中年再舉子,可喜亦可憐。
半晬已知父,舉手拊我肩。
欲別不忍去,離懷重悽然。
兒生苦多病,此念有拳拳。
江聲鏖旅枕,展轉不得眠。
恍若聞兒聲,常如在目前。
我思不能已,汝病何當痊。
王事相促迫,平明又加鞭。
中年再舉子,可喜亦可憐。
半晬已知父,舉手拊我肩。
欲別不忍去,離懷重悽然。
兒生苦多病,此念有拳拳。
江聲鏖旅枕,展轉不得眠。
恍若聞兒聲,常如在目前。
我思不能已,汝病何當痊。
王事相促迫,平明又加鞭。
人到中年又得了一個兒子,
令人歡喜,也令人憐惜。
半歲時就已認得父親,
舉起小手輕拍我的肩膀。
想要告別卻又不忍離去,
離別的愁緒格外悽然。
孩子生來就多病多苦,
這份牽掛讓我心意拳拳。
江濤聲侵擾著旅人的枕蓆,
輾轉反側,難以入眠。
恍惚間彷彿聽到孩兒的聲音,
他的模樣常常浮現在眼前。
我對他的思念無法停止,
你的病痛何時才能痊癒?
王命公事催逼緊迫,
天剛亮又得策馬揚鞭。
In middle age, I'm blessed with a son anew,
A joy profound, yet mixed with tender rue.
At six months old, he knows his father's face,
And raises hands to pat my shoulder's place.
I cannot bear to part when I must go,
My heart is heavy, filled with parting woe.
My child was born with sickness, frail and weak,
This constant worry makes my spirit meek.
The river's roar assails my traveler's rest,
I toss and turn, by sleeplessness oppressed.
As if I hear his voice, a phantom sound,
His image lingers, always to be found.
My thoughts of him I simply cannot cease,
When will your illness find a full release?
Official duties press and urge my pace,
At break of dawn, I must resume the race.
生命週期的延續帶來喜悅與責任的認同重構。
中年得子的複雜心境,交織著喜悅與對生命、養育責任的深沉感慨。
本詩為五言古詩,押平聲韻。
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