I cannot remember my mother

only sometimes in the midst of my play

a tune seems to hover over my playthings，

the tune of some song that she used to

hum while rocking my cradle.

I cannot remember my mother

but when in the early autumn morning

the smell of the shiuli flowers floats in the air

the scent of the morning service in the temple

comes to me as the scent of my mother.

I cannot remember my mother

only when from my bedroom window I send

my eyes into the blue of the distant sky，

I feel that the stillness of

my mother's gaze on my face

has spread all over the sky.

我不記得我的母親

只是在游戲中間

有時(shí)仿佛有一段歌調(diào)

在我玩具上回旋

是她在晃動(dòng)我的搖籃

所哼的那些歌調(diào)

我不記得我的母親

但是在初秋的早晨

合歡花香在空氣中浮動(dòng)

廟殿里晨禱的馨香

仿佛向我吹來(lái)母親的氣息

我不記得我的母親

只是當(dāng)我從臥室的窗里

外望悠遠(yuǎn)的藍(lán)天

我仿佛覺得

母親凝住我的目光

布滿了整個(gè)天空