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嫣然《絲路上的南海東籬》
Yan Ran: Eastern Fence on the Maritime Silk Road

《碼頭》

舊港一角，木樁爛在潮裡。
有人在那裡哭過，也有人唱。
麻繩拖出一行行名字，
寫進船簿，抹去在岸冊。
白鷗低飛，像在尋舊影。
海浪一退，石上留鹽，也留聲。

文史札記：

廣東、澳門、汕頭、廈門等港口是華工出洋的主要集散地。清末官方多視其為「出洋招募」，實際常為販運。今日仍可見舊碼頭遺址與出洋碑刻，記錄著華人移民的起點與苦力貿易的痕跡。

旁註：

有的港留給風，有的港留給名字。

The Wharf

An old pier corner—
its pilings rot in the tide.
Someone once wept there;
someone sang.

Hemp ropes dragged out
lines of names—
written in the ship’s book,
erased from the shore’s.

White gulls sweep low,
as if searching for lost shadows.
When the sea withdraws,
salt stays on the stones—
and sound.

Historical Note:
Ports like Canton, Macao, Swatow, and Amoy
were gateways for Chinese laborers.
Though called “recruitments,”
they were often traffic in men.
Ruins and stone inscriptions remain—
the first marks of migration,
the scars of trade.

Marginalia:
Some harbors keep only the wind;
some, only the names.


已故柯昭興留给我們的攝影佳作 The Unforgettable Photographic Masterpieces of the Late Harry Quah

溫柔的追憶——每一幅畫面仍在呼吸，
每一道光影都留存著他目光的溫度。
A gentle remembrance—each frame still breathing,
each shadow holding the warmth of his gaze.