【作者简介】红雨，大秦雍州人，浪迹北美，曾以为这是远方；行走诗行，且以为能回到故乡。诗观：诗歌如果不是理想在阳光下的歌唱，那就是灵魂在梦魇里的呐喊。

《给一位母亲》

文/红雨     英译/Ruby Rain

双语诵读/花仙子

我可否叫您一声娘

我知道您不是我的娘

为什么我在您的目光里

看到了自己母亲的慈祥

在您的微笑的脸庞上

我感受到了冬日的阳光

在您的缕缕白发上

闪耀着我娘一生的勤劳

落满了那个年代的沧桑

我好想坐在您的身旁

听您讲永远讲不完的往昔

和您说说闲话，啦啦家常

因为我的母亲啊

望子归来时，我总是在忙

而今她老人家去了天堂

看到您的这刻

我竟莫名地热泪盈眶

请允许我假装是您的孩子

轻轻地，悠悠地叫您一声娘

2026/05/20 红雨

To a Mother

May I call you Mother?

I know you are not my own,

yet in your gentle gaze

I see my mother’s tender mercy shining.

In your quiet smile

I feel the warm sun of winter days.

Upon each strand of silver hair

glimmers a lifetime of her toil—

the weathered grace of bygone years.

How I long to sit beside you,

to hear the stories you could tell forever,

to share small talk and idle chatter,

the simple warmth of home.

My own mother waited for her wandering son,

but I was always too busy.

Now she rests in Paradise.

And here, before you,

tears rise unbidden in my eyes.

So let me pretend, just for this moment,

that I am your child.

Softly, slowly,

let me call you Mother once again.

20 May 2026 Ruby Rain