孤獅故事
(油畫, 73x61cm, 2020)
西域之奇，端坐玉璽
天圓地方，從此中央
髪綹婘婘，星子流翦
金輝閃動，慕猊黑瞳
木塔岸然，秋穗宛宛
新冠棄揚，楚楚褐裳
且飲麥酒，卻怛忘憂
白花醉嗝，迭聲當歌
詩句獅踞，肌理師矩
壯麗蒼穹，狻猊獨鐘
註：
1. 獅子非中土原生，傳張騫出使西域後傳入，古稱狻猊（音，酸你！）
婘，髪捲美好狀。
2. 慕猊黑瞳，聯想德國「慕尼黑」公園裡，有座中國五層原木寶塔，建於18世紀。彼時西方猶崇仰中國文明，視之為上國。公園廣場有咖啡座亦供啤酒。
3啤酒花似小白花。小白花，德國名曲。
4. 「當歌」為德語「謝謝」的諧音。
5鐘與鍾，字形字義可轉換。既是專注的愛，也喻獅吼。
（4/4/2020）
The tale of a lone lion 孤獅故事
I once encountered a lone lion,
Our visions twisted in my brain.
It conjured me with all the charms,
Has it changed after all these years？
Try to stand itself an obelisk still,
Or inscribe its will with crow quill?
It is said life is many a splendor,
Moonlight outshines its grandeur.
I remember its mane as marcel,
The eyes cast out a golden chill.
A pagoda perched upon the dune,
Its eaves tinged with color marine.
Its paws scratched the undulate land,
The pictographs beyond my command.
The sacred secret was rooted in me，
I transform myself into it gradually.
So it seems, our visions twisted
Due to some karma predestined.
It was gifted with all the grace on earth,
A scrap of lure would cause my death.
A lion is a lion is a lion,
A beast from the enigmatic noble line.
No, I didn’t enter its territory then,
I always keep my distance from a lion.
I knew exactly where I should stand,
Thus refrained from being devoured.
（Now I can see it pricks up all ears,
Tries so hard to recall the memories.
I was awed by its whimsicality,
Or I shall say the versatility.
The moment it sensed my existence,
I hardly fell a prey to jungle laws.
I was trapped by hyenas in a valley,
The lion might snuff them out easily .
Then I realized it’s my own battle,
I started to sneer them down to hell.
Sure, they won the right to share dirt,
Definitely they are still enjoying it,
Lo and behold! How low they are！
I left the valley with a lion-like air.
The first time ever I saw the lion,
It sniffed out I’m kindred with its line.
Oh, maybe it’s only an imagination,
I once encountered a lone lion.
孤獅故事
我與孤獅曾相逢
目光糾結我腦中
牠以迷人咒語召喚，
這些年來牠可有變？
仍挺立如巨碑方尖，
或以烏鴉羽寫遺言？
有謂生命如此多彩，
其榮顯被月光掩蓋。
我記得牠鬃毛如浪，
雙眸射出冷冽金光。
一座塔棲在沙丘上面，
它的簷淡染海水藍。
牠的爪撓抓波狀大地，
那象形字我不很熟悉。
從此根植神聖秘密，
我變形成牠, 逐漸地。
似是這樣，我們目光糾結
由於某種命定宿業。
牠具世上所有異秉，
一點誘惑足以致我命。
一隻獅子是一隻獅子是一隻獅子，
高貴神獸其來有自。
不，當時我沒進入其轄地。
我總與獅子保持距離。
我確知我的立點，
吞噬之災方才免。
（現我看到牠將耳朵豎立
很努力試著回憶。）
我驚異牠的無常，
或者該說多樣。
牠感應我存在的那刻，
我險些受害叢林法則。
我在山谷被豺狼所困，
獅子能輕易滅掉牠們。
之後了解這是自己的戰役，
我開始嘲弄牠們不留餘地。
牠們贏了分髒的權利,
肯定還繼續在享受哩;
瞧呀！多低下的物種！
離開時我帶著獅般的神情。
當我與那獅子初相見，
牠即嗅出我系出同源 。
噢，那或許只是個幻夢，
我與孤獅曾相逢。
