故鄉村旁有條小溪，彎彎繞村而過，四季不息。

兒時，出神地靜望潺潺溪流，游魚細石，水光波影，

童稚的心靈說不清，至少覺得它們很可愛。

稍長，知道聖人高明的話語 “逝者如斯夫 不捨晝夜”

見到比故鄉小溪氣派的河流，思緒被牽到很遠..

但很難再現，與水神交的懵懂感覺。

偶而，行經名川大河，或是涓涓而動，滔滔奔騰，

目光雖不免顧盼留漣，但行旅匆匆，身心難與之交流。

幸好案頭古人在側：東坡赤璧作賦，屈子澤畔行吟…

騷人雖臨水無言，但把沉重的人生感慨托給了流水。

歷經人生的長途跋涉，看滄海桑田，睹世事變遷，

千古風流人物 終為滾滾流水淘盡，

留下的 惟有與水神交的結晶。

因這些先人的結晶，每遇一些憂煩，

心中閃念著， 故鄉的小泓碧水，幾縷清波。

滌盪、啟迪，一路叩醒每一個黎明。

逝水如斯，惟有明淨之心，湧動之情…

溪流如斯，蘊含著難言的會心與默契。

英譯全文

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Flowing Water

Back at home there was a stream, curling around the village, never resting.

Whilst young, I watched it in silence, the swimming fish under the rocks,

the glittering waves.

Though innocent hearts cannot capture this sensation with words, 

they find the moment endearing.

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Later, knowing the wise man says "Time waits for no one".

To watch the big river compared to my hometown's brook, it tugs at the heart chord.

However, one can no longer feel the spirit of the river.

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By chance passes large rivers, full of movement and exuberance.

It catches the eyes, but when hurried, one cannot connect with it.

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At the desk the folks of old said: a poem is made by Dong Po on the Chi Bi Fu ,

conducted by Qu Yuan on the bank.

Poets face water in silence: they entrust it with their troubles.

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To experience the hardship of life, to watch the land and world change,

Waves never fail to wash clean historical figures.

They leave behind only with water spiritual crystals.

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When troubled, it is the crystal that lights up the heart,

brings back the slender stream and its pure waves.

Cleansing, enlightening, and walking every twilight.

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Flowing water touches only the pure-hearted.

The moving stream entails a silent understanding.