思悠悠，这书中的容颜。

下雪了，雨夹雪。预报说北京将有连续四天的雨雪天气。天空阴沉沉的，几分灰，几分黄，锅盖一般，盖在这个城市的上空，和几个撑伞而行的路人的头上。 

这样的天气，一杯咖啡似也增添不了多少暖意。这样的天气，只合埋头工作。 

贴一首翻译的打油诗。英文名字叫”Around the corner I have a friend”。原诗已是二流之作，是语音课上供学生练习朗读用的。读来读去学生和我都觉得无聊，我便把它糟蹋成一首四言顺口溜了。娱乐时代嘛，娱乐至上。反正，闲着也是闲着。 

吾有老友，在街那头 

原作：佚名

翻译：天碧碧海蓝蓝

北方城郭，熙熙攘攘

蜗居城中，栖栖惶惶

幸得老友，自幼相识

街北街南，遥遥相望

日复一日，营营役役

年复一年，匆匆忙忙

镜中白发，历历心惊

蓦然回首，岁月苍苍

当日年少，欢声笑语

对酒当歌，几多轻狂 

倏忽廿载，青春不再

未知老友，是否无恙

是否如我，身心俱疲

一杯苦酒，满室清凉

明日登门，定当相询

年少戏言，是否珍藏

明日如期，明日又去

街北街南，人海茫茫

门铃响处，电报一封

赫赫然然，“老友已亡”

吾有老友，在街那头

从此音容，梦里寻访

Around the corner I have a friend

Anonymous 

Around the corner I have a
friend

In this great city that has
no end.

Yet the days go by and
weeks rush on,

And before I know it, a
year is gone.

And I never see my old
friend’s face,

For life is a swift and
terrible race,

He knows I like him just as
well,

As in the days when I rang
his bell,

And he rang
mine… 

We were much younger
then,

And now we are busy, tired
men…

Tired of playing a foolish
game,

Tired of trying to make a
name…

“Tomorrow” I say “I will
call on Jim”

“Just to show that I’m
thinking of him.”

But tomorrow comes and
tomorrow goes,

And distance between us
grows and grows…

Around the corner — yet
miles away,

Here’s a telegram sir —
“Jim died today.”

And that’s what we get and
deserve in the end…

Around the corner, a
vanished friend…

文章摘录自tianbihailan的读书随笔:英诗汉译：“吾有老友，在街那头”