悉的烟火气息，吃上念叨了一整年的“我妈做的饭”，再听一段老人言，这年，过得才算圆满。

如今学子返校，职人开工，转眼间，年已过完。背包，行李箱，后备箱，被爸妈塞得满满当当，都是不舍的情意。

所谓中国年，不过是，父母在，人生尚有来处。

今天摘录的选段分别来自日本俳句师松尾芭蕉，英国小说家简·奥斯丁，以及我国文学家冰心等等。

他们，对自己的家与家乡，都有着说不尽的话。

Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.

每天都是一段旅程，而旅程本身即为家。

——日本俳句师丨松尾芭蕉

Where we love is home — home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

我们爱的地方就是家——脚步或许远离，心却从未离开的家。

——美国著名法学家，最高法院大法官

奥利弗·温德尔·霍姆斯

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

什么也比不上待在家里来得舒服。

——英国小说家丨简·奥斯丁

The River mouth at dawn,

Behind a white haze of mist,

'Tis southern climes,

Behold, the rain is coming.

I have seen the blue sea all along,

Little aware of this green River,

O the land of my ancestors!

清晓的江头，

白雾茫茫;

是江南天气，

雨儿来了——

我只知道有蔚蓝的海，

却原来还有碧绿的江，

这是我父母之乡!

——《繁星156》

During such festivals as Lunar New Year, Lantern, Dragon Boat and Mid-Autumn, we all celebrated the festivities with plenty of food and fun. Particular mention, however, should be made of the Lantern Festival when Nanhoujie, the street known for its lantern fair and also the street where we lived, became as bright as broad daylight at night with myriads of lanterns and streams of spectators. The splendor and magnificence of the scene is beyond all description.

My experiences of this trip, however, are too numerous to be recounted one by one here. Anyway, I deeply love Fuzhou, my ancestral home. Over there we have the typical southern scenery with blue mountains, green waters, limpid brooks…! There in the courtyard we can always see some kind of flowers in full bloom throughout the year. Fruits ranging from loquats, lichees, longans to tangerines are in plenty. Is there anything more palatable to a little child than these fruits?

新年、元宵、端午、中秋……岁时节日，吃的玩的都是十分丰富而有趣。特别是灯节，那时我们家住在南后街，那里是灯市的街，元宵前后，“花市灯如昼”，灯影下人流潮涌，那光明绚丽的情景就说不尽了。

回忆中的情景很多，在此就不一一描写了。总之，我很喜欢我的父母之乡。那边是南国风光，山是青的，水是绿的，小溪流更是清可见底!院里四季都有花开。水果是从枇杷、荔枝、龙眼，一直吃到福桔!对一个孩子来说，还有什么比这个更惬意的呢?

——节选自《我的父母之乡》丨冰心

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