名片

樊功生

整理抽屉时

跳出来一张Q君的名片

中英对照

密密麻麻有十几行

从没听说过的协会

说是都很著名

正中用隶书写着：

“第九山人”

记得是个饭局

Q君健谈

看来很博学

听着听着

有人觉得他没那么博学了

也无妨

饭后他递上这张名片

谦逊一笑

低声说：

-- 我很有名

然后飘然而去...

我对做东的老吴叹口气：

-- 唉，这名师一来一去

神仙一般

连个真名也没留下

-- 哦，他的真名叫秦二枣... 

Name Card

By Ken Fan 

Tidying up the desk drawers, 

A name card jumps out,

From Mr. Qi,

In Chinese and English. 

So dense in a dozen of lines,

With many unheard memberships, 

Yet all are prestigious and exclusive 

At the center in classic calligraphy:

Holy Man of Mountains. 

Recall still that dinner gathering, 

He did most of talking, 

And sounded very knowledgeable. 

But after a while, 

Some felt otherwise. 

But never mind, 

He handed over this card afterwards, 

Whispered with a modest grin:

-- I'm very famous. 

Then disappeared. 

I sighed with the host Mr. Wu, 

-- Ah, this big master came and went, 

Like a holy spirit, 

We didn't even catch his real name! 

-- His real name is Jujube Qin...