家在城墙外头住 黄昏敲门是叔父 江蟹 豆腐 邻村烤山猪 Our family live outside the city walls. Uncle knocks when the evening falls. River crabs. Yummy tofu. From the neighboring village, smell of roasted boar.
枝头黄鹂在吵嘴 我在二楼书桌睡 跑来 跑去 讨厌的表妹 On a branch, orioles are twittering. At the desk upstairs, I am napping. . Dashing back and forth. My cousin is really annoying.
一口 一口 桃树下饮酒 手可摘星尘 脚下流水声 One sip, one sip. Drinking under the peach tree. Stars are so close that I can grip. The stream gurgles beneath the feet.
还有 还有 母亲的歌谣 虫儿翩翩飞 永远不知倦 Also, also. Mom sings her songs. Bugs in the air, up they go. Their dances, light and long.
叔父已经喝多了 脱了上衣开始哭 说青春 不再 满肚的肥肉 Uncle is already drunk. His coat off. His tears flow. He says the years are gone. All he has is that bay window.
他说 哎唷 哎唷 不经意就老咯 春光那么好 我却那么老 He says. Whoops, whoops. You grow old before you know it. The spring is so beautiful. But I am so old.
父亲 大笑
也把上衣脱掉 说人生几十年 最后都会胖 Father laughs. Takes his coat off as well. Saying life is just a few decades. Everyone would one day swell.
一口 一口 桃树下饮酒 手可摘星尘 脚下流水声 One sip, one sip. Drinking under the peach tree. Stars are so close that I can grip. The stream gurgles beneath the feet.
还有 还有 母亲的歌谣 虫儿翩翩飞 永远不知倦 Also, also. Mom sings her songs. Bugs in the air, up they go. Their dances. Light and long.
1893 Gu Yuanshan was born in Quanzhou, Fujian. 1900 Gu Yuanshan stayed with his mother as guests in Wenzhou, Zhejiang. 1911 Gu Yuanshan turned 18. 1919 Gu's mother returned to her hometown. Gu Yuanshan visited Zhuge Hongtu in Hengyang. 1924 Gu Yuanshan, 31, returned to Quanzhou. 1927 Gu Yuanshan, 33, sailed out into the sea with Zhuge Hongtu and was caught up in a typhoon. 1929 Gu Yuanshan, 35, married the daughter of the Lius, 33 years old. 1931 Their son, Gu Zhenghe, was born. 1933 A Da, 18, from the White Horse Village. joined the army and left home. 1935 Their daughter, Gu Yinhe, was born. 1936 Gu's mother died. 1946 Gu took his daughter and visited his brother, Gu Yuanan for a family dinner. 1947 Gu Yinhe moved with Gu Yuanan and his family. 1948 A Da died in a battle. 1949 Gu Yuanshan died.