余光中之《今生今世——母亲日之一》

今生今世

我最忘情的哭声有两次

一次，在我生命的开始

一次，在你生命的告终

第一次，我不会记得，是听你说的

第二次，你不会晓得，我说也没用

但这两次哭声的中间

有无穷无尽的笑声

一遍一遍又一遍

回荡了整整30年

你都晓得，我都记得

All Throughout This My Life: To Mother

Yu Guangzhong

All throughout this my life

Twice in abandon did I cry.

Once, when my life began;

The other, when yours ended.

The first time, I couldn’t remember but heard from you.

The second, you wouldn’t know even if I told.

Yet all between these two cries

Long our laughter kept ringing

Again and again and again,

Ringing for fully thirty years.

This surely you did not know

And surely I can’t forget.

（余光中 译）