下蛋_Laying Eggs

有時靈感一來
短文一揮而就

有時意念生起
隨即過去
只是偶而再想到　略加思索
也就罷了

到了閒暇　心也閒著
忽然振筆疾書
那些零星的念頭
一下子成了好幾篇作品

原來　沒想到並不是忘了
而是在深深的心底醞釀著
時機成熟
宛如母雞下蛋　或內急排便
勢在必出
因此傾盆抖出來了

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　二〇〇八年十月十二日
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　養和齋　　　　於加州

Laying Eggs　Yutang Lin

At times inspiration arose
One short article written at once

Sometimes ideas came up
Soon they disappeared
Later when they came up again
Thoughts lingered for a short while
And that was all

Then leisure arrived, mind also free
Suddenly wrote fluently with steady pen
Those scattered ideas
All of a sudden gave birth to several new pieces

In fact, un-thought-of did not mean forgotten
But fermented and nurtured deep down in mind
At the juncture of their maturity
Similar to hen's laying eggs, or call of nature ordering excretion
The tendency for evacuation is a must
And hence, all came out swiftly

Written in Chinese and translated on October 12, 2008
El Cerrito, California

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