許其正：看到炊煙

在旅途上，我

很幸運也很偶然地

在一個僻靜的鄉間

看到了

一縷炊煙

那是以前常常看到的

現在卻成了一件珍奇

它冉冉地上升

飄飄渺渺地

越飄高越稀薄

終於翳入了天聽

不知其所往

它承載著噴鼻的飯香

它承載著鄉野的原始情味

它承載著與世無爭的悠然

它承載著鄉下人的醇厚

它是屬於僻靜的鄉間的

但是現代科技文明幾乎已霸占了整個世間

它便依循一向的慣性加速向上飄

冉冉地翳入了天聽

越來越稀薄

終於不知其所往

連同鄉間的

飯香、原始情味、悠然和鄉下人的醇厚

唉，終於不知其所往

現在到哪裡可以尋找得到呢？

I Have Seen Kitchen Smoke　Hsu ChiChen

En route, I

Am lucky and by an accident

In a secluded village

I have seen

Kitchen smoke

Which was often seen before

But now it is a rarity

The smoke curls upward

Misty and wispy

The higher the thinner

Finally it loses itself into the sky

Nowhere to be seen

It carries nostril-filling fragrance

It carries primitive flavor in the wilderness

It carries an ease free from worldly strife

It carries kindness and lenience of country people

It belongs to the quiet countryside

But modern science and technology has nearly seized the whole world

And it follows the usual inertia to rise upward

Slowly into the boundless sky

Thinner and thinner

Eventually nowhere to be seen

Together with fragrant meals

Primitive flavor, leisure, and kindness of country people

Alas, eventually nowhere to be seen

Now where can be seen?@