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[非马]

学鸟叫的人

临出门的时候
尖著嘴的妻子
在他脸颊上
那么轻轻地
啄了一下
竟使这个已不年轻的
年轻人
一路尖著嘴
学鸟叫

惹得许多早衰的
翅膀
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THE MAN WHO SINGS LIKE A BIRD

when he leaves home for work
his wife with puckered lips
pecks at his cheek with a light kiss

instantly the not-so-young man feels
young again
and puckers up his lips
whistling gaily

arousing many stale souls along the way
to beat their wings
in the hope of lifting like a bird

[howard2005]

The Man Twitters Merrily

Just as he goes out,
his wife pouts lips
and pecks him
on the cheek
so gently,

the past-prime man
feels so young again
and pouts lips all the way
to twitter merrily,

causing many stale souls
to flap their wings
in the hope of flying high.