Archive for the ‘江湖海’ Category
十月 5, 2019
Jiang Huhai
HEIGHT OF THE WORLD
To look for a person with backbone,
take the bones apart,
then one by one join them together.
The kneecaps cannot bend,
the whole spine cannot be bent,
nor can it be soft.
Not one bone can be bent or soft.
The sole of the foot stands on the ground,
then the bones rise up towards the sky.
When they are joined for the final height,
that is the height of the world.
I haven’t found it yet,
can’t take myself apart after all.
Translated by MW, October 2019
世界的高度
江湖海
寻找一个有骨气的人
把骨头拆了
一根一根接起来
膝骨不能弯
整条脊椎骨不能弯
也不能软
哪一根都不能弯不能软
脚掌骨立在地上
一根一根地往天上接
接完的高度
就是世界的高度
我没找到他
我还不能把自己拆了
标签：assemble, backbone, bent, bones, character, courage, disintegrate, history, Jiang Huhai, memory, NPC, people, poetry, politics, self, society, soft, world, 新世纪詩典, 江湖海
发表在 1949, 1959, 1969, 1979, 1989, 1999, 2009, 2019, 20th century, 21st century, Middle Ages, NPC, October 2019, poetry, Uncategorized, 新世纪诗典, 江湖海 | Leave a Comment »
七月 1, 2019
Jianghu Hai
DER ALTE GENOSSE SAGTS MIR WIEDER WEITER
Jianghu Hai,
XXX hat wieder über dich geredet
und XX auch,
als dein alter Chef.
Sie sagen,
du zeigst deine Tochter her, deinen Sohn, deine Frau.
Sie sagen du schreibst Tag für Tag
lauter Speichelgedichte
und schimpfst auch noch blind einen Schwanz
über diesen und jenen.
Ich mach mir Sorgen um dich,
ich hab dir von Anfang an immer gesagt,
du musst selber wissen, was du da machst.
März 2019
Übersetzt von MW am 1. Juli 2019
标签：comrades, history, Jianghu Hai, language, memory, NPC, people, poetry, society, talk, 新世纪詩典, 江湖海
发表在 2019, 20th century, 21st century, July 2019, March 2019, Middle Ages, NPC, poetry, Translations, Uncategorized, 江湖海 | Leave a Comment »
十一月 19, 2018
Jiang Huhai
NANJING-MASSAKER-MUSEUM
mit drahtlosen kopfhörern
tret ich in das schweigende museum
eindringlich hör ich im rechten ohr
frau Bao
als wär sie direkt neben mir
sie ist unsre junge führerin
in wirklichkeit ist sie manchmal vorn
manchmal hinten
manchmal nah dann weiter weg
aber sie hat tränen in ihren augen
das hat sich nicht geändert
Oktober2018
Übersetzt von MW im November 2018
南京大屠杀纪念馆
江湖海
戴上无线耳机
走进肃穆沉暗的纪念馆
娓娓解说响在右耳
让我觉得年轻的解说员小鲍
一直走在身边
事实上她有时走在前面
有时落在身后
有时在近旁有时离得较远
只有她的眼里
泪水和悲伤是不变的
标签：cordless, earphones, exhibition, explanation, group, history, Jianghu Hai, massacre, memorial, memory, museum, Nanjing, NPC, poetry, position, quiet, sound, tears, voice, war, 新世纪詩典, 江湖海
发表在 1930s, 1937, 1940s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2018, 20th century, 21st century, NPC, October 2018, poetry, Translations, Uncategorized, 新世纪诗典, 江湖海 | 1 Comment »
八月 6, 2018
Jianghu Hai
TOKYO PASTA
Across the road from Tokyo Prince Hotel
in a train station basement
I ate a pasta I had never tasted
outside of my family’s home Matoushan
deep in China.
The flour is ground, dried in the sun,
beaten into a dough, pressed into strings,
these are dried again.
To the sound of the big village drums,
the pasta is born in a fine-tuned process.
It’s very resilient, every bite fills your mouth
with the scent of the grain.
I left home when I was 14,
had all sorts of pasta, sweet sour spicy,
strong kinds of taste, made very fast,
so the scent of my hometown
went very far away in the distance.
Never thought I would find it at this moment in Tokyo.
Above there are trains arriving and leaving,
producing a rhythm of deep and high notes
very much like the drums
of Matoushan.
7/25/18
Translated by MW, August 2018
标签：childhood, china, city, drums, family, food, history, home, Japan, Jianghu Hai, life, memory, music, noodles, NPC, pasta, poetry, station, taste, time, town, tradition, traffic, trains, travel, work, youth, 新世纪诗典
发表在 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2018, 20th century, 21st century, August 2018, July 2018, NPC, poetry, Translations, Uncategorized, 新世纪诗典, 江湖海 | Leave a Comment »
二月 16, 2018
Jianghu Hai
FUSSPILZ
jetzt in laos
jucken die füss
dadurch denk ich
an meine ex
20 jahre geschieden
manches ist anders
manches verschwunden
beim waschen zusammen
gibt sie mir den fusspilz
sobald ich herumrenn
hört das jucken nicht auf
Februar 2018
Übersetzt von MW im Februar 2018
标签：athlete's foot, bathing, body, change, feet, history, itch, Jiang Huhai, Jianghu Hai, Laos, marriage, memory, NPC, separated, sore, time, together, travel, washing, 新世纪詩典, 江湖海
发表在 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2018, 20th century, 21st century, February 2018, NPC, poetry, Translations, Uncategorized, 新世纪诗典, 江湖海 | Leave a Comment »
二月 25, 2017
Jianghu Hai
THOSE FEW YEARS
in the dim-sum hall in a corner
next to me
two old guys with their tea
talking past things
one says, those few years
nightmares every night
another says, you had it better than me
those few years
couldn’t sleep, night after night
January 2017
Translated by Martin Winter, February 2017
标签：dim-sum, dreams, history, Jianghu Hai, memory, night, nightmares, NPC, old, past, people, poetry, sleep, talk, tea, time, 新世纪诗典, 江湖海
发表在 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1989, 2017, Februar 2017, January 2017, NPC, poetry, Translations, Uncategorized, 新世纪诗典, 江湖海 | Leave a Comment »
