Tuesday, December 3, 2019

My Mom, My Wish我的妈妈,我的愿望





You are the stars in the deepest night
You are my shadow in sighing light

You are my fairy in the darkness nightmare
You make me happy like bounding hares

You are a budding rose opening wide
As you open your arms to hug me when I cried

You are the song of the robin
Busy like bumble bees harvesting pollen

You are more valuable than golden lockets
You are my thought to keep in my pockets
You bring me hope, you are my wish

You are more than anything I could wish for.


                                                           --Nina Zhan 娇娇 / 10岁

2018 母亲节



你是黑夜里最亮的那颗星
你是柔光里牵我的那道影

你是抵挡黑暗噩梦的仙子
你使我像兔儿般雀跃欢快

你是那朵美丽绽放的玫瑰
展开花瓣拥抱那哭泣的我

 你是知更鸟的歌
你像蜜蜂般忙碌

你是我的珍宝   藏于金色的盒内
你是我的牵挂  揣入随身的袋中
你带给我希望  你就是我的愿望

我的妈妈,你是我不能再有的愿望



Ballroom of the Crayons 蜡笔舞会





One day in sunrise
We slept in till 9;00
Alarm ring
Our school bell sounds

We stand in orderly form
We hold until is our turn
to waltz across the canvas stage
                                                           --Nina Zhan 娇娇 / 9岁

太阳高照日
大睡至9时
闹钟在唱响
校铃齐奏乐

我们站队有序
我们依次出列
在画布舞台上
飞舞着华尔兹

Veterans 军人


该诗写于学校“美国退伍军人节”前夕,作为全校选出的优秀诗歌,由娇娇亲自为军人朗诵她的诗。



They stand straight and tall
Barely trembling with fear
They serve with strength and bravery

The battle they fight is earthshaking
What they go through is unimaginable
As they still fight in this hurricane of sacrifice…

Thickness fills the air
For smoke blinds theirs eyes
As they look around
Their hearts sink with sorrow
Piercing sounds scar their thoughts for life
With this fearful battle, it’s hard to keep hope

But their stronger faith embraces
They’re the mist in the inky smoke
They are the dream in a mind full of fear
But can you have courage in this bleak, dark world?

Adrenaline fills the air
The world spins
But when the war ends
And the smoke clears…
The Veterans are the only ones
Still standing straight and tall…
Under the flag
of red, white, and blue
As if the war never happened…

                                                           --Nina Zhan 娇娇 / 10 yrs old 




他们的身躯高大伟岸
没有丝毫恐惧的颤抖
他们用英勇无畏迎战

他们的战斗如排山倒海,雷霆万钧
他们的置身如倒悬之危, 危殆重重
他们所经历的是不可想象的
但他们仍然在这场牺牲的飓风中战斗

烟雾弥漫于尘埃之中
遮挡住了他们的双眼
当他们再次环顾四周
他们的心因伤痛而沉沦
刺耳的声音扼杀了他们对生命的所思
在这场可怕的战斗中,很难秉持希望

但他们怀揣着强烈的信仰
他们是烟雾中的一缕清风
他们是充满恐惧心灵背后的梦想
然而,在这个黯淡黑暗的世界里
你能有这般勇气吗?

激昂充满空气
世界天旋地转
当战争结束
当烟雾清除
他们的身躯依然
高大 伟岸 屹立
在红色,白色和蓝色的旗帜下
好像战争从未发生过......

致敬 军人!




The Happiness within You 幸福存在于你的内心




Gentle trees in calm moonlight
The scene is blocked
In mournful sigh

Soft winds, kissed with rain
You do not feel their presence
From searing silent pain

Crystal currents, glistening lake
You do not see their diamond glow
But only of thy woeful sake

Happiness floats among winds' swell
Casting it's joyful, gleeful spell
Why then does it come to them
But not to you, in discontent?

It does not come to doleful dread
For happiness is not there within thy eyes
It is buried deep inside
Amongst the kingdom’s concealed pride

It does not come to dismal dreams
For happiness is not within thy heart
You buried them neath’ the sunlit beams

It’s lost among the raging gale
Too far for you to see it’s trail
For happiness cannot be found
Feeling it silently in the breeze
Planting it delicately among gentle lands
Through your mind and into thy heart

                                                 By Nina Zhan  10 yrs old 


幸福存在于你的内心


葱葱的树木  在月影婆娑下
你却用悲切的泪水遮住美景
 
徐徐的和风  轻吻潇声细雨
你却因心烦意忧漠然而置之
 
熠熠的湖水  晶体般的流线
你却因无缘的抱怨
对钻石般的光彩视而不见
 
 
幸福  在风的跌宕中漂浮
铸造着喜悦与欢乐的魅力
却因何移步他人?
而留下满腹牢骚的你?
 
因为它从不走进悲楚的畏惧中
幸福不在你的眼中
你将它埋藏于深处
一座封尘的王国里
 
因为它从不进入阴郁的梦魇中
幸福不在你的心中
你将它掩埋于阳光
可照射的光束之下
 
它在肆虐的粗风暴雨中迷失了
以至于太远你寻不到它的踪迹
因为幸福无法找到
感受它静静的存在于你的周围
在温和的土地上细心栽种它吧
通过你的思想  进入你的内心


The Leader


“What would you do for our troubles?”
That voice did ask.
Will you shield us in your strength? 
Or will you hide yourself among the crowd?”
And so I followed that voice,
To learn that the qualities of being the leader I dreamed of,
Was a canvas of a million possibilities,
A sacrifice of safety,
A possibility of defeat…
“Will you take the risk of becoming a leader?”
That voice said to me,
“To guide the others and reach higher limits, 
But to go through a harder plight than all the others?”
And after seeing those in need,
I said,
“Yes, I will.”
        

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Sparkling Eyes 亮晶晶的眼睛



That noon, my mom and I went out, I heard a kitten meow with sad whimpering cry from the bottom of the car, I soon knelt down and gently called "meow -", the kitten also mewed back to response to me. My mom also ignored the muddy ground and knelt down with me to look under the car, but we couldn't see the kitten.
那天中午,我和妈妈出门,听到从车底下传来凄惨的小猫叫声。我着急地轻轻叫了一声 “喵--”,小猫也 “喵--” 的一声回应了我。我和妈妈不顾地上的泥,一起跪在地上查看车底,但是我们找不到那只猫。

Then my mom tried to find help from people, but they didn't seem to care about it, and told us:
妈妈想找过路人帮忙,路边的行人似乎对此并不关心,对我们说:

"There's no way..."
“那也没办法的... ”

"It's just a cat!"
“就是一只猫而已!”

"Never mind!"
“别管了...”

"Who cares about that cat!" …

“谁有功夫管那只猫呀!”

In the evening, when I went to check on the car again, in the car there was a man resting, The man told me: "I could not find the cat, the cat might have left already."
到傍晚,当我再次去看车时,车里坐着一位叔叔,叔叔对我说:“我也找不到那只猫,可能猫走了吧!”

I said in the worried voice: "Sir, the kitten must be still under the car." Please listen!" I gave the cat a meow at the bottom of the car, and the cat immediately answered "meow" back to me.
我着急地说:“叔叔,小猫是叫不动了。你听我叫它。” 我对着车底 “喵--” 了一声,小猫又立即 “喵--” 回答了我。

As soon as the man heard the sound, he took out a flashlight, kneeling under the car, then he shouted: "I found the kitten!" I was so excited that I almost shouted in my English language "Really!"
叔叔闻声,拿出手电筒,趴在车底搜索,只听他嚷道:“ 找到了!” 我当时兴奋的差点要喊出英文:“Really! "

He handed me the flashlight and bent down with me. Along the light, she was stuck in the tube showing her sparkling eyes.
叔叔很和气的把手电筒交给我,和我一起趴下来。顺着光线,我看到它被卡在管子里,露出一双亮晶晶的眼睛。

The tiny kitten was only a little bigger than an adult's fist. The kitten was finally rescued, I am so relieved!
这是一只比大人的拳头只大一点点的小猫,小猫终于获救了,我心里高兴极了!

The story does not end here, the kitten was too young, and it doesn't dare to go anywhere. The poor kitten didn't seem to have a mother. Every day, my mom and I went to feed the kitten.
故事到这里并没有结束,小喵喵太小了,它似乎没有妈妈了。每天,妈妈和我都去喂这只小喵喵。

One day, I went and fed the little meow, I saw meow was having a big feast by the passing strangers and after-school kids. The kitten was no longer lonely. She has more people to care about her.  Kindness really will spread.
有一天,我又去喂小喵喵,看到小喵喵正在吃大餐--地上放着好多猫食,听说是路人和司机给的,小喵喵不再孤独了,小喵喵受到更多的人关心了,爱心真的是会传播的。

An after school girl told me that her cat had just died. She wanted to take this kitten home. The second day, she took the little meow meow. The kitten has gotten her own home now.
一个放学的小姐姐对我说,她家的猫刚死了,她要把这只小猫带回家养。于是,小喵喵被姐姐抱走了,小喵喵有自己的家了。

In China, I see a few wild cats. They eat litter people throw away in the trash can. Their fur are dirty and their faces are looking sad. Nobody paid attention to them. However, I also saw a lady riding a bicycle and carrying cat food into the grass to feed the wild cats.
在中国,我看到有一些流浪猫,它们会去吃垃圾,它们的毛很脏,它们的表情是忧郁的。很少有人会去理会它们,但我也曾看见有一位志愿者阿姨,骑着单车,带着猫食,到路边草丛里去喂流浪猫。

Recently, on the website, a man called “cat daddy” in shanghai, feeds the wild cats every night for 8 years! I know, stray animals are being cared by many people in this world.
最近,我还在网上看到,上海一位号称“猫爸爸”的老人,每晚都去喂流浪猫,已经有8 年了。我知道,这个世界关爱流浪动物的人还是很多的。

Have you ever heard the story of "The Precious Starfish"? There are a lot of starfish on the beach, a man was picking up starfish and throwing them into the sea, many people asked him, how could you save so many starfish, when there are miles and miles along the beach. He picked up another starfish and threw it into the sea. Then he said happily, "Look! I made a difference for that one."
大家听过“珍贵的海星”的故事吗?说的是海滩边有好多海星,如果不入海就会晒死了,一个人在捡拾海星抛入海里,大家问他:“这么多海星,怎么救得了啊。”他拾起一个海星丢入大海,然后高兴地说:“看!这个起作用了!”

Yes, I believe that if each of us can do the help a little bit, it will make a difference for one.
是的,我相信我们每个人只要帮一点点, 就会起作用的。

I can't see the kitten anymore. My memories will always remember the kitten peeking at me under the car with her sparkling eyes. I know the kitten will also remember when I was trying to rescue her with my sparking eyes.
我见不到那只小喵喵了,可是它的那双,在车底下亮晶晶的眼睛一直在我的心里。我想,小喵喵也会记得,那天在车底下救它时,我的那双 -- 亮晶晶的眼睛。

                                                                    by Nina Zhan /  Age 9

CherryTree


Cherry Tree

By Nina Zhan



I sat watching the cardinals perched in my cherry tree

So many they out-numbered the many leaves

Their feathers and crest matching the rosy fruits

Stuffing the cherries in their tiny beaks



They came and came with fruit to borrow

“Oh look!” they said in sprightly mood

“Let’s feast on some cherries on our journey to fly!”

So they flounced and sang and landed on my cherry tree



My feathered friends had such a treat

They kept nibbling and gobbling my ripened red fruits

I grew that tree for many years

What friends and joy that it had brought



They ate and ate until their bellies were plump

They found a new home to stay at last

Shining red feathers like stripes on candy cane

Broken in half and meant to be shared



So now winter is here, goodbye my friends, the birds

Protecting my cherry tree frozen with snow

Spring will arrive, the birds will come

Dancing and singing in lively mood...

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Spring to Come



Perching away with the breeze

She does not dare to frigid keys

Crystal treasures flounce she sees

Her halt from all star keeps in ease

All the further brimmed with sprees

Silver fir of lost foresees

Tis' youth to come with blooms of please

Waltzing flourish has come to flee
                                                                     
                                                                                 - Nina Zhan / Age 9