中国大好き

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TIME

My best time for writing poetry
was when I had time,
when I had all the time in the world
and nary a care.
I had time enough to read
Yu Hua’s every novel and many stories,
just because of the feel of his language
and Republic of Wine by Mo Yan
and Gao Xingjian, all in Chinese.
I didn’t write many poems.
Maia was small. I had time before her.
Actually, translating more poetry
began just before Leo was born.
Anyway, we were in China
forever.

MW June 2019

《时间》

维马丁诗
伊沙译

我写诗的最佳时间
是在我有时间的时候，
当我拥有这个世界上所有的时间
并且毫不在意。
我有足够的时间阅读
余华的每一部长篇小说和许多短篇小说，
只是因为他的语言感觉
莫言的《酒国》
还有高行健，全是中文。
我写诗不多。
玛雅还小。我在她出生前有时间。
其实，还是翻译做得更多
在乐友出生前就开始了。
不管怎样，我们在中国
永远。

2019年6月

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