深切緬懷國(guó)之偉人

深切緬懷這位讓所有中國(guó)人都值得尊敬的老人
看到海外媒體紛紛發(fā)文緬懷袁隆平，為其送行

看到袁老寫(xiě)給母親的一封信，眼淚根本止不住

《稻子熟了》雙語(yǔ)

作者：袁隆平     翻譯：火星翻譯

本來(lái)想一個(gè)人靜靜地陪您說(shuō)會(huì)兒話，安江的鄉(xiāng)親們實(shí)在是太熱情了，天這么熱，他們還一直陪著，謝謝他們了。I did want to talk to you intimately, but the enthusiastic folks in An Jiang kept being with me in such a hot day. I cannot thank them enough.

媽媽?zhuān)诎步?，我在長(zhǎng)沙，隔得很遠(yuǎn)很遠(yuǎn)。我在夢(mèng)里總是想著您，想著安江這個(gè)地方。Mum, you are in An Jiang, I am in Changsha, a long road in between. I miss you and An Jiang, even in my dreams.

人事難料啊，您這樣一位習(xí)慣了繁華都市的大家閨秀，最后竟會(huì)永遠(yuǎn)留在這么一個(gè)偏遠(yuǎn)的小山村。Change is the nature of life! Who can predicate that such a lady as you from the dazzling metropolis, would spend the rest of your life in such a remote village forever.

還記得嗎？1957年，我要從重慶的大學(xué)分配到這兒，是您陪著我，臉貼著地圖，手指順著密密麻麻的細(xì)線，找了很久，才找到地圖上這么一個(gè)小點(diǎn)點(diǎn)。Do you remember it? In 1957 when I was assigned here from the university of Chongqing, you helped me look into the map with a finger pointing the twisted lines, finding such a small point on the map ultimately.

當(dāng)時(shí)您嘆了口氣說(shuō)：“孩子，你到那兒，是要吃苦的呀……”我說(shuō)：“我年輕，我還有一把小提琴?！睕](méi)想到的是，為了我，為了幫我?guī)『ⅲ涯餐系搅税步?。Then you sighed: “My son, if you insist, life would be harsh there…”I replied, “I am young, and I have a violin.”But I didn’t expect that later on, you had to live in An Jiang with us to take care my children.

最后，受累吃苦的，是媽媽您哪！您哪里走得慣鄉(xiāng)間的田?。∥铱傆浀?，每次都要小孫孫牽著您的手，您才敢走過(guò)屋前屋后的田間小道。In the end, you are the one who suffered! How can you get used to the bumpy paths in the countryside! I always remember that you dare not walk along the paths around the house without holding the hands of your grandson.

安江是我的一切，我卻忘了，對(duì)一輩子都生活在大城市里的您來(lái)說(shuō)，70歲了，一切還要重新來(lái)適應(yīng)。An Jiang was my life, but I didn’t realize that you, at the age of 70 and after a life time in big city, had to adopt it as a new start.

我從來(lái)沒(méi)有問(wèn)過(guò)您有什么難處，我總以為會(huì)有時(shí)間的，會(huì)有時(shí)間的，等我閑一點(diǎn)一定好好地陪陪您……哪想到，直到您走的時(shí)候，我還在長(zhǎng)沙忙著開(kāi)會(huì)。I have never asked if you had any difficulty, and I always think that time is plenty, I will spend more time with you when I am free enough… But even the day when you leave me forever, I am still busy in a conference in Changsha.

那天正好是中秋節(jié)，全國(guó)的同行都來(lái)了，搞雜交水稻不容易啊，我又是召集人，怎么著也得陪大家過(guò)這個(gè)節(jié)啊，只是兒子永遠(yuǎn)虧欠媽媽您了……其實(shí)我知道，那個(gè)時(shí)候已經(jīng)是您的最后時(shí)刻。That day happened to be the Mid-autumn Festival when all the peers across China were gathered. It’s not easy to develop hybrid rice, and as the convener, I have the responsibility of being with them for this festival. Ah, mum, I, as a son, owe you too much. In fact, I know, it would be your last moment.

我總盼望著媽媽您能多撐兩天。誰(shuí)知道，即便是天不亮就往安江趕，我還是沒(méi)能見(jiàn)上媽媽您最后一面。I always wished, mother, that you would wait for me for more days. Unexpectedly, even if I hurried back to An Jiang before dawn, I still failed to see you again, my dear mom.

太晚了，一切都太晚了，我真的好后悔。媽媽?zhuān)?dāng)時(shí)您一定等了我很久，盼了我很長(zhǎng)，您一定有很多話要對(duì)兒子說(shuō)，有很多事要交代。It’s too late, really too late. I’m so regretful. Mum, you must have been expecting me for a long time, wish to see your son, talk to me for long as your last words…

可我怎么就那么糊涂呢！這么多年，為什么我就不能少下一次田，少做一次實(shí)驗(yàn)，少出一天差，坐下來(lái)靜靜地好好陪陪您。哪怕……哪怕就一次。How could I have been so stupid! After all these years, why couldn’t I skip one field work, one experiment in the lab, one business travelling to sit down quietly with you. Just… just once.

媽媽?zhuān)慨?dāng)我的研究取得成果，每當(dāng)我在國(guó)際講壇上談笑風(fēng)生，每當(dāng)我接過(guò)一座又一座獎(jiǎng)杯，我總是對(duì)人說(shuō)，這輩子對(duì)我影響最深的人就是媽媽您??！Mum, whenever I had a research achievement, whenever I participate in the international forum, and whenever I received a trophy, I always said that, you, my mom, were the person with the most profound impacts on me!

無(wú)法想象，沒(méi)有您的英語(yǔ)啟蒙，在一片閉塞中，我怎么能夠閱讀世界上最先進(jìn)的科學(xué)文獻(xiàn)，用超越那個(gè)時(shí)代的視野，去尋訪遺傳學(xué)大師孟德?tīng)柡湍柛?？I can’t imagine how, without learning English from you when I was a kid, how could I read the world’s most advanced scientific literature and absorb the insights from genetic masters Gregor Mendel and Morgan with a vision to go beyond that era?

無(wú)法想象，在那個(gè)顛沛流離的歲月中，從北平到漢口，從桃源到重慶，沒(méi)有您的執(zhí)著和鼓勵(lì)，我怎么能獲得系統(tǒng)的現(xiàn)代教育，獲得在大江大河中自由翱翔的膽識(shí)？I can’t imagine how could I obtained a systematic modern education and the courage seek knowledge from Bac Binh(Beijing) to Hankou, and Taoyuan to Chongqing without your persistent encouragement?

無(wú)法想象，沒(méi)有您在搖籃前跟我講尼采，講這位昂揚(yáng)著生命力、意志力的偉大哲人，我怎么能夠在千百次的失敗中堅(jiān)信，必然有一粒種子可以使萬(wàn)千民眾告別饑餓？I can’t imagine that without you telling me in my cradle about Nitze, the great philosopher of life, how could I still believe, after so many failures, that there would be a seed to end hunger?

他們說(shuō)，我用一粒種子改變了世界。我知道，這粒種子，是媽媽您在我幼年時(shí)種下的！It is said that I changed the world with one seed. But I know, this seed was planted in my childhood by you, my dear mom.

稻子熟了，媽媽?zhuān)苈劦絾?？安江可好？那里的田埂是不是還留著熟悉的歡笑？The rice is ripe, mum. Can you smell it? How’s everything in An Jiang? Are there still familiar smiling faces along the ridges of fields?

隔著21年的時(shí)光，我依稀看見(jiàn)，小孫孫牽著您的手，走過(guò)稻浪的背影；我還要告訴您，一輩子沒(méi)有耕種過(guò)的母親，稻芒劃過(guò)手掌，稻草在場(chǎng)上堆積成垛，谷子在陽(yáng)光中畢剝作響，水田在西曬下泛出橙黃的味道。這都是兒子要跟您說(shuō)的話，說(shuō)不完的話啊…媽媽?zhuān)咀邮炝耍蚁肽?！Looking back to the days 21 years ago, I still see your little grandson holding your hand and walking behind you along the waving rice field. I also want to tell you, my mother who had never tilled in her life, has a grain in her hand, with the paddy fields smelling fragrant in the orange west Sun. These are what I want to say to you, and more words… Mum, rice is ripe, mum, I miss you!