Book Reviews of February's Rose

                                                           (Picture from net) 九月 冰花 九月 是丰满又多姿的孕妇 　　 脸上 盛开着希望与憧憬 　　 怀里 揣着春华秋实 September By Bing Hua (Rose Lu)  Translation By Richard Tornello September is a plump pregnant woman: On her face there blooms with Anticipation and longing. And in her bosom Lies autumnal fruits and spring blossoms

The Rails   By Bing Hua (Rose Lu)  Tr.  By  Richard Tornello We are like two rails Tied together through friendship; Running in parallel, Only in perspective joined together. Our ties maintain our steady position Through storms or heavy load We t wo rails A smile says it all. The Rails By Rose Lu You are one  And I’m the other  We are two rails running in parallel  Never join When a train comes  We share our burden  And when a storm attacks We maintain together our positions   Two rails  Your are one  And I’m the other  We run side by side  Never need to intersect   The train rolls away  We nod to signal  And smile a smile of understanding  After the passing of the storm   轨 道 冰花 你是一条 我是另一条 两条是平行的 永远不能相交 火车来到 一起擎起重 暴风雨来到 一齐稳住脚 轨道 你是一条 我是另一条 两条是平行的 永远不必相交 火车驶去 点头示意 风雨过后 会心微笑

What To Do By Bing Hua (Rose Lu)  Edited By Richard Richard Tornello ，William Marr and Zhuxiaodi Putting on my beautiful blouse and skirt I look in the mirror again and again Satisfied with my look yet, my feet hesitate. Door knocked, open. He's thrilled that one of my feet steps in the other feet hesitates and remains outside - but for his coldness   怎么办  冰花 穿好漂亮的衣裙 镜前 照来照去 满意了自己的美丽 脚步却在犹豫 敲开门 惊喜 一只脚迈进门里 冷淡 另只脚还在门外  

The Masquerade By Bing Hua (Rose Lu)  At the masquerade You were the prince And I the Snow White. When your soft hand touched my waist My blue melancholy Became a plume of smoke Rising from the dance floor. When the bell tolled at midnight you departed with a backward glance, Leaving me A mask of love On the long stairs A red rose Waiting to bloom       假面舞会        冰花 化妆舞会 你是王子 我是白雪姑娘 轻挽我的裙腰 蓝色的忧郁 舞池中 化为青烟袅袅 午夜的钟声敲响 你离去又转身回眸 留给我 一张爱的面具 长长的楼梯上 飞落一朵红玫瑰 含苞待放 The Masquerade At the masquerade You were the prince And I the Snow White. When your soft hand touched my waist My blue melancholy Became a plume of smoke Rising from the dance floor. When the bell tolled at midnight you departed with a backward glance, Leaving me A mask of love On the long stairs A red rose Waiting to bloom

That Summer   Rose Lu Having a pink one-piece on,   Eyebrow long fringe,   ears short hair And long eyelashes Reading two pools of water Without lips licking And pondering rouge I put on a pair of pink silk stockings And a pair of tee-strap sandals Left home without telling anybody To look for him quietly,   And sitting silent to wait In the little lane where he might appear He came And my cheeks turned crimson red At a loss what to do I said something that made no sense at all He left And strings of crystal clear tears Spattered on the ground     那个夏天   冰花 粉红的连衣裙 刘海儿齐眉 短发齐耳 长长的睫毛 圈阅着两汪水   口红没抹 胭脂不擦 套双粉红丝袜 穿上丁字凉鞋   悄悄离家 默默寻觅他 静静坐等在 他可能出现的小巷   他来了 我脸儿绯红 手脚无措 说出的话没头没脑   他走了 晶莹的泪花一串串 在他身后洒落

Salute   By Bing Hua (Rose Lu)  The air from the Wobo bridge Fluttered the girl's fringes of hair The scent of lilacs Got the boy's jacket drunk The two braids like two buds, Not yet in bloom, but were so charmingly beautiful, In her green school bag Was a red diary Where there were two painted butterflies in flight I would salute you deeply If my bygone figure often Flashes across your blue memory Note: Wobo Bridge refers to a bridge located in South Lake Park in Shenyang. China.   致敬 冰花 卧波桥的风 吹舞了少女的刘海儿 丁香的芬芳 醉了少男的衣襟 两条辫子 象两朵花蕾 没有绽开依然很美 绿色书包里 装着红色的日记本 画有一对蝴蝶在飞 假如我那时的样子 常从你的蓝色记忆中闪过 我深深地向你致敬   注 : 卧波桥指沈阳市南湖公园内的一座桥  

The Cost of a word By Bing Hua (Rose Lu)  Rose Lu  Tr. zhuxiaodi Waiting for a word I spent a whole year I got a word No， I got the word It costs my whole life 一句话的代价 冰花 (ROSE LU) 翻译：朱小棣 等待一句话 花了一年的代价 有了一句话 不  是等待的一句话 于是 付出了终生的代价    

FLOWERY AGE By Bing Hua (Rose Lu)  Tr. By Richard Tornello Youth’s flowering released  free untethered. In love, showered her love, to you with the jewel of her youth and beauty She worshiped her god and on a pedestal you were placed. Love brings sorrow and joy laughter and tears, she embraced them all you her god. Now that infatuation of youth is torn asunder and reality brings different tears. Maturity, only then the taste of true tears of love. All that is past is past ossified solid  dead is dead don't bother to seek the past. There is no need. 花 季 冰花 初春的时节 象放风筝一样 放飞过自己 也曾用玛瑙  水晶 雕塑过你 用钻石  玉珠 镶嵌过你 以至顶的虔诚 将你膜拜  高举 喜怒哀乐 因你而更替 偶像碎啦 绝望的泪水 沐浴出不绝望的自己 过去的一切 凝固在句号里 句号里的究竟 无需再寻觅 The early spring, Like a kite, Once released herself for flight, She also sculptured you With agate, and crystal And embedded you With diamond, and jade beads With the mo...

  My Confession 自 白 我 一个感情至上的人 一根火柴点燃了青春 情感的火焰烤错了人 我 一个单纯的人 心儿没有染上丝毫灰尘 始终为我的那个他 封存 My Confession By Bing Hua (Rose Lu)  Tr. East Sea Fairy Edited By ZhuXiaodi, William Marr I, A girl who loves feeling more than anything else, Lighted youth with a match But the blaze of my affection thawed out the wrong guy I'm A naïve girl My virgin heart is still sealed For my love http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-confession-27/                    

How Much Do I Want! By Bing Hua (Rose Lu)  Tr. East Sea Fairy Edited By Richard Tornello How much do I want to see you, But afraid so. What you are drinking is sweet honey; mine is bitter wine. How much do I want to go up to present best wishes! But so afraid of bothering you My heart is broken. One half is crying The other is praying for you. http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/how-much-do-i-want/ 多  想 冰花 多想见到你哟 又多怕见到 你饮的是甜蜜 我喝的是苦酒 多想前去祝福 又多怕将你搅扰 把心分成两半呀 一半在哭泣 一半为你祈祷

Let You Go Your heart is already not here. Do not deny it, my friend! And you don’t need to withdraw in haste Please wait for a while And let me give you a ride Come on. Let’s weigh and consider About the time that flied past Who has accompanied whom? The confused passions rises and falls on impulse The manner betrayed the original intentions The fluid glance of sympathy worth being cherished That is putting out the fire of love Must be the guilty part in the memory And the wound of affection Ultimately, on the warfield for a solution One keeps the other company patiently While the other fighting faithfully Hates to continue it and prefer a quick lose and win Should we ignore each other? No Isn’t the proud Sun high up there Also suckling the wine of the earth? There would be lifetime respect and enjoyment Once there is An eye contact of love Oh, a little heart Holding the colorful universe Coming to the human world on a tour Just wants to give But ...

It’s My fault There aren’t blurring tears Nor hesitating tones On the writing paper Just my fault between all the lines. It’s my fault Your passion in a few words Inspired the frail’s tiding love But you mailed a two-page letter To write off my craze for you for so many years It’s my fault A pure white flower Let you squeeze out an icy wind from between your teeth to blow it yellow And a happy night pigeon Let the scornful smile at the corner of your mouth still it After my sharp pains Your slow self-accusing letter comes, sparing no ink and words, except compunction To heap praises on me Do you want to package your image at the end Or do you want to seek for forgiveness Comparing to the frankness of the muddle-headed I dislike the evasion of scholars It’s my fault I’m a hot wind from the equator But you are an icy snow from the pole One is ever hot But the other is ever cold I live busily to Breathe in oxygen And breathe out carbon dioxide Without ...

Maybe Maybe that short message Is a symbol of farewell and adieu Maybe love and like in the past Have turned into pains of loathing Maybe love and loathing coexist Loathing curses my love While love drinks my weighty Salty teardrops That drop down unachievable dreams While inches of time are wasted for me Maybe I regret the meeting of you and me And rejoice that we didn’t tie the love knot Maybe this moment you say I’m worthless But another moment you will praise my firmness and unyieldingness Maybe you want me to feel guilty by staying single lifetime And hope to have a lightening wedding with the one better than me How I cherish and value those Who loved me! I can have a thread of relief Only when you’ve got a piece of new green. By Bing Hua (Rose Lu)  Tr. East Sea Fairy Maybe                            也...

Near and Far By Rose Lu (Bing Hua) Tr.  By Richard Tornello too quickly, getting close,  intimately. Infatuation? Now strangers a greater  distance than before.     Near and Far By Rose Lu (Bing Hua) Tr. East Sea Fairy Approaching, in haste Getting near After all Truly near Far so unknownly far away That we've become strangers Really become strangers? By Rose Lu (Bing Hua) Tr. East Sea Fairy 近与远 冰花（RoseLu） 近  匆匆 毕竟 近了 近可是真的 远  茫茫 成了路人 难道真的 成了路人  Picture from Net Near and Far                              

Casting Stones By Bing Hua (Rose Lu)  Tr. By  Richard Tornello I’ve been sending signals to you messages requesting, Asking you reveal the depth of your feelings. Like rocks tossed into a lake The ripples, the waves, the message makes To where ever you might be Your message back to me. And I wait and wait and wait. To Cast Cobblestones By Rose Lu (Bing hua) Tr. East Sea Fairy   I cast one after another cobblestones Down Into the water To measure the distance The surprised surface Wimples ripples With waves all linked one another Running a relay race to convey the good intention I cast, cast, and cast down While the sun with the moon and stars alternate on, and on. 投鹅卵石 冰花 （Rose Lu） 一颗颗鹅卵石 向水里投去 想丈量它的距离 惊喜的水面 泛起层层涟漪 浪花接力着浪花 一环套一环传递着美意 投去投去再投去 日月星晨交替      To Cast Cobblestones              ...

Step Onto Seashore By Bing Hua (Rose Lu)  Translation By Richard Tornello V2: You, me, this uncertainty, I can’t go on like this anymore! My desire for you will stay hidden in my heart Damn it all, I won’t go on like this anymore! To remind me of the maybe, what could have been, A photo, frozen in time. But I can’t do this anymore, Waiting, wasting my life No damn it, I won’t live like this! Relationships die, I’m not afraid of this death But without me He, He has no idea of the lost love and tranquility. V1  You, me, this uncertainty I can’t go on like this anymore My desire for you will stay hidden in my heart I won’t go on like this anymore To remind me of the maybe, what could have been, A photo, frozen in time. I can’t do this anymore waiting, wasting my life I won’t live like this. Relationships die, I’m not afraid of this death But without me He, He has no idea of the lost love and tranquility. ...

The Star and The Sea By Bing Hua, Translation By Richard Tornello The star is in love with the sea and twinkles her eyes. To her surprise two eyes twinkle in concert! She flies down just at the knife-edge, the twilight of dawn. Now doomed as she descends to the human world. What a pity… Oh, it’s just a dream. THE STAR AND THE SEA  BY Rose Lu (Bing Hua)        Tr. East Sea Fairy The star is in love with the sea and twinkles her eyes. To her surprise two eyes twinkle in concert! She flies down just at the knife-edge, the twilight of dawn. Now doomed as she descends to the human world. What a pity… Oh, it’s just a dream. Unaware of its depth, The star in love with the sea， Twinkles her eyes To take a look Two eyes twinkle in concert Doomed to descend to the human world Flies down in a knife of dawn What a pity! It's just a dream. BY Rose Lu (Bing Hua)   ...

MOMENT OF DEPARTURE By Bing Hua (Rose Lu)  Tr. Richard Tornello Oh so cold, down to the bone cold watching you disappear. Please, a kiss, a word, a look back. My heart trembles as I see you off. Scorching mid day sun, Burning my being throughout. 离去 冰花 望着你的背影 远去 我的心在颤栗 多么希望你转过头 或留下一丝温柔 然而 你就是你 我用泪水模糊的目光送你 噢 好冷 这到底 是炎热的夏天 还是冰冷的冬季 Gone Seeing your back fade away into the yonder I felt my heart trembling How I wished you would turn back Or leave a thread of tenderness behind But you are you I saw you off with my tear-blurred eyes Oh, so cold! Is it after all The scorching summer Or the icy winter? By Rose Lu (Bing Hua) Tr. East Sea Fairy 离  去 冰花 望着你的背影 远去 我的心在颤栗 多么希望你转过头 或留下一丝温柔 然而 你就是你 我用泪水模糊的目光送你 噢 好冷 这到底 是炎热的夏天 还是冰冷的冬季 http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/gone-430/ Gone                      ...