第30章 南乡子（2）

记厉放患麻疹并发肺炎，

何玉春连夜自鞍山赶回北京，1962

急电促回京，

仆仆风尘两地行，

未进家门先缓步，

轻轻，

小女今宵怕受惊。

淡月照中庭，

最贵人间母子行，

彻夜披衣床角坐，

天明，

再测高烧可退清。

注：

厉放此时三岁半。

Tune: Song of a Southern Country

—Lines composed to mark He Yuchun's coming to Beijing from Anshan the very night when Li Fang was down with measles and pneumonia, 1962

An urgent call from the capital,

Off she went, hasty and weary withal.

At the doorstep her steps slowed,

Gentle,

Not to frighten her lass little.

The moon shone on the yard behind its veil,

Most precious in the world is love maternal.

By the bedside she stayed up, coat on shoulder,

Till morning's signal,

To check if the temperature has returned normal.

Note:

Li Fang, the author's daughter, was three and a half years old at the time.