總監修／星雲大師

文／余光中（1928~）

小時侯

鄉愁是一枚小小的郵票

我在這頭

母親在那頭

長大後

鄉愁是一張窄窄的船票

我在這頭

新娘在那頭

後來啊

鄉愁是一方矮矮的墳墓

我在外頭

母親在裡頭

而現在

鄉愁是一灣淺淺的海峽

我在這頭

大陸在那頭

──選自《白玉苦瓜》

Nostalgia

Yu Guangzhong ( 1928 - )

English translation: Yu Guangzhong

When I was a boy

Nostalgia was a tiny stamp

I was at this end

My mother at that

When I grew up

Nostalgia was a slim steamer ticket

I was at this end

My bride at that

Years later

Nostalgia was a squatty tomb

I was out this side

My mother was in that

And now

Nostalgia is a shallow strait

I am at this shore

Mainland is at that

── from Baiyu Kugua

（The White Jade Bitter Gourd）