新  大  陆  诗  双  月 刊
1999年12月第55期

陈铭华诗七首Chen Minghua's poems
translated by Jianqing Zheng

　Exploring The Winter  冬探

Before the snow love
Came under the eaves

After the snow stars
Freeze on the lake

A beast from the heart
Follows its old footprints
Wagging in search of plum blossoms

　Love In Fire   火恋

In order to become ashes
Or weep no more
The candle burns up
Its life
For a possible
Reunion in next life

　The Old Tree   老树

That man
Has been waiting for more hares
How can a woodpecker
Make fun of
You
That you have always believed
Swans will come

　A Note On Sky watching   
	观天记

A legend says
Dinosaurs reduced to tadpoles
Since their big tails couldn't disappear
Then without tails
Do frogs feel content
To sit in the well
Croaking
Toward
The sky
　The Setting Sun   夕阳

Having brushed a thick color of realism
On the painting of idealism
The old man
Turns
And lonely
Walks
Far

　Visiting The Dead
     　清明两题

1. Tombstone   碑

Lie down please
If tired
Why still try to
Stand up

2.   Mountain   山

The distance between life and death
Is short
So we strive to
Take a more rugged
Road

　Sunrise   日出


Through a dark
Breach
Blood
Gushes

A constant revolution

That, through a dark breach,
Gushes
Civilization