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年二八于外公家食 Dinning At Maternal Grandpa's - 2008
愁红惨绿春将至, The red flowers are sad, the green leaves are pained with the coming spring,
凄风冷雨浇喜气。 The cold winds and bitter rain dampens the atmostphere of joy.
粗息重喘近耳旁, Uneven is the breathing, heavy are the moans to my ears,
玉食珍馐难下咽。 Hard it is to eat such delicacies in front of me.
冷炙巨石腹中坠, Cold are the roasts like boulders going into my stomach,
郁郁千斤抵胸前。 Such is the weight I had to bear in my chest.
干枝枯手不忍望, These withering gnarly hands I bear not look,
昔日珠瞳琉光失。 The brightness of yesteryears in my eyes are now long gone.
朗朗清骨苍老尽, Only bare bones agleam remain, this aged soon be gone,
渺渺生火残喘兮。 Alas, gasping for the last flicker of my life's fire.
缠绵病榻数年载, Long is this illness I have,
数斗丹药如饭食。 Medicine is now the rice I eat.
儿孙相顾甚痛心, How my sons and grandchildren grieve with me,
实难得此开心颜。 'tis hard to have a happy face.
绵绵此期何时尽? How long will this last?
只盼能得人常在。 Just hope that we'll be longer together.
I hope this is the tone and intent of your poem. :)
腊月廿八于外公家飧 Dinning At Maternal Grandpa's on the 28th of the last mouth of the Chinese lunar calendar
愁红惨绿春将至, The red signs of spring are sad, the green door are pained with the coming spring,
凄风苦雨浇喜气。 The sorrowful winds,bitter rain dampens the atmostphere of joy.
粗息重喘近耳旁, Uneven is the breathing, heavy are the moans to my ears,
玉食珍馐难下咽。 Hard it is to eat such delicacies in front of me.
冷炙巨石腹中坠, Cold are the roasts like boulders going into my stomach,
郁郁千斤抵胸前。 Such is the weight I had to bear in my chest.
干枝枯手不忍望, These withering gnarly hands I bear not look,
昔日珠瞳琉光失。 The brightness of yesteryears in his eyes are now long gone.
嶙峋瘦骨苍老尽, The meagre body is nothing but old,
缥缈生火残喘兮。 Alas, gasping for the last flicker of his life's fire.
缠绵病榻数年载, Long is this illness he has,
数斗丹药如饭食。 Medicines are now the rice he eats.
儿孙相顾甚痛心, How his children and grandchildren grieve with him,
实难得此开心颜。 'Tis hard to have a happy face.
绵绵此期何时尽? How long will this last?
只盼能得人常在。 Just hope that we'll be longer together.
Here, thank you very much for those ones helped me in correcting this piece. Thank you Jeff and Tommy. It was painful for me to look through it time and time again and I even need to correct it. I am so happy I finish it finally. It really costs many days. However I finish it. If there are some errors,please point them out for me. Thank you.
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