28 Balik Piyer

<Balik Piyer>

Tatlongpung taon na

Lumabas tayo sa dagat 

Masuwerte at nakauwi tayo sa piyer 

Magkwentuhan 

Noong natapos ang aral natin

Sa medical school

Kanyang kanya ang lakad natin 

Masarap marinig ang hokkien natin

Malakas pa rin ang tawa natin

Ang pagkakaiba 

May sugat ang puso at katawan

May puti na ang buhok 

Kahit paano 

Ang dapat matutuhan 

Natuto 

Sa itong ciudad ng dayuhan 

Nakahawag ang baso na may kape 

Kahit inaantok 

Tatapusin ang kwento

《回港》

三十年前出海

有幸回港細述

醫學院畢業後

你我各奔東西

閩南話一樣溫心

笑聲一樣震耳

不同的是

心身多了傷疤

頭髮多了斑白

或多或少

該學的

也學了一點

在這異鄉城市

手握咖啡杯

再睏

也要把故事講完

12/27/15 休士頓

<Back to Pier>

Thirty years ago

We left for the sea

We are lucky to be back

To tell the story 

After medical school

We traveled in different directions 

Our hokkien is still heart warming

Our laughter is still deafening 

What is different 

Is the scar on our heart and body

Is the grey hair among the black

Somehow

We learned

What needs to be learned

In this foreign city

With a cup of coffee

No matter how sleepy

We shall finish the story