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隨波逐流

少年浪跡香江水，暗隨流水到西洋。
茫茫人海，浮沉四十載；
一葉孤舟，何日尋歸路？
屈指堪驚，歲月無跡。
西北望神州，此水幾時休？

隨波逐流

少年浪跡香江水，暗隨流水到西洋。
茫茫人海，浮沉四十載；
一葉孤舟，何日尋歸路？
屈指堪驚，歲月無跡。
西北望神州，此水幾時休？

FLOATING WITH THE CURRENTS

Drifting about, this young man, footprints by the Fragrant Harbor;
Following the undercurrents, my hushed arrival upon the Pacific Northwest;
Vast and boundless, throngs of crowd, waves of ocean, forty years in passing;
A single skiff, on its journey without end in sight;
Counting my years, startling is the traceless moon;
Gazing from Northwest towards the motherland, when/where does the water end?

Dennis Lam 58, Seattle

Translated from Chinese by Ping Wang

FIRST POEM My first year of college when I was about 19. Probably had something to do with my homesickness.
FAVORITE LINE OF POETRY “Snatch the joys of life as they come and use them to the full; Do not leave the silver cup idly glinting at the moon.” -Li Po
FAVORITE LOCAL WATER Lake Washington. All my significant life changes happened close to it.

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