GREAT IS A MOTHER’S LOVE—TO A VICTIM ORPHANED BY THE RECENT EARTHQUAKE IN SICHWAN 大哉母愛──給大難不死的孤兒

CONTENTS

	CIRRUS OVER CAPE COD 鱈岬上空的卷雲 By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by the poet

	AT THE DENTIST’S 牙關 By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by the poet

	ARCO IRIS By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by the poet

	TUG OF WAR WITH THE RIVER 水草拔河 By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by the poet

	GREAT IS A MOTHER’S LOVE—TO A VICTIM ORPHANED BY THE RECENT EARTHQUAKE IN SICHWAN 大哉母愛──給大難不死的孤兒 By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by the poet

	TO CHRIS ON HIS GOING WEST FROM DENVER 送樓克禮自丹佛西行 By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by the poet

	AT THE TWILIGHT HOUR 蒼茫時刻 By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by the poet

	HOW TO MURDER A FAMOUS WRITER? 如何謀殺名作家 By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by Nancy DU 杜南馨

	A CITY WITHOUT NEIGHBORS 沒有鄰居的都市 By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by YU Yu-san 余幼珊

	WHO CAN TELL THE WORLD TO STOP FOR THREE SECONDS? 誰能叫世界停止三秒？ By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by Nancy DU 杜南馨

	I CAN STILL HEAR THE FU BELL RINGING 傅鐘悠悠長在耳 By YU Kwang-chung 余光中 Translated by Michelle M. WU 吳敏嘉

	YI CHIN-JUNG RETURNS 衣錦榮　歸 By CHANG Hsi-kuo 張系國 Translated by Jonathan BARNARD 柏松年

	THE CONTEMPORARY CERAMIC ART OF LIEN PAO-TSAI 連寶猜的現代陶藝 By Max Chi-wei LIU 劉其偉

	COMPASSION AND COMMAND : THE CONSUMMATE CERAMICS OF LIEN PAO- TSAI 連寶猜的妙心與巧手 By CHENG Ching-jung鄭清榮

	A LADY WHO HAS ACQUIRED THE SPIRITUAL CANON 取得「心」經的人 By SUNG Lung-fei 宋龍飛

	THE SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION OF PAO- TSAI 寶猜的靈修 By TUNG Feng-li 董鳳酈

	DEMONS AND DARKNESS, REFLECTED IN LIGHT : THE CERAMICS OF LIEN PAO- TSAI 群魔亂舞的世界 By SUNG Lung-fei 宋龍飛

	THERE ARE CHILDISH DELIGHTS IN POTTERY— TRUE FEELINGS ABIDE IN UNDERSTANDING 陶中有童趣　會心寓真情 By JIANG Jie 姜捷

	NEWS & EVENTS 文化活動 Compiled by Sarah Jen-hui HSIANG 項人慧

	NOTES ON AUTHORS AND TRANSLATORS 作者與譯者簡介

	APPENDIX : CHINESE ORIGINALS 附錄：中文原著

	THE EDGE OF A WHILPOOL 漩渦邊緣, ceramics, 87 × 70 × 5.5 cm, 1992 .....................Cover

	SEARCHING FOR ELYSIAN SERIES NO. 2— THE EAGLE MOVES HOUSE 尋找桃花源系列之二 / 老鷹搬家, ceramics, 63x123x5cm,2001 ........................................................................Back Cover By LIEN Pao-tsai 連寶猜

YU Kwang-chung 余光中

GREAT IS A MOTHER’S LOVE—
TO A VICTIM ORPHANED BY THE RECENT EARTHQUAKE IN SICHWAN
大哉母愛──給大難不死的孤兒*

translated by the poet

Even if heaven falls, Mother
Would shield you with her spine,
Or if earth erupts, Mother
Would shelter you in her arms.
To give you birth, Mother
Spared neither womb nor pelvis;
To save you today, Mother
Changed her life for yours.
Doomed and resigned, Mother,
Before she gasped her last
With her indefatigable,
Oh, indomitable will,
Has even defied the whole weight
Of tonnage immeasurable
Under the Himalaya Range
In its mountain-making might.
Too soon for goodbye, Mother
Had to let go her grip
And leave you, helpless and lost,
Calling heaven and earth, calling
—Mother, Mother, Mother,
With no answer from any splinter
Of all the rubble and ruin.
Yet you must, good child,
Despite threat of lesser quakes
And hunger, pain, and dread,
Persist in living on,
Not for your own self only,
But for Dear Mother’s sake,
Just because she has twice
Given you life, which makes
Your own twice as dear.

*	From YU Kwang-chung’s 余光中 collection of poems Ou shen 《藕神》 (Goddess of Lotus Root), Taipei: Chiuko Publishing, 2008, 220.