中国大好き

Yi Sha
CHRISTMAS MEMORY

At the beginning of the 1990s,
this town where I am
didn’t celebrate Christmas.
The college I teach at,
the foreign studies university, did.
Every class had their parties,
students and their foreign teachers.
Christmas carols in foreign languages,
wafting out from the classroom windows,
singing in harmony with the snowflakes,
whether it was snowing or not.
I stopped and listened,
feeling culture and beauty
closing the fresh wound in my heart.

Translated by MW, 12/25/21

圣诞之忆 | 伊沙

在 1990 年代初期
我所在的城市
是不过圣诞节的
我任教的大学
一所外语学院过
更像是各班在开联欢会
学生与他们的外教
用外语唱的圣诞歌
从教学楼的窗口飘出来
为天空中有或没有的雪花
唱出和声
引我驻足倾听
感觉到文明与美好
内心的新伤在愈合

Yi Sha
WEIHNACHTSERINNERUNG

Am Anfang der 1990er Jahre
hat die Stadt wo ich war
Weihnachten nicht gefeiert.
Die Uni wo ich unterrichtet hab,
eine Fremdsprachenhochschule, schon.
Parties in jedem Fach, jedem Jahrgang.
Studenten mit ausländischen Lehrkräften
singen in Fremdsprachen Weihnachtslieder.
Es weht aus den Fenstern des Lehrgebäudes,
klingt in Harmonie mit dem Schnee,
ob es schneit oder nicht.
Ich bleib stehen, hör zu,
spür Schönheit, Kultur,
das heilt meine frische Wunde im Herzen.

Übersetzt von MW am 24. 12. 2021

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