新體詩創作

許其正:只要不長大

只要不長大,我便可以

回到從前

只要可以回到從前

只要不長大……

只要不長大,我便可以

常時黏著媽媽撒嬌

甚至皮到她手足無措

讓她展現對我的溺愛

只要不長大,我便可以

用哭笑作工具

賺取父母親人的焦急和安心

左右他們心中的陰晴風雨

只要不長大,我便可以

打著赤腳在鄉間到處亂跑

無憂無慮地玩各種遊戲:

打陀螺、玩玻璃彈珠、相撲……

只要不長大,我便可以

隨意到田野裡

欣賞眾鳥和昆蟲們的舞蹈和音樂會

抓蟋蟀相鬥,挖蚯蚓釣魚釣青蛙……

只要不長大,我便可以

大口大口呼吸新鮮空氣

跳進清澈的江河裡游泳、抓魚蝦

不必去面對各種汙染之害

只要不長大,我便可以

縱聲大笑,有話就說

真誠大膽地坦露肺腑之言

享受無知、「童言無忌」之樂

只要不長大,我便可以

懵懵懂懂,迷迷糊糊

不知病痛、藥物到底有多苦

日復一日、年過一年地過生活……

只要不長大,我便可以

不計毀譽,躲過大人世界的

許多機巧、算計、詭詐

過自由自在、天真無邪的日子

只要不長大,我便可以

免受任何壓力和傷害

包括課業、身體、人際關係……

包括生活、金錢、惡勢力……

只要不長大,我便可以

盡情地唱「只要我長大」

讓前面成長的空間更大更寬廣

不必在私下祈求「只要不長大」

If I Do Not Grow Up Hsu ChiCheng

If I do not grow up, I can

Go back to the past

If I can go back to the past

If I do not grow up …

If I do not grow up, I can

Act as a spoiled child before Mom

Even she may feel quite at a loss at my pestering

Her to show doting love to me

If I do not grow up, I can

Use willful crying and laughing as the means

To gain care and solicitude from parents

To control rain or sunshine in their heart

If I do not grow up, I can

Run about barefooted in the countryside

Play games free from any worry and care:

Play peg-tops, play glass beads, and sumo …

If I do not grow up, I can

Go to the field as I like

To enjoy the dancing and singing of birds and insects

To catch crickets for fighting, to dig up earthworms and to angle fishes and frogs …

If I do not grow up, I can

Freely breathe in fresh air

I can jump into the limpid river to swim and to catch fish and shrimps

No need to face up to various pollutions

If I do not grow up, I can

Laugh heartily, say what I think

And can speak words from the bottom of my heart

To enjoy free and innocent pleasure

If I do not grow up, I can

Live in muddleheadedness

Unaware of disease and the bitterness of medicine

Day after day, year after year …

If I do not grow up, I can

Be regardless of loss or gain, shun calculation

And trickery of the mature world

To live a carefree and innocent life

If I do not grow up, I can

Be free from any pressure and harm

Including homework, body, and interpersonal relationship …

Including life, money, and vicious power …

If I do not grow up, I can

Sing If I Grow Up with abandon

Let there be more space for my growth

No need to pray in private for If I Do Not Grow Up

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