詩歌
Poetry
詩歌好似用文字嚟畫一張圖畫咁,透過音節、聲調同韻律嚟表達感情同思想。
舊時嘅詩歌，例如有:
Poetry is like using words to paint a picture, expressing emotions and thoughts through syllables, tones, and rhythm.
範例:
《落大雨》
落大雨，水浸街，
亞哥擔柴上街賣，
亞嫂出街著花鞋。
花鞋花襪花腰帶，
珍珠蝴蝶兩邊排。
Example:
“Heavy Rain“
Heavy rain, flooding the street,
Big brother carries firewood to sell on the road,
Sister-in-law goes out wearing floral shoes.
Floral shoes, floral socks, and a floral sash,
With pearl butterflies lined up on both sides.
有啲兒童詩歌內容好得意，仲可以唱出嚟嘅㖭!
Some children’s poetry can even be sung!
範例:
《排排坐》
排排坐，食粉果。
豬拉柴，狗透火。
貓兒擔凳姑婆坐，
坐埋一齊唱支歌。
Example:
“Sit in a Row”
Sit in a row and eat dumplings.
The pig hauls firewood, the dog tends the fire.
The kitten carries a stool for Grandma to sit on,
Then everyone sits together and sings a song.
以上嘅兒童詩歌又可以叫做童謠。而近代嘅新詩又叫「自由詩」，喺格式上無限制，
甚至可以唔加標點符號。用返例散文《媽咪同佢把紫色靚靚遮》作主題，可以係咁:
The children’s poetry mentioned earlier is also known as nursery rhymes. Modern poetry, or “free verse,” is a type of poetry that doesn’t have any set rules for how it should be written and can even leave out punctuation marks.
Using “Mommy and Her Pretty Purple Umbrella” as the theme, it could be
written like the following:
範例:
《紫色嘅天空》
媽咪 撐起一片紫色嘅天
在毒辣嘅陽光下
好似一朵自在的嘅雲
輕輕飄過澳洲嘅大街 小巷
我笑 我笑佢鶴立雞群
喺人群中咁突出
有啲特別 特別嘅奇怪
但放學嗰陣
紫色嘅天 會成為我嘅指引
係人山人海裡面 一眼就見到佢
好似天空裡面 唯一嘅星星咁
而家 我唔再覺得奇怪
媽咪 妳嘅紫色靚靚遮
係妳嘅勇氣 係妳嘅智慧
將來 每逢見到紫色嘅天空
我都會諗起妳
撐著嘅 係嗰種與眾不同嘅自在
留低嘅 係一片片永遠嘅雲彩
Example:
““Purple Sky”“
Mom, holding up a purple sky.
Under the scorching sun,
like a carefree cloud,
gently drifting through the streets and lanes of Australia.
I laugh, I laugh at her standing out from the crowd, so noticeable among everyone else,
a little special, specially strange.
But when school is over,
the purple sky becomes my guide.
Among the sea of people,
I can spot her at a glance,
like the only star in the sky.
Now,
I no longer think it is strange.
Mom, your beautiful purple umbrella,
is your courage,
is your wisdom.
In the future, whenever I see a purple sky,
I will think of you.
What you are holding up
is the ease of being different.
What you leave behind
are pieces of clouds that will last forever.
你都可以將佢寫成古詩咁每句字數相同,而且押韻:
You can also write it as a traditional-style poem, with the same number of characters in each line and a consistent rhyme scheme:
範例:
《紫遮樂》
澳洲烈日天炎炎,
無雨擔遮係怪事。
媽咪把遮最鮮艷。
鶴立雞群紫易辨。
後來發現咁先掂，
放學搵人我最先。
人群之中咁高調，
一枝獨秀夠特別。
阿媽靚遮成標記，
有勇有謀型到痹。
日後晴天定雨天，
緊記紫遮樂倍添。
Example:
“Purple Sky”
Mom opens a purple sky
Under the burning sun
Like a cloud floating
Through the streets of Australia
I laugh—she stands out
So different, so unique
But after school
That purple sky guides me home
Like the only star in the night sky
Now, I understand
Mom’s purple umbrella
Is her courage, her wisdom
And whenever I see a purple sky
I will think of her
Writing from the Heart 