神學院的老蓮霧樹

[王貞文]

這是佇一個充滿危機意識的時所寫的，不過有一款安靜的氣味。
今iu7-koh是蓮霧結子的時陣...

神學院的老蓮霧樹

葉若玉

花若雨

老蓮霧樹

粗樹皮

所包的是

受剉掉的樹枝

所留落的傷跡

猶舊

若佇熱天日頭曝

滿樹蓮霧就若鈴鐺仔

青白與粉紅相滲色

清清芳芳

淡薄澀澀

佇命運擱再出手以前

阿爸用歡喜感激的心

行過此欉老樹

曾聽見五六十冬以來

聚集佇樹身內面的歌

王貞文 2006.8.13

The Wax Apple Tree in the Theological College

Its leaves are like jade

And flowers falling like rain.

The old wax apple tree

Which rough bark covers the old wounds,

Has been cut deeply

And full with memory of injuries.

Yet when in summer the sun shines,

Wax apples hang again like little bells

Brightly shining pink and white and green

Smells lightly bitter, smells so clean.

Before the destiny knocked him again,

My father had once passed the old tree,

With grateful heart and joyful spirit

He had heard the stories collected by the tree

During the long, long time, the half century.

[王立信]

回應詩

頌揚生之行 日光之下
告白所行所作
點點滴滴。

驗證死之畢 暗夜歸途
告別所疼親人
天心月圓。

一粒麥仔籽 若毋落土
傳承阿爸 告白 告別 復活兮過程
如何結穗。

佇命運擱再出手以前
阿爸用歡喜感激的心
行過此欉老樹
曾聽見五六十冬以來
聚集佇樹身內面的歌。

是啦；的確滿滿是謳咾兮
聖兮曲盤旋轉 所合奏兮緬莫蕊。