空也静双语诗115首
倪庆行译

1狼群
春风铺开宣纸
阳光研磨着远山的积雪
狼群挥舞狼毫
在草原上随意涂抹着
当夜色低下头颅
梦里梦外
总有死不暝目的眼睛
窥视着
Wolves
By WEI Yanlie
With vernal breeze spreading rice
2
paper


Sunshine lapping accumulated snow on the distant mountains
Wolves wield their hair brushes Daubing on the grassland randomly When night lowers its head
Within dreams and without
It always has a pair of eyes that would never close even at death
Spying on
2 安康
这么美的夜色
都在江水里泡着
梦一样
我只捞起半块月亮
挂在枝头
让风慢慢吹干
Ankang
By WEI Yanlie
Such a beautiful night
Is all soaking in river water
Like a dream
I only scoop up half a moon
3


And hang it on a branch
To let wind dry it up little by little
3 春雨
下，还是不下
乌云有耍不尽的手腕
天空虚张声势
故意干咳了几声
一盘棋走到节骨眼
却没了下文
黄昏调整风向
玩起捉迷藏的游戏
Spring Rain By WEI Yanlie
To fall, or not to fall
Dark clouds display endless tricks
4


Sky bluffs
And heaves a few dry coughs on purpose
A game of chess is coming to a critical juncture Only to find there is no outcome
Dusk adjusts wind direction
Playing hide-and-seek
4 腊八
需要一碗粥
唤醒人性的慈悲
从五谷杂粮里
搾取维系生命的养分
滤掉转基因、添加剂
把剩下的日子还给
粗茶淡饭
在一缕炊烟里
品味乡情
Laba Festival By WEI Yanlie
A bowl of porridge
5


Is needed to awaken humanity's compassion
Extracting nutrients from coarse grains to sustain life
Filtering out transgenes and additives We give our remaining days to
Weak tea and scanty meals
Savoring nostalgia
In a wisp of cooking smoke
5 天坛
祭天的人
带着他的王朝走了
留下一把黄土
堆向历史的路口
像一枚随手丢落的棋子
躲在一首诗里
叹息
Temple of Heaven By WEI Yanlie
Having offered sacrifice to Heaven The emperor left
With his dynasty
6


Leaving a handful of loess
Piled at a historical crossing
Like a piece of chess dropped at random Hidden in a poem
Sighing
6 夜晚
落日摁下按钮
梦一遍一遍复印着往事
月亮是新贴的邮票
风蹬一辆破旧的飞鸽自行车
敲开老屋木门
父亲戴一副老花镜
把灯捻挑了又挑
Night
By WEI Yanlie
The moment sunset presses the button
Dreams will duplicate the past events over and over
7


The moon is a new stamp
Wind pedals an old Flying Pigeon bike
Upon knocking open the wooden door of the old house Father wears a pair of presbyopic glasses Stirring the lampwick
7 祝福
从手机里翻出
一些用旧的词语
反复清洗擦拭
快乐、吉祥、健康
像劈好的干柴
堆满老屋的角角落落
炉火
温暖着一个冬天

Blessing
By WEI Yanlie
Dug out of the cell phone
8


Some old words
Are repeatedly clean and scrubbed
HAPPY, AUSPICIOUS and HEALTHY
Like chopped firewood
Are piled in every corner of the old house Stove fire
Is warming a whole winter
8 银杏
经过了
饥饿、干旱、战争
经过了一个又一个朝代的兴衰
人间那些破事都与它无关
风吹雨打
教会了沉默
身披一件黄色的袈裟
一口一口咽下百塔寺的香火
咽下千年时光
Ginkgo
By WEI Yanlie
Having undergone
Famine, drought and war Having undergone
9


The rise and fall of one dynasty after another
It has nothing to do with all the lousy stuff in the world
With wind blowing and rain slashing
It has learned to be reticent
Wearing a golden cassock
It has swallowed the burning incense of the
Hundred-Pagoda Temple
One bite at a time
Thus swallowing a time of a thousand years
9 冬雨
落叶为大地把脉
天空挂满吊瓶
一场雨
击退了雾霾的围剿
炉火温暖着一堆往事
风咬住几根枯枝
啃了一夜
Winter Rain By WEI Yanlie
Fallen leaves feel the pulse of the earth Suspending dripping bottles hang all over the sky A rainfall
10


Has repelled the encirclement and suppression by haze
A stove fire is warming a pile of past events
The wind has been gripping several dead branches in its teeth
Gnawing a whole night
10 红柳
没有靠山，没有背景
像一个无依无靠的人
独自站在黄昏
前不着村后不着店
人间是一望无际的戈壁
抬头只见路过的云朵
苦命的日子
被暮色一口气吞下
又被黎明吐出
Red Willow
By WEI Yanlie
Without backers, without background Like a miserable man
11


Standing alone at dusk
Ahead, there are no villages Behind, there are no inns
The whole world is a boundless Gobi
Looking up, it can only see clouds floating by The miserable days
Are swallowed in one big gulp by dusk
After which they are spat out by dawn
11 卧龙寺
毫不含糊地说
我是冲着这个名字而来
寒风扫尽世俗的字眼
汉隋唐宋渐行渐远
一个又一个故事
冬眠在匾牌的背后
供果就着香火
咽下夕阳
Wolong Temple By WEI Yanlie
Unequivocally speaking
12


I came here just for this name
Cold wind has swept all the mundane words
The Han, Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties are fading
away
One story after another is hibernating behind the plaque Fuit offerings
Together with burning incense Have swallowed sunset
12 春天
一脚踩进春天的地界
那些走远的往事
一下子
扭头原路返回
你不露面
村旁的桃花，山坡的油菜
谁也不开
Spring
By WEI Yanlie

Upon stepping into the boundary of spring Those remote past events
13


All of a sudden
Turn back to retrace their steps
Without your appearance
Neither peach blossom beside the village Nor rape on the hillside
Would come out
13 雾霾
一床加厚棉被
裹紧城市的身体
闹钟叫了一遍又一遍
夜像个贪睡的孩子
被梦缠绕着
一觉睡过了头
口罩是新贴的封条
捂住了
一个个欲言又止的嘴
Smog
By WEI Yanlie
14


A heavily-padded quilt
Wraps the city's body tightly Alarm clocks go on and on
Night, like a child fond of sleep Haunted by dreams
Has overslept
Masks are new seals
Covering up
Mouths about to talk but falter
14 花圈
把生命反复对折
剪掉体内多余的部分
只留下伤悲
不需一片叶子来衬托
所有的色彩都苍白无力
一朵花
点破人生的天机
Wreath
By WEI Yanlie
Folding life in half again and again Cutting off the extra parts of the body
15


You only let sorrow remain
There is no need for a leaf to set off All colors are pale and powerless
A flower
Lays bare life's mystery
15 远方
翻过一座山
是一座更高的山
隔着河岸
被想象反复描写
涂抹
一次一次梦见
远方原地不动站在远处
不停地招手
我却无力抵达
A Distant Place By WEI Yanlie
16


After climbing over a mountain
I find myself confronting another higher mountain Separated by a river bank
Repeatedly depicted
And daubed by imagination
The distant place
Which I dream of time and time again
Just stands in its place at the distance Beckoning to me
Yet I can't reach i
16 年轮
一圈紧套着一圈
缠入身体
成为解不开的死结
像一些反复提示的句号
活活地勒断
时光挺起的腰杆
宣判了
一棵树的末日
Annual Growth Rings By WEI Yanlie
One ring after another
17


Entangled in the body
Forms an inextricable fast knot
Like periods acting as repeated reminders The rings break off
The back time has straightened up
Thus declaring
The doom of a tree
17 九月
云朵褪掉全身羽毛
枯叶流落街头
草原精心布下的局
被一阵凉风搅黄
寂寞占领了
一个又一个山头
往事走不出死亡的阴影
勉强活下来的
只有诗
September
By WEI Yanlie
18


Clouds shed their feathers
Withered leaves drift down the street
The layout that grassland has carefully designed Is scuppered by a cold wind
Loneliness has occupied
One mountain after another
Past events can not walk out of the death's shadow What barely survives
Is nothing but poetry
18 总结
笔杆子还保持着
曾经的硬度
握笔人的腰杆却越来越软
学会添油加醋
就像腰椎间盘突出
骨质增生
习惯了 就感觉不到一点痛
Summary
By WEI Yanlie
The penholder is still there
19


Retaining its original hardness

But the pen holder's waist is getting softer and softer
After having learned to embroider and embellish Like lumbar disc herniation
Hyperosteogeny
Once used to them
Patients won't feel any pain
19 法门寺
细雨浇灌着
越烧越旺的香火
一阵经声
开光了
随身携带的小佩件
仿佛有一只手
从黄昏伸出
在头顶轻轻地
摸了一下
Famen Temple
By WEI Yanlie
20


The drizzle is irrigating
The incenses that burn vigorously A fit of sutras chanting
Has consecrated
Small accessories of yours
As if there were a hand
Out of the dusk
Gently caressing
The top of
Your head
20 华山
铁索如一道闪电
阳光顺着山势
一刀一刀切下去
寒风把冬日的景色
从一个山头
搬到另一个山头
转过身
夕阳慢慢卷起一幅画
睡入梦中
Mount Hua
By WEI Yanlie
21


The iron chain is like a flash of lightning Sunlight follows the mountain shapes
And cuts one stroke after another
The cold wind makes winter scenery
Move from one peak to another
Turning back
You will see the setting sun slowly roll up a
picture
And fall asleep into a dream
21 冬至
风低头扯动着风扇
月光伸手
揭开往事的锅盖
星星如一盘煮好的水饺
思念摸着夜色
又一次把故乡端到眼前
我从梦里咬出
一枚硬币
Winter Solstice By WEI Yanlie
Wind bows its head and sets
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fans into motion


Moonlight reaches out
To uncover the pot cover of the past events Stars are like a plate of boiled dumplings Yearning gropes its way at night
And once again carries my hometown before my eyes I bite out of my dream
A coin
22 返乡
每一颗心
都是射向故乡的箭
身体里长出飞翔的翅膀
像只鸟被注定的命运
折腾来折腾去
攥一张车票
在聚与散之间
往返
Returning Home By WEI Yanlie
Every heart
23


Is an arrow shot at the native land Flight wings have grown out of bodies Like a destined bird
Tossing to and fro
Squeezing a ticket
Shuttling
Between reunion and separation
23 秋天
落叶一再暗示
一切跟生命无关的词语
都得割舍
秋风会掏空所有修饰
只留下一片苍白
交给天空
夕阳怀揣一丝牵挂
咽下
最后一口气
Autumn
By WEI Yanlie
24


Fallen leaves remind people again and again That all words that have nothing to do with life must be eliminated
Autumn wind will hollow out all decorations Leaving nothing but a pallor
To the sky
The sunset with a trace of regret
Swallows
Its last breath
24 晚秋
阳光试图从一片落叶里
捣腾出一点往事
趁虚而入的风
从门缝吹出我的忧伤
该来的都跟着节气如期而至
只有你例外
小路像一根风干的香肠
灌满乡愁
Late Autumn By WEI Yanlie
The sun is attempting to evoke a few past events
25


out of a fallen leaf
The wind

By taking advantage of my unpreparedness
Has blown my melancholy out through the door crack Everything that should come has come in accordance
with the solar terms
With you as the only exception
The path is like an air-dried sausage Filled with nostalgia
25 夜晚
风的刀尖
刺进夜晚的深处
一捆一捆月光
堆向墙角
酒杯倒空几滴往事
梦在越积越厚的雪里
走失
Night
By WEI Yanlie
The tip of wind's dagger
Stabs into the depth of night
26


Bundles of moonlight
Pile on the corner of walls
Several drops of past events are emptied off the
wine cup
Dreams are lost
In the growing thickness of snow
26 冬日
雾霾如一块脓包
被晚来的雨一针刺破
阳光温顺地
卧在门前的草地上
舔过黄昏
寒风趁机从门缝溜进来
月亮补住一片相思
Winter Days By WEI Yanlie
Haze is like a pustule
Pieced by the late rain
27


The sunlight is meekly
Lying on the meadow in front of the door Licking dusk
The cold wind has taken the opportunity to slip in
through a crack in the door
The moon mends a lovesickness
27 老人
阳光从老屋拎出来
蹲在墙角
日子榨干了浑身的油水
像一堆泥巴
被风捏出人的样子
让我过早地看到
自己
The Old Man By WEI Yanlie
Picked up and dragged out of an old house He is squatting at a wall corner
28


Having been bled white by life
He is like a pile of clay
molded into a human image by wind
Which reminds me of my future image just too early
28 春风
一呼百应
一声哨音紧急集合
草木皆兵
每一片叶子都成了冲锋的武器
花朵惯用美人计
雷电精通声东击西
小鸟按照指令
带回一道又一道密电
不费吹灰之力
红红绿绿的旗帜
插满大江南北
Spring Breeze
29


By WEI Yanlie
At one call
A hundred gather in response
Once a whistle for emergency assembly blows Every leaf becomes a weapon for charging Flowers are adept at using beauty tricks
While thunder and lightning excel in
Making a feint to the East but attacking in the West Following instructions
Birds bring back one cipher telegram after another
As easy as blowing off dust
Banners of profusion of colors
Have been erected all over the reaches of the Grand
River.
30


29 商洛
洛河奶水充足
大把大把的绿色
喂肥了一座又一座山
夕阳疯狂地暗恋着
一座小城
私藏人间最美的风水
归隐
Shangluo
By WEI Yanlie
The Luo River overwhelms with milk-like water Clusters of green galore
31


Have fattened one mountain after mountain
The setting sun is crushing madly
A small town
Which has stowed the most beautiful geomancy in the

world
For seclusion
30 句号
每一种文字
都不幸染上一身病毒
挑来挑去
找不到一个干净的词语
替我说出内心的伤悲
一首诗刚冒出头
就被一滴泪水
划上句号
A Full Stop By WEI Yanlie
32


Every word
Unfortunately
Has been infected with a virus Picking and selecting
I fail to find a clean word
To express my internal grief The moment a poem starts
A teardrop wells up
To act as a full stop
31 放生
我们可以放生
一条鱼，一只羊，一头牛
却不肯放过
一个人
诽谤，漫骂，算计
假疫苗，地沟油，毒奶粉
总有一把刀子
往死里捅
Freeing Captive Animals By WEI Yanlie
33


We are ready to free captive animals Such as a sheep, a fish or a cow
Yet we are often reluctant to set free A man
Slanders, curses, plots
Fake vaccines, ditch oil, poisoned milk powder Are always like a dagger
By which to stab to death
32 十月
一些旧事又被提起
摸着石头
一切真相早已浮出水面
熟透的思想挂在枝头
枫叶举起一面旗帜
迎面而来的风
踢着正步
鼓槌敲打着大地
日子像一条蛇皮袋
装满梦想
October
By WEI Yanlie
34


Some old things are brought up again
Feeling the stones
We find all the truth has come to the surface Thoroughly ripe thoughts hang on the branches Maple leaves raise a flag
The oncoming wind
is goosestepping
The drumstick is drumming the earth
Life is a snakeskin-like plastic woven bag Loaded fully with dreams
33 皮影
从牛皮里抠出
牛脾气
走街串巷
一把扁担挑起
悲与欢
童年的往事
在几根手指地操纵下
露出原形
A Shadow Puppet By WEI Yanlie
Having dug bullheadedness out of cowhide
35


You make rounds of streets and alleyways Carrying sadness and happiness
On a single pole
The past childhood events
are exposed
And their prototypes are revealed By manipulating several fingers
34 农民工
汗水是预留的种子
他们习惯在城市的边缘
种植酒绿灯红
窝在潮湿的工棚里
喝着西北风，就咸菜
把故乡啃成
一轮残月
Migrant Workers By WEI Yanlie
Drops of sweat
Like reserved seeds
36


Are habitually scattered on the edge of the city To grow into scenes of feasting and revelry Crammed into damp bunkrooms
Migrant Workers
Drinking the northwest wind And eating salt vegetables Bite homeland into
A waning moon
35 深秋
往事在雨水揉搓下
褪色，纵是最美的梦
敌不过一夜秋风
寂寞如宠养的小狗
躲在相册里
舔食着 旧痕新伤
Late Autumn By WEI Yanlie
Rubbed by the rain
The past fades
37


Even the most beautiful dream
can't be the match for a whole night's autumn wind Loneliness is like a little pet dog
Hiding in an album
Licking
Its old scars and new wounds
36 情人
在一张白纸上
画一个情人

长发遮掩着淡淡的忧伤
坐在一首小诗里
熄灭灯
她便踩着一路月光
一步一步地
靠近我
Lover
By WEI Yanlie
On a piece of white paper
38


A lover is drawn
Whose long hair hides a slight melancholy Sitting in a poem
After the lamp is extinguished
She plods on the moonlit road
Step by step
Close to me
37 枫叶
仿佛一只蝴蝶
在黄昏展开受惊的翅膀
从一本旧杂志的封面起飞
落在她的头顶
像毛线扎成的蝴蝶结
被一条羊角小辫牢牢拴住
月光是抖落的羽毛
铺满初秋的梦
Maple Leaves By WEI Yanlie
Like a butterfly
39


Spreading its frightened wings at dusk
Taking off from the cover of an old magazine And alighting on top of her head
Resembling a knot of wool
Fastened by a braid shaped like a goat's horn Moonlights
like quivering feathers
Strew and pave the dream of early autumn
38 羊与牧人
从夏季牧场转到冬季牧场
羊与牧人，整天混在一起
一点点拆掉心怀的戒备
羊牵挂着草，牧人只念叨着肉
羊哪里知道，人就是一只狼
披着一张羊皮
Sheep and Shepherds By WEI Yanlie
Roaming from summer pasture to winter pasture Sheep and shepherds mingle all day long Gradually taking off guard harbored toward one
40


another
The sheep are concerned about the grass while the
shepherds are only obsessed with mutton Sheep will never know
That man is a wolf
Disguised in sheepskin
39 生活
日子历经烟熏火烤
已面目全非
旧恨摞着新伤
仿佛一件脱不掉的盔甲
偶尔挤出一丝笑
补不住
生活千疮百孔的漏洞
世俗在黑白之间
磨出 满脸的老茧
Life
By WEI Yanlie
41


Smoked and roasted
The face of LIFE has become totally deformed Old hatred piled with new wounds
Resembles a helmet and armor that can't be taken
off
An occasional hint of a smile squeezed out Is unable to patch up
Loopholes in life
Secularity between black and white
Has triggered
Calluses all over the face
40 索道
缆车展开翅膀
像一只越飞越高的鸟
一头钻进天空
阳光的羽毛挂满枝梢
黄昏铺开
一幅幅珍藏的风景
最高的山峰
也得向人低头
Cableway
By WEI Yanlie
The cable car, spreading its wings
42


Like a bird flying higher and higher
Plunges headlong into the sky
The sun's feathers hang all over the branches Dusk unfolds
Many a treasured landscape
Even the highest mountain
Has to bow before people
41 秋雨
雨就这么下着
村庄蜷缩着身子
蹲在半山腰
门缝卡断
一条伸向远方的小路
炊烟节外生技
从黄昏揪出
一堆往事
Autumn Rain By WEI Yanlie
It keeps raining like this
43


The village huddles up
Squatting halfway on the hillside
A glimpse from a door crack

Snaps a path stretching into a far distance The curling smoke from kitchen chimneys ferret out from dusk
A pile of past events
Which is an utter digression
42 秋叶
风轻轻一搔
叶子就像头皮屑样掉落
越堆越高
直到把这个秋天
连同记忆里残存的风景一起
葬埋
留下几根枯枝
撑起一个梦
Autumn Leaves By WEI Yanlie
A gentle scratch by the wind
44


And leaves will fall like flakes of dandruff Piling higher and higher
Until they bury this autumn
Together with the remnant scenery in memory Leaving a few dry twigs
To hold up a dream
43 垃圾
每个人身体里
都积攒着一大堆垃极
空闲时我就清理
常常拎着自己用旧的影子
站在花花绿绿的桶桶旁
愣上半天
不知朝哪个里扔
Garbage
By WEI Yanlie
Inside everyone's body
A big pile of garbage is being accumulated
45


I clean mine up in my spare time
Often carrying my worn-out shadows
I stand by the brightly multicoloured bins Stupefied for half a day
Not knowing into which bin to throw
44 话题
房价还没降
肉价却蹭蹭蹭地
往上蹿，我必须把话题
从一首哼哼唧唧的诗里移开
养几头猪，即使买不上
一套房，也能吃个
膘肥体壮
Topic
By WEI Yanlie
House prices haven't fallen
Yet meat prices are soaring
46


I have to divert the topic
Away from a humming poem
Raise several pigs, even if I can't afford An apartment, at least
l can eat my fill
To become plump and sturdy
45 自嘲
当诗歌失去往日的诱惑
像塞在货架里
一堆反复打折的商品
倒闭了一个又一个百年老店
你得解开缠在脖子上
一根绳索
把身体从一棵树的枝头
丝瓜一样摘下来
卸掉专卖店的招牌
改卖百货
Self Mockery By WEI Yanlie
47


When poetry loses its past temptation
Like a pile of repeatedly-discounted goods Crammed on the shelves
Bankrupting one hundred-year-old shop after
another
You have to untie the rope tangled around your neck Taking your body down from a tree branch
Like picking a towel gourd
Remove the signboard of the exclusive shop
And shift to selling articles of daily use
46 中秋
夜色搂紧故乡
往事如一条没头没尾的鱼
游来游去，从不上钩
月亮一低头，穿过
远处的桥洞，像一滴泪
在人间沉浮
Mid-Autumn Festival By WEI Yanlie
Night hugs hometown tightly
The past, like a headless and tailless fish Swims around and never gets hooked
48


The moon lowers her head and passes through
The bridge arch in the distance, like a single tear Rising and falling in the world
47 寒露
石榴裂嘴一笑
枫叶便羞红了半面山坡
秋风一口一口吃掉
枝头的鸟鸣
寒露眨着眼睛
窥视着
薄雾在阳光试探下
露馅
Cold Dew
By WEI Yanlie
The moment pomegranates grin from ear to ear
49

Maple leaves blush half the hillside
The autumn wind eats up the chirping of birds perching on twigs one bite after another
Cold Dew
Blinking its eyes
Peeps
Mist betrays itself
Under the assault of sunshine
48 装着
某女又获奖了
靠几行歪歪扭扭的诗
一些事情大家心知肚明
都装着
她也装着
就像修复过的处女膜
谁都不情愿
一语道破
Pretending
By WEI Yanlie
A woman won another prize
50


By virtue of a few twisted lines of poetry Though something is well known to everybody Everybody is pretending to be unaware
She is pretending as well
Like a repaired hymen
Nobody is willing to
Puncture a fallacy with a single remark
49 汉中
如一只孔雀
被大山围养着
黄昏时
才缓缓地打开屏
总有些美让我忍不住
多看了几眼
Hanzhong
By WEI Yanlie
Like a peacock
Surrounded and nurtured by mountains At dusk
51


Gradually fanning out its tail feathers There must be some beauty
I can't help casting a few more glimpses
50 老师
一张脸
如一块旧黑板
挂在墙头
越擦越深的皱纹里
深藏着
童年的记忆
几根白发
如折断的粉笔
一次一次
朝我扔过来
Teacher
By WEI Yanlie
52


A face
Like an old blackboard
Hangs on the wall
Deep in wrinkles that become increasingly deeper
by wiping
Are hidden
Memories of childhood
A few white hairs
Like broken chalk
One time after another
Are being thrown at me
51 西安
城墙如一串佛珠
挂在钟楼的脖子上
阳光偶尔会伸出手指
拨动着，每念一下
就有一个朝代
从低矮的门洞里走出
兵俑身披盔甲
几千年按兵不动
Xi'an
By WEI Yanlie
The city wall is like a string of Buddha beads
53


Hanging on the neck of the bell tower
The sun occasionally sticks out its fingers Every time it twirls and prays
There is a dynasty
Coming out of the low doorway
The terra cotta warriors in armor stand still for
thousands of years
52 岁末
一年到头啄食文字
向生活低头弯腰
寒风薅尽了飞翔的羽毛
捂住流血的伤口
一翻身
从一个梦掉入另一个梦
日子像堆好的积木
推倒重来
End of the Year By WEI Yanlie
All the year round
54


I am busy pecking at words
Lower my head and bend before life
Cold winds have plucked all the flight feathers Covering the bleeding wound
Turning over
I fall from one dream into another
Life is like a pile of well-stacked building blocks Which must be leveled and started all over again
53 山村
一声呼唤
从炊烟里长出
马蹄缠起晚归的小路
如果没有月亮
萤火虫就打着灯笼
满山遍野地
寻找
A Mountain Village By WEI Yanlie
A call
Renders the cooking smoke
55

generating a path wrapped up by horse hooves for late returning
Which
If there is no moon
Fireflies are seeking
all over mountains and fields
by light of lanterns
54 白露
夜爬上发梢
染白墙壁一面镜
寂寞抬高额头的海拨
荒草已无力隐瞒
衰败的迹象
冥冥中，总有些暗示
指向死亡
White Dew
By WEI Yanlie
Night crawls upon the hair ends Whitening a mirror on the wall
56


Solitude has raised the altitude of brows Withered wild weeds are too impotent to conceal Signs of decay
Out of imperceptibility
There are always some hints
Pointing to death
55 后半夜
扶起跌倒的身影
摇摇晃晃闯过一路红灯
雨湿透了临街阳台上
滑落的几声呼噜
如果一男一女
故事就可能编得生动离奇
偏偏是两个男人
无话不说
After Midnight By WEI Yanlie
Propping up the fallen figure Staggering through
57


red lights all the way
The rain soaking a few snores
Slipped from a balcony facing the street
Were they a man and a woman
The story would be concocted vivid and bizarre But they are two men
Talking about everything without any reserve
56 古井
一把辘轳
绞起混浊的记忆
麻绳紧勒着
没黑没白的日子
谁也说不清哪个冬天
一个女人丢下冰锅冷灶
用身子填平这个窟窿
磨盘捂住
一张嘴
An Old Well By WEI Yanlie
58


A windlass
Hoists a turbid memory
With ropes fastening miserable life tight and taut No one can tell in which winter
A woman left cold stove and cauldron behind
And jumped into the well to fill the hole
A millstone seals
A mouth
57 枫叶
像盖满公章的加急文件
顺着隐密的山路
一级一级转发下来
一字不露地
传达到每棵树
一夜之间
满山遍野一片红
Maple Leaves By WEI Yanlie
Like an urgent document stamped with official seals Being gradually transmitted along the hidden
59


mountain paths
To every tree
Literally
Overnight
All over hills and dales are blazing red.
58 登大雁塔
是塔一截一截长高 而我却停在 1 米 75 的高度 用尽浑身力气
往上爬的人 最终都得丢下远处的景 老老实实回到地上 手里捏着
一张作废的门票
Ascending the Great Wild Goose Pagoda By WEI Yanlie
It is the pagoda that grows taller section by
60


section
While my height remains at 1.75 meters
Using up all his physical strength
The climber
will ultimately have to leave the distant vista
behind
and return honestly to the ground Pinching in hand
An invalid ticket
59 往事
一一读杨军《西迁往事》
键盘敲开紧锁的木门
往事披一件粗布衫
跟着几声咳嗽
走出老屋
一点一点捡起
零碎的记忆
叠起发黄的影子
装订成册
The Past Events
Reflections on reading Yang Jun's History of Moving to the West

61


By WEI Yanlie
The keyboard has knocked open the tightly-locked wooden door,
The Past dressed in a coarse garment, Following a few coughs,
Walks out of the old house.
Picking it up bit by bit,
Fragmentary memories
Have folded up yellowing shadows Into a bound volume.
60 教师
塔吊越伸越长的手臂
穿过黑色的土地
贫穷的记忆
填不饱一位老人
越张越大的胃口
一根粉笔
在一块巴掌大的自留地里
种瓜得瓜
Teacher
By WEI Yanlie
The arm of the tower crane that stretches longer
62


and longer
Crosses the black land
Memories of poverty
Can't fill up an old man's
Appetite that grows increasingly bigger A piece of chalk
In a palm-sized reserved plot
Reaps what it sows
61 中秋节
像一件破衣衫
搭在桶沿
折腾了半天
他埋头从垃圾桶里
翻出一块月饼
狠狠地咬了一口
我真担心
这浑身长毛的家伙
带着人间的毒
Mid-Autumn Festival By WEI Yanlie
63


Like a tattered garment
Hanging over the bin brim
He, burying himself in the bin
Which he has been rummaging for half a day Comes upon a mooncake
Which he bites a fierce bite
I'm really worried
That this moldy stuff
Is saturated with human poisons
62 柳如是
诗琴书画
歌与舞
一身才情流落红尘
拎起孤独的背影
在乱世闯荡
爱与恨纠结一生
弱不禁风的身子
扶不起大明的江山
满腔抱负
错投了女儿胎
LIU Rushi
By WEI Yanlie
64


With versatile talents in
Zither, chess, calligraphy, painting,
Singing and dancing,
You, having fallen into prostitution,
Picking up your lonely figure,
Struggles in troubled times.
Love tangled with hate for a lifetime,
Your frail body
Can't support the Ming Dynasty's sovereignty. All lofty ambitions
Were by mistake reincarnated into a woman.
63 兵马俑
铁蹄踩过头顶
八百里急报
吹不响出征的号角
刀剑早己生锈
战车深陷历史的泥潭
这支庞大的军队
丢下江山社稷
隐姓埋名
只为一个人守灵
Terra Cotta Warriors By WEI Yanlie
65


Iron hoofs trampling overhead
Even an urgent dispatch cannot sound
The trumpet for an expedition
For swords have long rusted
And chariots have been trapped in the quagmire of
history
This grand army
Having put their rivers and mountains aside Conceals their identity
And holds wakes only for a single dead monarch
64 街头
枕着几声蝉鸣
一个农民工躺在木椅上
梧桐筛过的阳光
给沾满泥土的粗布衫
绣满了花纹
他像一只沉睡的花豹
牙缝里挤出一丝笑
一侧身
掉落人间
像一片枯黄的叶子
On the Street By WEI Yanlie
To a few cicada chirpings on the pillow
66

A migrant worker is lying on a wooden bench With sunshine sieved by plane trees
Rendering his mud-covered coarse cloth garment Embroidered with patterns
He, like a slumbering leopard
Squeezes a smile through the cracks between his teeth
To lean to one side
He has fallen into the world Like a withered yellowish leaf
65 处暑
雨水为荷花卸装
落叶脱掉
最后一声蝉鸣
凉风夜夜偷袭
气温从手背凉到手心
稻子张口说露了
揣了大半年的迷底
Limit of Heat By WEI Yanlie
Rain has removed the makeup for lotuses
Falling leaves have taken off the last chirping of cicadas
67


Cool breezes engage themselves in sneak attacks night after night
Making coolness piercing through from handback to palm
Paddies open their mouths
And reveal an answer to the riddle they have harbored for over half a year
66 落叶
像要出远门的女人
从衣柜里翻出几件旧衣衫
试了又试
风轻声唤了一下
如一只蝴蝶
扑腾一下
飞起来，为我指认
一条回家的路
Falling Leaves By WEI Yanlie
Like a woman who is going away for a long trip Rifling through the wardrobe for some old clothes
68


Which she tries again and again
Upon the wind's whisper
Like a butterfly
She
With a flutter
Flies up and indicates for me
The way home
67 海子
一块石头
怀揣神灵的口谕
从天空坠落
像一块碑
楔入人生的旅途
车轮吟诵着
一首诗
走向远方
HAI Zi
By WEI Yanlie
A stone
Cherishing the oracle of the immortals
69


Falls from the sky
Like a stele
Wedging into the journey of life The wheels chanting
A poem
Roll into the distance
68 雨夜
风哽咽着
梦湿淋淋地
站在对岸
芦苇荡蹿出的小木船
载着一舱往事
穿过低矮的桥洞
在黎明沉没
Rainy Night By WEI Yanlie
The wind is choking.
70


DREAM, soaking wet,
Stands on the opposite bank.
A small wooden boat surging out of reed marshes, Carrying a cabinful of past events,
Crossing a low bridge arch,
Sinks at dawn.
69 飞鸽
铃声响了几下
如一缕烟
她从推开的门缝溜了出来
沿着坑坑洼洼的小路
差点就要飞起来
她伸手搂住我的腰
像一条受惊的小青蛇
缠紧一段往事
从不松手
Flying Pigeon Wen/Empty is quiet
71


The bell ring several times,
Like a wisp of smoke
She slipped through the open door, Along the rugged path,
And almost flying
She put her hand around my waist. Like a frightened little snake Entangling a past event
And never letting
70 春分
把春天放在案板上
一刀剁成两截
没有比这更公平了
黑与白
均分了整个天下
瞬间过后
阳光开始倾斜
梦越来越短
花开得快
落起来更快
it go.
Solstice
72

Place Spring on the cutting board One chop to halve it
Nothing is more fair than this: Black and white
Divide equally the whole sphere An instant later
To slant the Sun starts
Shorter are the dreams
Faster the blossoms bloom
Even faster they fall
71 八一
不断调整目标
瞄准
一发子弹
划过时光的膛线
把南昌城一声枪声
深深地
楔入我的骨头
时刻提醒着
我的身体就是一枚弹壳
填满火药
73


72 秋叶
夜熬得两眼通红
秋叶是赶制的牛皮纸信封
我铺开一片月光
写满思念
轻轻地对折
塞进去
托付一缕秋风
捎回
Autumn Leaves By WEI Yanlie
Having stayed up at night and got two eyes red
74


Autumn leaves are kraft envelopes rushed out I spread a sheet of moonlight
On which to fully write my yearning
Then gently fold it in half
Tuck it in
And entrust a wisp of autumn wind To take along
73 鬼节
趁着月亮还没有露面
从一堆文字里取出
一些模糊不清的词语
摆放在城市的十字路口
一个一个点燃
这乌烟瘴气的诗坛
群魔乱舞
堵死了一首诗的活路
就让它见鬼去吧
The Ghost Festival By WEI Yanlie
75


Before the moon appears
I just draw out of a pile of characters Some vague words
And place them at the crossroad in the city Ignite one after another
The miasma of the poetic circle
Where demons and monsters dance like mad Has blocked the way for a poem to survive Then let it go to hell
74 藏家女孩
整个草原都是她的后台
一座又一座山
撑起酥油茶牦牛肉喂养的身体
仿佛一棵高原红柳
枝丫间结满
永远摘不完的金银财宝
阳光绕过帐篷
消溶的雪水
绽放了
一朵圣洁的雪莲
A Tibetan Girl By WEI Yanlie
76


and
The whole prairie is her backstage
One mountain after another
Props up her body feeding on yak meat
buttered tea
Like a plateau rose willow
Amongst whose branches
bear gold and silver treasures
That can never be picked up
Sunlight has bypassed the tent
Meltinging snow
Rendering a sacred snow lotus in full bloom
75 雨伞
从深深的雨巷走出
一把伞
像一块补丁
补不住
漏洞百出的天空
泛滥的思念
淹没了
通往故乡的小路
Umbrella
By WEI Yanlie
Out of a deep rainy lane
77


Walks an umbrella
Like a patch
Which can't mend
The leaky sky
Flooding thoughts
Have submerged
The tiny path leading to my hometown
76 书博会
酷暑一路拦截
挡不住接踵而来的身影
一个接着一个摊位
摆满嫩绿的文字
我只是失散在人间的一个词
从一本线装书里滑落
被走动的脚步
踩来踩去
Book Fair
By WEI Yanlie
Incessant interceptions all the way by the hot
78


summer
Cannot hold back the following steps One booth after another
Displays verdant words
I am just a word lost in the world Slipped from a thread-bound book Stamped by
Footsteps to and fro
77 读书日

感觉不到有什么异样
与昨天相比
日子仿佛复印出的一张表格
地铁照样从黎明开出
医院挂号的队伍
一直扯到黄昏
酒店、餐馆生意冷淡
几个食客紧靠窗户
埋头翻看着一本菜谱
街头巷尾
人们打探着
学生复课的消息
79


World Book Day By WEI Yanlie
Comparing with yesterday
I don't feel anything different
A new day is like a copy of a form
The subway still leaves at dawn
In hospitals, queues waiting to register last till
dusk
Hotels and restaurants suffer a slack business Several diners sit close to the window
bending to read a menu
In streets and lanes
People are prying
News of when students will resume classes
80


78 草原
羊群沿着山坡
被一条鞭子赶到天空
累了
随便一个姿势
一动不动迷糊一会
有时也会撕下一缕阳光
嚼上大半天
一有风吹草动
撒腿便跑
像一群无人看管的野孩子
天黑了
才肯回到地上
81


Grassland
By WEI Yanlie
A drove of sheep moving along the hillside At the crack of a whip
Are driven to the sky
Tired
In whatever pose
Doze off for a while
Sometimes tearing off a wisp of sunshine
Chewing it for over half a day
The moment wind sways grass
They will scamper away
like a group of children hankering after fun Not until dark
Do they reluctantly return to the ground
82


79 路遇
狗蹲在人行道上
拉下一堆脏物
女人从包里抽出几张手纸
收拾着
我突然想起
那些无人照顾的老人
一把屎一把尿
养活了
一帮儿女
Encounter on the Road By WEI Yanlie
83


A dog suddenly squatted on the sidewalk
and discharged a pile of excrement
A woman took some toilet paper out of her bag and clean it up
This suddenly reminded me
Those unattended old people
never complaining the offensive smell of a handful
of shit and a handful of urine had reared a gang of children
80 人生
再硬的腰杆
都经不住风掰来折去
悲与喜
一台好戏注定草草收场
只留下墓碑上
一行字
盖棺定论
Life
By WEI Yanlie
However stiff your spine is
It cannot stand the to-and-fro sway of the wind Whether a comedy or a tragedy
84


A good play is bound to come to a hasty end Leaving on the grave stone
A line of words
As a final say
81 读书日
有人读着菜单
有人读着银行存折
有人反来复去
读着黑红梅方一把牌
也有人
翻开一摞病历
读着容易出错的几个关键词
我对着一面镜子
读自已
World Book Day By WEI Yanlie
Someone is reading the menu
85


Someone is reading the bank book
Someone is repeatedly
reading a hand of cards
consisting of spades, hearts, clubs and diamonds There are also others

who open a stack of medical records and read some error-prone key words I, looking in a mirror
Read myself
82 读书
大半辈子
跟文字打交道
一直没有弄明白
白纸黑字
与现实
究竟有多大出入
总有一些人
书读了几箩筐
最终却栽了跟头
Reading
By WEI Yanlie
86


Having dealt with words
for over half my life
I always fail to figure out
what differences there are
between black characters on white paper and reality
There always exist some people
who have read several baskets of books before coming a cropper in the end
83 青春
常常被一封加急电报招回
叠起做了一半的梦
从时光紧锁的箱底
翻出那件褪色的迷彩服
扛一杆长枪
绕着地图划定的红线
走上几圈
雄纠纠气昂昂地
跨过鸭绿江
Youth
By WEI Yanlie
87


Often recalled by an urgent telegram
I
Folding a half-finished dream
Digging out the faded camouflage
From the bottom of the chest that is tightly locked
by time
Carrying a rifle
Circling a few laps along the red line demarcated around the map
Stride across the Yalu River Valiantly and full of mettle
84 文字
偶尔也会掀开书本
从那些精心编撰的故事里
探出头来
偷看一眼人间
一群天生就不会说话的哑巴
只能借用一张纸活着
一本书或薄或厚
都将成为 埋葬他们的坟墓
Characters
By WEI Yanlie
88


Occasionally unveiling books
Sticking their heads out of
stories that have been meticulously cococted Peeking at the world
A group of innate dumbs
can only resort to a piece of paper to live A book
Be it thin or thick
is destined to become
their graves
85 变化
那时
吃了多年的大锅饭
突然成了过街的老鼠
人人喊打
个个支起小灶
一些人炖着羊肉
另一些人熬着稀饭
几年功夫
贫与富
仿佛背道而驰的列车
拽断了
一条冰冷的铁轨
89


Change
By WEI Yanlie
Once upon a time
Food prepared in a large canteen cauldron The order of the day for many years
All of a sudden
Became a mouse crossing the street
At which everybody yelled
Kill it; kill it
Ever since then
Everyone has pitched up small stoves Over which some are stewing mutton while others are boiling porridge A span of a few years
Has witnessed
That the rich and the poor
Just like two trains rolling in opposite directions Have pulled a cold track apart
90


86 旧书摊
从封面旧到封底
活着
或者死去的人
混杂着堆放在一起
被一阵讨价还价
打折出卖
那些反复使用过的文字
在打开书本的瞬间
重返人间
Old Books Stall By WEI Yanlie
91


Thoroughly old are books from front cover to back cover
Whose authors are either
alive or dead

Mixed and stacked together Haggled and sold at a discount Words once used repeatedly have revived in the world immediately people open books
87 山中
没有条条框框
生命都有各自的活法
鸟鸣只是琴弦上一个音符
草木会按照自己的意思
随便生长
阳光竭尽全力
关照着每一片叶子
溪水绕过村庄
转来转去
从不肯迈出半步
Amid the Mountains By WEI Yanlie
92


Subjecting to no rules
Life has its own way
Birdsong is just a note on the string Following their own wishes
Grass and trees will grow casually
The sun does its utmost to tend to every leaf The stream bypasses the village
Turning around again and again
Reluctant to take a step forward
88 立夏
越削越尖的阳光
像一根刺挑破黎明
故乡拖泥带水
从春天的故事里走出
一阵风趁虚而入
偷吃了
枝头几枚青果
闪电撕破夜晚的脸皮
河水撑起一叶小船
私奔
Beginning of Summer By WEI Yanlie
93


Like a spike becoming increasingly sharper with each cutting
The ray of sunshine pierces the dawn
My hometown has walked out of the story of spring sloppily
A gust of wind taking advantage of vulnerability Steals some green fruits on the branch Lightning rips the face of the night
The river props up a boat
For elopement
89 时光
擦掉过去
擦掉庚子年
擦掉五月
擦掉昨天
能留下今天就够了
我从不过问时间
打探明天的事
时光终于完成构思的作品
把我弄成现在的样子
一个人打坐阳光下
像一尊稀泥捏成的塑像
面前
跪着自己的影子
94


Time
By WEI Yanlie
Erase the past
Erase the year of gengzi
Erase the month of May
Erase yesterday
Just let today stay
This is enough
I have never asked time to
find out what's going on tomorrow
Time has finally completed the work out of its
conception
Making me what I am
Sitting alone in the sun
Like a statue made of clay
with my own shadow
Kneeling in front
95


90 可可西里
我的内心
有一大片撂荒的土地
从来都没有人能够抵达
牦牛驮着云朵
迁徙
阳光灼伤眺望的目光
寂寞比可可西里
还多出几里
The Hoh Xil By WEI Yanlie
96


In my inner world
There is a vast expanse of uncultivated land Which nobody has reached
Yaks migrate carrying a load of fleecy clouds Sunlight has scorched the gazing eyes
The Hoh Xil
Is still a few miles shy of the
breadth of solitude
91 童年
像一群散放的鸡鸭
满山遍野地
觅食
捉迷藏，过家家
玩累了
家只是避风躲雨的窝
站在粪堆上
一次又一次练习着
飞翔
Childhood
By WEI Yanlie
97


Like a flock of chickens and ducks scattering all over mountains and fields
foraging

Children play hide-and-seek
as well as playing house
When they are tired out
They head for home that is just a shelter from the
wind and rain
Standing on a dunghill
They practice flying again and again
92 老虎
之前
它只是一只猫
温顺、谨慎、听话
一门心思逮老鼠
人见人爱
突然露出了满口獠牙
成为一只虎
凶恶、残忍、贪婪
有着永远填不饱的好胃口
一条夹不住的尾巴
拽出一个天大的数字
一幅铁笼
98


收拾了风烛残年
Tiger
By WEI Yanlie
Once upon a time
It was just a cat
Docile, cautious and obedient
Dedicated to catching mice heart and soul
Which made everybody love it whenever they saw it All of a sudden, it shows its fangs
and becomes a tiger
Ferocious, cruel, greedy
With an appetite that will never be satisfied A tail that fails to tuck
Pulls out an astronomical figure
An iron cage
Will confine it for its declining years
99


93 石榴花
阳光划过五月
点亮十万盏油灯
每一棵树都是一把火
整座山开始燃烧
黄昏一盏一盏挪向夜晚
风吹了半天
不见动静
Pomegranate Flowers By WEI Yanlie
The sunshine has streaked across the month of May
100


Lighting up a hundred thousand oil lamps
With every tree being a fire
The whole mountain is set ablaze
Dusk witnesses one lamp after another edging
towards night
The wind has been blowing for half a day To no avail
94 面子
从一堆棉花里抽出
一根线，织成布
有的做了面子
有的却做了里子
磨来磨去
被生活最先撕破的
总是面子
Outside
By WEI Yanlie
101


Drawn from a pile of cotton
A thread is thence woven into cloth Some is made into outside
Some is made into inside
There is no exception that
constant rubbing by life will always rip the outside
prior to the inside
95 女人
把思念揉进面里
擀成一轮月
包住搬着指头数不清的日子
一口一口吞下
一个梦刚做了半截
便被一阵敲门声
叫醒
Woman
By WEI Yanlie
102


Having kneaded all the yearnings into flour Which in turn was rolled out into a moon-like dough In which to wrap the days that couldn't be counted
even using fingers
She swallowed it one bite at a time
A dream was half done
when suddenly a string of hasty knocks woke the dreamer
96 瞬间
花朵开得正好
每一片叶都是精选的道具
我不停调整姿势
再来一张
过不了多久
满园春色都将不辞而别
远处的村庄也会消失
只有这些照片
是来过人间的证据
Moments
103


By WEI Yanlie
The flowers beside me are in full bloom
Every leave is a carefully-selected prop
I keep on adjusting poses to take another picture Presently
The whole garden full of spring vigor will

disappear without saying good-bye
The villages in the distance will disappear as well Only this photo
is the proof that they have existed in the world
97 影子
像从身体里
逃出的另一个人
一会在眼前晃悠
一会在背后跟着
我试图甩掉
气急了
也会狠狠跺上几脚
折腾了大半辈子
没走出
留在心里的阴影
Shadow
104


By WEI Yanlie
Like another person who has escaped from my own body
The shadow either sways in front of me or follows me behind
I try to get rid of it
Exasperated
I'll stamp my feet several times ferociously Having tossed about for most of my life
I still haven't walked out of
The shadow left in my heart
98 农家乐
乡下人的实诚
统统摆在桌面上
七碟子八碗
咀嚼着故乡的味道
一个饱嗝
打出一堆往事
打包
拎起剩余的表情
回家
Agritainment By WEI Yanlie
105


All the rural farmers' sincerity is expressed on the table on which
are seven plates and eight bowls
Chewing the flavor of my native land
and making a burp
will remind me of a mountain of past events Bagging up and
Picking up the residual expressions
I am bound for home
99 母亲
一个母亲
养活一大堆孩子
一大堆孩子
养活不了一个母亲
在他们眼里
母亲枯竭的双乳
如一个慢慢泄气的皮球
在几个子女之间
丢来扔去
这些反来复去发生的事
从来都没改变
一个女人
106


变成母亲的愿望
Mother
By WEI Yanlie
A mother
Has brought up a large mob of children
While a large mob of children fail to support a
mother
In their eyes
Mother's mummified breasts
are like slowly deflated balls
being thrown back and forth between them These repeated happenings
have never altered
A woman's desire
To become a mother
107


100 摆摊
仿佛一根糖葫芦
一条街串起
一个紧挨着一个摊位
吆喝声、叫买声、讨价还价
合奏出生活的酸甜苦辣
如一根肥肠
灌满人间烟火
从这头挤到哪头
买一根冰棍或一双袜子
可以啥都不买
沾一身乡味
108


入梦
Stalls
By WEI Yanlie
Like sugarcoated haws on a stick
A street has sprung up
One stall after another
The din of shouting, hawking and bargaining Makes a symphony of ups and downs
of joys and sorrows in life Like a fat intestine
squeezed with the world's vitality
from this end to that end
The street is just where to buy a popsicle or a pair
of socks
Or you may buy nothing
Having been soaked with flavors of the countryside You may plunge into a beautiful dream
109


101 老屋
墙皮脱下
灯光素描的身影
一只蜘蛛
网住炕头残留的往事
生锈的门锁
想不起 一把钥匙的模样
An Old House By WEI Yanlie

The wall has peeled off
110


The shadows sketched by the lamp light
A spider
Has enmeshed the past events left over the warmer
end of the brick bed
The rusty door lock
Is oblivious of
What a key looked like
102 夏风
撞开夜晚的栅栏
一声嘶鸣
从黎明杀出
铁蹄扬起八百里风尘
如脱僵的战马
从一匹跑成一群
被一阵雨拦截
Summer Wind
By WEI Yanlie
111


Breaking through night's
fence
Neighing
You blaze a trail at dawn
With your iron hoofs
Kicking up clouds of dust over eight hundred li Like a steed unbridled
You gallop all by yourself and consequently are joined by a drove
Only to be intercepted by a shower
103 收麦
村里外出打工的男人
被布谷一声啼鸣
一一招回
镰刀放倒一片心事
麦子脱掉穿旧的衣衫
光溜溜地
躺满村旁的场畔
青蛙围着池塘对唱起情歌
夜枕一声犬吠
入梦
112


Harvesting Wheat By WEI Yanlie
Men working outside as migrate workers in the village
Upon the crowing of cuckoos
Are all summoned to return
Sickles let go of a lot of worries
Having taken off its old garments
Wheat lies naked on thrashing grounds beside the
village
Frogs sing antiphonal love songs around the pond With a bark on the pillow at night
One falls asleep
104 城市
张开血盆大口
像一只饥饿的老虎
一下一下
吃掉
一个又一个村庄
钢筋在大地拔节疯长
一幢幢高楼大厦
仿佛一座座碑
葬埋了
一大片往事
113


Cities
By WEI Yanlie
Like a hungry tiger
Opening your bloody mouth
You have swallowed up
One village after another
Steel bars seem to be elongating and growing
rampant on the earth
High-rise buildings
Like monuments
Have buried
A big pile of past events
Translated by NI Qinghang
105 地铁
一口一口吃掉
黑暗
像一条蚯蚓
沿着命运划定的线条
独自穿梭
织成一张网
网住抬头浅浅一笑
一次偶尔的相遇
成了一辈子丢不下的心事
114


Underground Railway By WEI Yanlie
One bite at a time
You have eaten up
Darkness
Like an earthworm
You all by youself
Shuttle along the line drawn by destiny And weave a net
With which you enmesh someone's soft smile hovering on her lips while she looks up
An occasional encounter has become something weighing on mind all your life
106 清晨
阳光挑破黎明
喜鹊把一串啼鸣
挂向树梢
微风挽起裤腿
从林间穿过
露水打湿了新换的布鞋
向日葵揉揉眼
试了几下
抬不起沉重的头
115


Early Morning By WEI Yanlie
Sunlight has pierced the veil of dawn
Magpies have festooned a string of crowing atop trees
Gentle breeze

Having rolled up its pant legs
Has penetrated the woods
Soaking the newly-put cloth shoes Sunflowers rub their eyes
Despite several attempts
And fail to raise their heavy heads
107 七一
从党徽里取出
一把镰刀
磨了磨
然后挂在胸前
对着一面旗
举起紧攥的拳头
许下
最初的誓言
July 1st
116


By WEI Yanlie
Having taken the sickle out of the party emblem and honed it again and again
You hang it on your chest
Facing a flag
You raise your clenched fist And make
The original oath
108 萤火虫
夜暮下
满头白发的母亲
如一只萤火虫
在一片庄稼地里飞飞停停
仿佛头戴一盏矿灯
从黑暗中
一点一点地
爬出来
Glowworm
117


By WEI Yanlie
After nighfall
White-haired Mother
Like a glowworm
Flies and hovers in a patch of cropland As if she wore a miner's lamp
And crawled out of darkness
Bit by bit
109 高考
拎起沉甸甸的命运
挤在人生的独木桥上
每一步
都潜伏着无法预料的危险
远处
阳光虚幻出
一片海市蜃楼
年迈的父母
手里捏着一把冷汗
把急得上火的心
118


温度计里水银一样
一下提到嗓子眼
College Entrance Examination By WEI Yanlie
Carrying a heavy destiny
Cramming onto the single-log bridge of life They watch for every step
Latent with unpredictable dangers
In the distance
Sunlight gives out an illusory mirage
Old parents
Squeeze a handful of cold sweat
With a burning heart
like mercury in a thermometer
Heaved to the throat
119


110 夏日
廉价的阳光
堆满大街小巷
蝉鸣仿佛一根拨火棍
搅乱午后的安静
满池荷叶
举不起黄昏一阵雨
蚊子趴在耳朵边
半天
一句话都没说
120


A Summer Day By WEI Yanlie
Cheap sunlight
Piles up on both streets and alleys
The chirping of cicadas
Like a poker
Disturbs the tranquility of the afternoon A pondful of lotus leaves
Fail to lift up a shower at dusk
A mosquito lying on the edge of
For half a day
Does not hum a word
111 飞蛾
我故意把灯光拧亮
这些不易察觉的小生命
从暗处
纷纷聚过来
用溅满鲜血的教训
警示我
追求光明 必须付出代价
121
the ear


Moths
By WEI Yanlie
I deliberately turned up the light
So that the imperceptible little creatures Out of darkness
might flock together in hordes
By means of a lesson splashed with blood They alerted me
That to pursue light
One must pay a price
112 聚会
围着桌子
一帮人边吃边聊
从周边环境扯到国际局势
吃空七碟子八碗
没尝出一点火药的味道
酒足饭饱
迷迷糊糊回家
半夜
被一阵枪声惊醒
122


我光着身子冲出房门
手里提着一个酒瓶
Gathering
By WEI Yanlie
Around the table
A gang of people are chatting while eating Their topics ranging from the surroundings to the
international landscapes

Despite eating up seven dishes and eight bowls of
delicacies
They fail to taste the smell of gunpowder Having dined and wined to satiety
They go home in a daze
At midnight
Awakened by a report of gunshots I rush out of the door naked With a wine bottle in my han
113 月亮
月亮越来越大
像个磨盘
被一头老驴紧拽着
在村口打转
一声吆喝
叫醒 做了多年的梦
The Moon


By WEI Yanlie
The waxing moon
Like a millstone
Is hauled by an old donkey
and is made spinning
At the entrance to the village
A shout
Will wake up
The dream harbored for many years
114 中秋
月亮出面指认现场
时光卷走
柳树下堆积的往事
石头一动不动地
坐在池塘边
风一张口
说露了 多年前的行踪


Mid-Autumn Festival By WEI Yanlie
The moon comes forward to identify the scene Time sweeps away past events piled up under willows The stone sits motionless at the edge of the pond The moment wind opens its mouth
It reveals
the whereabouts occurring many years ago
115 国庆
打开地图
把祖国叠成一架飞机
载满祝福与梦想
从我心中起飞
穿过历史的天空
像一只鹰
在蓝天白云间
飞翔
National Day By WEI Yanlie
Open the map
And fold motherland into a plane
Which is loaded fully with blessings and dreams The plane taking off from my heart
Flies
Through the sky of history
Between blue sky and white clouds

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