4, 培墓---臺英雙語童詩

[李秀]

培墓
阮提一寡牲禮佮花
來到阿公你的厝
逐冬這个時陣
攏來遮揣你開講

即馬你毋知去佗位
厝邊糞埽滿山墘
埕內埕外草籐四界旋
趕緊清氣你厝的四邊
你若轉來就知影阮有骨力摒掃過

阮恬恬坐踮門口等你
逐家講起你以前種種的形影
即馬無阮佮你作伴
毋知你過著按怎

日頭已經欲漸漸落山矣
阮閣愛趕去別位
阿公你若轉來
一定知影阮有來過

實在走袂開腳
姑不而衷先共你講一聲再會
每年這个時陣
阮一定會閣再來看你
阿公呀! 阿公!
彼个時陣
拜托你毋通閣無佇厝矣

Tomb Sweeping Day
Bringing some gift and flowers
We go to visit you, our dear grandfather
We must come here once a year
To chat with you

You aren’t at home
Under your roof there is a mess of grasses and flowers
And the yard is muddy, too
We help by trimming overgrown trees and cleaning the yard
To give you a surprise

We keep in silence
Sitting in front of the door to wait for you
Without us accompanying you
We don’t know how you get here alone

The setting sun is already down
We need to go to another place
When you come back home
You must know we were have to visit you

We are unwilling to part with you
We look back at your home again and again
Next year this time
We will visit you again
Remember, grandpa, at that time
You need to be at home to wait for us