{"id":317,"date":"2025-08-15T15:12:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T07:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.uhhc.com.cn\/?p=317"},"modified":"2025-11-19T23:44:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:44:41","slug":"poems-from-the-angel-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/en.uhhc.com.cn\/index.php\/2025\/08\/15\/poems-from-the-angel-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Poems from the Angel Island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Translator: Michelle Zhu, Independent Member of UHHC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poem 1<\/strong>
\u897f\u98ce\u5439\u52a8\u8584\u7f57\u88f3\uff0c
\u5c71\u5750\u9ad8\u697c\u677f\u6728\u623f\u3002
\u610f\u597d\u5b50\u5a18\u4e91\u6b32\u8fdc\uff0c
\u6708\u660e\u504f\u53d7\u591c\u66f4\u957f\u3002
\u5e8a\u5934\u6709\u9152\u5fc3\u957f\u9189\uff0c
\u6795\u5e95\u65e0\u82b1\u68a6\u4e0d\u9999\u3002
\u4e00\u5e45\u5e7d\u60c5\u4f55\u5fc3\u5bc4\uff0c
\u5168\u51ed\u77e5\u5df1\u89e3\u51c4\u51c9\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

West wind rustles through silken lace,
A weathered house besits the mountain\u2019s face.
Thoughts of dear ones float afar,
While moonlit nights drag on till dawn.
Wine by my bed, yet dreams stay bleak\u2014
There\u2019s no flower to sweeten woeful air.
To whom can I send this silent plea?
No kindred soul here understands me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Poem 2<\/strong>
\u8a2d\u83ab\u5404\u5f9e\uff0c\u53ea\u53ef\u6240\u6728\u3002
\u6210\u9053\u4f4d\u4eca\uff0c\u807d\u60dc\u56da\u5c4b\u3002
\u7389\u5176\u9109\u9060\uff0c\u97f3\u82f1\u58a8\u62d8\u3002
\u780c\u9593\u541b\u522b\uff0c\u4f86\u96c4\u4f8b\u7559\u3002
\u8b8a\u7686\u773e\u6b64\uff0c\u7b56\u7121\u81f4\u5e7e\u3002
\u5982\u897f\u6b61\u6a13\uff0c\u7956\u7528\u727d\u5341\u3002
\u7c60\u5f0f\u540c\u4e2d\uff0c\u97ad\u6b66\u9023\u5929\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If none may come, and woods alone remain,
Paths to the truth now echo in vain.
Far from homeland, my voice chained tight;
Lost in this cell, I yearn for light.
Friends have departed, their brave tales left behind,
There\u2019s changes abound\u2014yet hope still shines.
Like a western tower where joy had fled,
It bounds by fate, smothering me with dew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Poem 3<\/strong>
\u58c1\u4e0a\u9898\u8bd7\u8fc7\u767e\u7bc7\uff0c
\u770b\u6765\u7686\u662f\u53f9\u8fcd\u9085\u3002
\u6101\u4eba\u66f7\u5411\u6101\u4eba\u8bc9\uff0c
\u8e47\u5ba2\u504f\u601d\u8e47\u5ba2\u601c\u3002
\u5f97\u5931\u5c82\u77e5\u539f\u6709\u547d\uff0c
\u5bcc\u8d2b\u8c01\u8c13\u4e0d\u7531\u5929\u3002
\u6b64\u95f4\u56f0\u5904\u4f55\u987b\u6028\uff0c
\u81ea\u7531\u82f1\u96c4\u6bcf\u5384\u5148\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A hundred verses weep upon the wall,
Each line a sigh where broken dreams fell.
Who hears their cries; who shares their pain?
The weary seeks the same reply.
Who claims to know loss or gain?
Fate alone bears life\u2019s bitter strain.
Blame not the chains nor freedom\u2019s cost\u2014
Heroes are forged in fates unfrosted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Poem 4<\/strong>
\u8bfb\u7f62\u8bd7\u4e66\u56db\u4e94\u62c5\uff0c
\u8001\u6765\u65b9\u5f97\u4e00\u9752\u886b\u3002
\u4f73\u4eba\u95ee\u6211\u5e74\u591a\u5c11\uff0c
\u4e94\u5341\u5e74\u524d\u4e8c\u5341\u4e09\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through countless scrolls I\u2019ve wandered long,
Yet only in twilight my scholar\u2019s robes arrayed.
A fair beauty inquires of my years:
\u201cFifty springs have since youth\u2019s bright stage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Poem 5<\/strong>
\u672c\u64ec\u820a\u6b72\u4f86\u7f8e\u6d32\uff0c
\u6d0b\u86a8\u8feb\u963b\u5230\u521d\u79cb\u3002
\u7e54\u5973\u6703\u725b\u90ce\u54e5\u65e5\uff0c
\u4e43\u642d\u6797\u80af\u7e3d\u7d71\u821f\u3002
\u9910\u98a8\u5617\u6d6a\u5eff\u9918\u65e5\uff0c
\u5e78\u5f97\u5e73\u5b89\u62b5\u7f8e\u6d32\u3002
\u4ee5\u70ba\u6578\u65e5\u53ef\u4e0a\u57e0\uff0c
\u9ede\u77e5\u82e6\u56f0\u6728\u6a13\u56da\u3002
\u756a\u5974\u82db\u5f85\u771e\u96e3\u53d7\uff0c
\u611f\u89f8\u5bb6\u579d\u6dda\u96d9\u6d41\u3002
\u4f46\u9858\u65e9\u767b\u4e09\u85e9\u5e02\uff0c
\u514d\u5728\u6b64\u9593\u500d\u6dfb\u6101\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I dreamed of shores across the sea,
But tempests raged, and waves forbade my journey more.
When stars aligned\u2014the Weaver met her Cowherd\u2019s light
\u2014I boarded Lincoln\u2019s ship, bound for the night.
Twenty days of wind and brine
Till, weary-eyed, I saw the land ahead.
I thought my trials would swiftly meet their end,
Yet here I linger, in a wooden prison penned.
The crew\u2019s harsh hands, their cruelty I endure,
While thoughts of home crushed sorrow\u2019s cure.
Oh, San Francisco, grant me your embrace,
And free me from this endless night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Poem 6<\/strong>
\u4eca\u65e5\u4e3a\u51ac\u672b\uff0c
\u660e\u671d\u662f\u6625\u5206\u3002
\u4ea4\u66ff\u4e24\u5e74\u666f\uff0c
\u6101\u715e\u6728\u697c\u4eba\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winter breath fades with gentle sigh,
Spring will soon draw swiftly nigh.
Seasons shift, two years agone\u2014
Within this house, my sorrow flows on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Poem 7<\/strong>
\u591c\u51c9\u50f5\u5367\u94c1\u5e8a\u4e2d\uff0c
\u7a97\u524d\u6708\u59b9\u900f\u7167\u4fac\u3002
\u95f7\u6765\u8d77\u7acb\u5bd2\u7a97\u4e0b\uff0c
\u6101\u628a\u65f6\u8ba1\u5df2\u79cb\u4e2d\u3002
\u543e\u4faa\u4e5f\u5e94\u540c\u656c\u8d4f\uff0c
\u83f2\u4eea\u65e0\u5907\u4ea6\u7f9e\u5bb9\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the chill of night, on an iron bed I lie,
Moonlight spills through the pane, a silver sigh.
Restless, I rise beneath the frost-kissed air,
Grieving time\u2019s swift flight, as autumn\u2019s touch lays bare.
Let us cherish this moment, this quietness, serene,
For even humble gifts bestow a grace unseen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Poem 8<\/strong>
\u56db\u58c1\u866b\u5527\u5527\uff0c
\u5c45\u4eba\u591a\u53f9\u606f\u3002
\u601d\u53ca\u5bb6\u4e2d\u4e8b\uff0c
\u4e0d\u89c9\u6cea\u6cbe\u6ef4\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crickets hum through walls of stone,
A symphony of sorrow where heavy hearts are bound.
The dwellers\u2019 spirits frail and shy,
Lost in thoughts of home, where silent teardrops lie.
Unseen, they fall, as memories softly creep,
A river of longing, endless and deep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Poem 9<\/strong>
\u95f7\u5904\u57c3\u4ed1\u5bfb\u7761\u4e61\uff0c
\u524d\u9014\u6e3a\u6e3a\u603b\u795e\u4f24\u3002
\u773c\u770b\u6545\u56fd\u5371\u53d8\u4e71\uff0c
\u4e00\u53f6\u98d8\u96f6\u500d\u611f\u957f\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In shadows\u2019 grasp I seek the realm of dreams,
Where time dissolves in muted, silver streams.
The future fades, a distant, shrouded shore,
My heart bears weights it cannot yet ignore.
I watch my homeland writhe in chaos\u2019 throes,
A single drifting leaf on chaos\u2019 tide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Poem 10<\/strong>
\u7262\u9a9a\u6ee1\u8179\u751a\u96be\u4f11\uff0c
\u88d8\u845b\u5df2\u66f4\u53c8\u4e00\u79cb\u3002
\u6ee1\u8179\u7262\u9a9a\u96be\u7f44\u7af9\uff0c
\u96ea\u843d\u82b1\u6b8b\u5343\u53e4\u6101\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grievances surge, a restless tide,
Peace retreats to where shadows bide.
Another autumn whispers, and old sorrows rise,
A weight that clings beneath changing skies.
Frustrations swell, like bamboo\u2019s endless ache,
Unspent, unyielding, with each breath I take.
As snow descends and blossoms fade to gray,
A timeless sorrow lingers, and let it come what may.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Poem 11<\/strong>
\u63e1\u522b\u4f9d\u7136\u53c8\u4e00\u79cb\uff1b
\u5929\u6daf\u4f5c\u5ba2\u8fdc\u65b9\u6e38\u3002
\u56de\u5fc6\u9ad8\u60c5\u5fc3\u672a\u507f\uff1b
\u671b\u4f20\u4f73\u8bed\u85c9\u4e66\u90ae\u3002
\u5fc6\u81ea\u52a8\u8f6e\u6765\u7f8e\u6d32\uff1b
\u8fc4\u4eca\u6708\u7f3a\u4e24\u8f6e\u6d41\u3002
\u6b32\u5bc4\u5b89\u4e66\u6068\u90ae\u4e4f\uff1b
\u4eba\u60ac\u671b\u7a7a\u60a0\u60a0\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Poem 12<\/strong>
\u4e5e\u5de7\u5c11\u56db\u65e5\uff0c
\u642d\u8f6e\u6765\u7f8e\u6d32\u3002
\u5149\u9634\u4f3c\u7bad\u5c04\uff0c
\u53c8\u5df2\u8fc7\u51c9\u79cb\u3002
\u5c48\u6307\u7ecf\u6570\u6708\uff0c
\u5c1a\u5728\u6b64\u8def\u5934\u3002
\u81f3\u4eca\u672a\u66fe\u5ba1\uff0c
\u60ac\u671b\u5fc3\u60a0\u60a0\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four days before my starry plea,
I boarded a ship cross the sea.
Time flies like arrows, swift and keen,
And now, another fall is seen.
Months have passed, counted on my hand\u2014
Yet here I linger, still on foreign sand.
No judgment rendered, no end in view
My heart hangs heavy, longing for what\u2019s due.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Poem 13<\/strong>
\u5919\u6155\u82b1\u65d7\u51e0\u4f18\u54c9\uff0c
\u5b9e\u65f6\u7b79\u6b3e\u52a8\u7a0b\u6765\u3002
\u98ce\u6ce2\u9605\u6708\u5df2\u5386\u5c3d\uff0c
\u76d1\u7262\u5c45\u6240\u53d7\u707e\u78e8\u3002
\u4ef0\u671b\u5c4b\u4ed1\u76f8\u54ab\u5c3a\uff0c
\u613f\u56de\u7956\u56fd\u8d1f\u8015\u9504\u3002
\u6ee1\u8179\u7262\u9a9a\u96be\u5bdd\u5bd0\uff0c
\u804a\u4e66\u6570\u53e5\u8868\u5fc3\u88c1\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long had I admired lands of the free
I gathered my coins to cross the sea.
Through storms and months, I fought the tide,
Now prison walls holds me inside.
Oakland is close, yet so out of reach\u2014
I dream of home, of fields so bleached.
My heart\u2019s unrest denies the sleep,
So these lines I write for my soul to keep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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