Told you I really loved this! But you gotta be patient :-)
作者：kindergartener - 1999/12/31 13:28:35
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See my response downstairs? By the way, why not translate it yourself who is a GAO SHOU? No hard feelings, just 'kidding'-hope not to offend anyone by using this honorable title :)
I hope you are not fleeting meteors, for bright as they can once be, they will disappear completely in a flash. I hope, like planets, you will keep on moving forward, silently and eternally decorate the vast expanse of the dark sky.
Very good! Do appreciate ur spirit of participation & brotherhood (sisterhood?)!
作者：古月 - 1999/12/31 17:09:20
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A good beginning is half done. Much as others may improve upon your version with follow-ups, it's always the trail blazer that deserves admiration. Thanks!
Now let's borrow a line from Wordsworth: "Continuous as the stars that shine" and see where it can fit in with your translation.
I hope you are not fleeting meteors, for dazzling as they may be, they vanish in a flash. And instead I hope, you will march on continuously as the stars that quietly shine and decorate the vast expanse of the evening sky.
Happy New Year!
Gu Yue
Attached below is the original poem by William Wordsworth:
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud - William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced: but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed - and gazed - but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.
(Farewell to all that is passed in tears, and gratitude. Lord holds back nothing, time goes on. Happy New Year to all my friends on this forum. May you be stars that quietly shine and decorate the vast expanse of the heavens of Love.)
Do forgive me for any mistake in my poor greetings. Missed you too. However, I just realized a moment ago that my greetings might be already late :(. Hope to hear more beautiful songs from you in the new year!
Your loyal servant Eiko ;-)) (Haha, how is this? I'd greatly appreciate if you'd come up with something else :-)))
Welcome back, your Highness! Thanks for the halwa! Can't wait for more:-)
作者：Ibrahim - 1999/12/31 22:19:16
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"Nay, noble lady," exclaimed Ibrahim. "For have I not reason enough to be grateful to your Highness for the delicious food with which you have fed me daily. That halwa which you cast every morning from the battlements, and which has floated down stream, I have eaten with thankfulness. Surely only an angel from Paradise could have put it into your heart to despatch it."
Be right back, please! You can't afford to leave Ibrahim starving, can you? PEACE!
O, no, ur Highness! Save those royal teardrops in the same packet u'r about to float down the stream:-)
作者：Ibrahim - 1999/12/31 22:56:25
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As Lord cannot hold forever the big apple which is about to drop in minutes, let me pray for your peace, happiness and freedom in the New Year! Salaam!