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四月 3, 2021
10 YEARS – NPC十岁了！
10 years ago, Yi Sha 伊沙 began to present one poem each day on Chinese social media. This has become a representative collection of new poetry in the new century, aptly named NPC, New Poetry Canon 新世纪诗典.
Eight years ago I began to look for NPC poems each day, translating more and more into German and English. In 2014 my own poetry appeared on NPC for the first time. After two books of Yi Sha’s poetry, I have now published, along with Juliane Adler, the first book of a 4-volume-series of NPC poetry in Chinese and German. Here are the contents:
BRETT VOLLER NÄGEL 布满钉子的木板
NPC-Anthologie 新世纪诗典
Band 1: A–J. Gedichte
Chinesisch/Deutsch
Übersetzt von Martin Winter
Herausgegeben von Juliane Adler und Martin Winter
ISBN 978-3-903267-00-8
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标签：3A, A Ti, A Wen, A Wu, A Yu, AAA, Ai Hao, Ai Mi, An Qi, anthologies, anthology, Ao Yuntao, Bai Diu, Bai Li, Bei Dao, Bei Lang, Benben S.K., book, Cai Xiyin, Caiwong Namjack, Caomu Xin, Cha Wenjin, Chang Yuchun, Chao Hui, Che Qianzi, Chen Moshi, Chen Yanqiang, Chen Yulun, Chen Yunfeng, Cheng Bei, Cheng Tao, Chun Sue, Cong Rong, 独禽, 白立, 秦非, 程涛, 笨笨 s.k., 第广龙, 簡天平, 纪彦峰, Da Duo, Da You, Dai Guanglei, Dechen Pakme, Denis Mair, Di Guanglong, Dong Yue, Du Qin, Du Sishang, Du Zhongmin, Duo Er, Eryue Lan, Ezher, 耿占坤, 胡赞辉, 胡泊, 金山, 艾米, 艾蒿, 艾孜哈尔, 草木心, 蒋彩云, 蔡喜印, 蔣雪峰, 蔣濤, 阿煜, 阿吾, 阿嚏, 阿文, 陈玉伦, 陈衍强, 陈默实, 陈云峰, 虎子, 韩敬源, 韩永恒, 韩东, 高歌, 鬼石, 谷驹休, 鴻鴻, 鸿鸿, 黄礼孩, 黄翔, 黄开兵, 黄海, 黄海兮, 车前子, 龚志坚, Fa Xing, Fei Qin, Feng Xuan, Gang Jumu, Gao Ge, Geng Zhankun, German, Gong Zhijian, Guangtou, Gui Shi, Hai An, Hai Jing, Hai Qing, Han Dong, Han Jingyuan, Han Yongheng, Hong Junzhi, Hou Ma, Houhou Jing, Hu Bo, Hu Zi, Huang Hai, Huang Kaibing, Huang Lihai, Huang Xiang, Hung Hung, Huzi, Ji Yanfeng, Jian Tianping, Jiang Caiyun, Jiang Erman, Jiang Rui, Jiang Tao, Jiang Xinhe, Jiang Xuefeng, Jianghu Hai, Jin Shan, Jun Er, language, languages, literature, media, people, poetry, poets, social media, time, translation, yi sha, 光头, 公子琴, 冈居木, 冯谖, 北岛, 北浪, 发星, 君儿, 大友, 大朵, 姜馨贺, 姜二嫚, 安琪, 常遇春, 德乾恒美, 成倍, 才旺南杰, 摆丢, 敖云涛, 春树, 朝晖, 朵儿, 杜思尚, 杜中民, 查文瑾, 梅丹理, 江睿, 江湖海, 洪君植, 海菁, 海青, 海岸, 三个A, 东岳, 二月蓝, 从容, 代光磊, 侯马
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四月 3, 2021
Yi Sha
WINTER
On my way to the vegetable supermarket
in our compound
I see a small girl
on a big rock at the artificial lake
right above the ice going to
jump!
I am shouting:
„Don’t jump! Danger!“
But in this time
she has jumped already,
lightly,
safely
landing on the thick surface.
She turns around to me,
makes a ballet move
and becomes a small white swan.
Translated by MW, 4/3/2021
Yi Sha
WINTER
Ich geh zum Gemüsesupermarkt
in der Wohnhausanlage,
seh auf dem Weg ein kleines Mädchen
auf einem Felsen am künstlichen See,
sie will auf das Eis hinunter
springen!
Ich schrei:
„Achtung! Nicht springen!“
aber in der Zeit
ist sie schon gesprungen,
ganz leicht
und sicher
auf dem festen Eis gelandet.
Sie dreht sich zu mir um
in einer Bewegung aus dem Ballett
und wird ein kleiner weißer Schwan.
Übersetzt von MW am 3. April 2021
Yi Sha, orig. name Wu Wenjian. Well-known poet, writer, critic, translator, editor. Born in 1966 in Chengdu, lives in Xi’an. Graduated from Beijing Normal University in 1989. Has written over 20,000 poems, published, translated and edited 122 books. Received the Henry Luce prize for contemporary Chinese poetry and many other awards. Invited to poetry festivals in China, Sweden, England, Netherlands, South Korea etc., incl. the 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th Qinghai Lake international poetry festival, the 50th Struga poetry festival in Macedonia and many more. Vermont Studio Center fellow 2014. He has recited at the University of Vienna, at Arizona University etc. 《新诗典》小档案：伊沙，原名吴文健，男，当代著名诗人、作家、批评家、翻译家、编选家。 1966年生于四川成都。1989年毕业于北京师范大学中文系。写诗逾两万首，出版著、译、编122部作品。获美国亨利•鲁斯基金会中文诗歌奖金、韩国“亚洲诗人奖”以及中国国内数十项诗歌奖项。应邀出席瑞典第16届奈舍国际诗歌节、荷兰第38届鹿特丹国际诗歌节、英国第20届奥尔德堡国际诗歌节、马其顿第50届斯特鲁加国际诗歌节、中国第二、三、四、五届青海湖国际诗歌节、第二届澳门文学节、美国佛蒙特创作中心驻站作家、奥地利梅朵艺术中心驻站作家、美国亚利桑那大学为其举办的朗诵会、奥地利两校一刊为其举办的朗诵会与研讨会、2021年世界诗歌日线上国际诗歌节等国际交流活动。
标签：animals, art, artificial, child, children, compound, daily life, danger, girl, ice, jump, lake, life, move, movement, NPC, people, poetry, reality, rock, rocks, season, supermarket, supermarkets, winter, yi sha, 新世纪詩典, 伊沙
发表在 1966, 1970s, 1980s, 1986, 1989, 1990s, 2000, 2000s, 2010s, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 20th century, 21st century, April 2011, April 2012, April 2013, April 2014, April 2015, April 2016, April 2017, April 2018, April 2019, April 2020, April 2021, August 2011, August 2012, August 2013, August 2014, August 2015, August 2016, AUGUST 2017, August 2018, August 2019, August 2020, December 2011, December 2012, December 2013, December 2014, December 2015, December 2016, December 2017, December 2018, December 2019, December 2020, Februar 2017, February 2011, February 2012, February 2013, February 2014, February 2015, February 2016, February 2018, February 2019, February 2020, February 2021, January 2011, January 2012, January 2013, January 2014, January 2015, January 2016, January 2017, January 2018, January 2019, January 2020, January 2021, July 2011, July 2012, July 2014, July 2015, July 2016, JULY 2017, July 2018, July 2019, July 2020, June 2011, June 2012, June 2013, June 2014, June 2015, June 2016, June 2017, June 2018, June 2019, June 2020, March 2008, March 2009, March 2010, March 2011, March 2012, March 2013, March 2014, March 2015, March 2016, March 2017, March 2018, March 2019, March 2020, March 2021, May 2011, May 2012, May 2013, May 2014, MAY 2015, May 2016, May 2017, May 2018, May 2019, May 2020, Middle Ages, November 2011, November 2012, November 2013, November 2014, November 2015, November 2016, November 2017, November 2018, November 2019, NOVEMBER 2020, NPC, October 2011, October 2012, October 2013, October 2014, October 2015, October 2016, October 2017, October 2018, October 2019, OCTOBER 2020, poetry, September 2011, September 2012, September 2013, September 2014, September 2015, September 2016, September 2017, September 2018, September 2019, September 2020, Translations, Uncategorized, Yi Sha, 新世纪诗典, 伊沙 | Leave a Comment »
三月 25, 2021
BRETT VOLLER NÄGEL 布满钉子的木板
NPC-Anthologie 新世纪诗典
Band 1: A–J
NPC stands for New Poetry Canon, or New Century Poetry Canon 新世纪诗典, presented by Yi Sha 伊沙 in Chinese social media each day since spring 2011. NPC outside of poetry is National People’s Congress, China’s parliament that convenes in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing for two weeks each March. Yi Sha’s NPC poem of the day on Sina Weibo 新浪微博, Tencent WeChat 微信 and other platforms gets clicked, forwarded, commented 10,000 times or more, each day. Each year a book comes out, about every week there are events in Xi’an, Beijing and many, many places all over China and beyond. All produced independently from among the people 民间, not by any state organizations. This book contains poems by 81 poets listed below. This is the first volume (A-J) in a series of four books. Compiled and edited by Juliane Adler and Martin Winter, translated by Martin Winter.
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NPC steht für New Poetry Canon, eigentlich New Century Poetry Canon, 新世纪诗典. Abgekürzt als NPC. NPC steht sonst für National People’s Congress, also der Nationale Volkskongress, Chinas Parlament, das allerdings nur einmal im Jahr im März zwei Wochen lang zusammentritt. Seit 2011 wird von Yi Sha 伊沙 im NPC-新世纪诗典 jeden Tag ein Gedicht vorgestellt, in mehreren chinesischen sozialen Medien zugleich. Oft wird ein einziges Gedicht schon in den ersten zwei Tagen zehntausende Male angeklickt, kommentiert und weitergeleitet. Ein nationaler Poesiekongress und eine umfangreiche Studie der heutigen Gesellschaft. Band 1 präsentiert 81 Autorinnen und Autoren. Wird fortgesetzt.
Cover/Umschlag etc: Neue Arche von Kuang Biao 邝飚 und 3 Grafiken von: An Qi 安琪
Autorinnen und Autoren:
A Ti 阿嚏, A Wen 阿文, A Wu 阿吾, A Yu 阿煜, AAA (3A) 三个A, Ai Hao 艾蒿, Ai Mi 艾米, An Qi 安琪, Ao Yuntao 敖运涛, Bai Diu 摆丢, Bai Li 白立, Bei Dao 北岛, Bei Lang 北浪, Benben S. K. 笨笨. S. K, Cai Xiyin 蔡喜印, Caiwong Namjack 才旺南杰, Caomu Xin 草木心, Cha Wenjin 查文瑾, Chang Yuchun 常遇春, Chao Hui 朝晖, Che Qianzi 车前子, Chen Moshi 陈默实, Chen Yanqiang 陈衍强, Chen Yulun 陈玉伦, Chen Yunfeng 陈云峰, Cheng Bei 成倍, Cheng Tao 程涛, Chun Sue 春树, Cong Rong 从容, Da Duo 大朵, Da You 大友, Dai Guanglei 代光磊, Dechen Pakme 德乾恒美, Denis Mair 梅丹理, Di Guanglong 第广龙, Dong Yue 东岳, Du Qin 独禽, Du Sishang 杜思尚, Du Zhongmin 杜中民, Duo Er 朵儿, Eryue Lan 二月蓝, Ezher 艾孜哈尔, Fa Xing 发星, Fei Qin 秦菲, Feng Xuan 冯谖, Gang Jumu 冈居木, Gao Ge 高歌, Geng Zhankun 耿占坤, Gong Zhijian 龚志坚, Gongzi Qin 公子琹, Gu Juxiu 谷驹休, Guangtou 光头, Gui Shi 鬼石, Hai An 海岸, Hai Jing 海菁, Hai Qing 海青, Han Dong 韩东, Han Jingyuan 韩敬源, Han Yongheng 韩永恒, Hong Junzhi 洪君植, Hou Ma 侯马，Houhou Jing 后后井, Hu Bo 胡泊, Hu Zanhui 胡赞辉, Huang Hai 黄海, Huang Kaibing 黄开兵, Huang Lihai 黃禮孩, Huang Xiang 黄翔, Hung Hung 鴻鴻, Huzi 虎子, Ji Yanfeng 纪彦峰, Jian Tianping 簡天平, Jiang Caiyun 蒋彩云, Jiang Erman 姜二嫚, Jiang Rui 江睿, Jiang Tao 蔣濤, Jiang Xinhe 姜馨贺, Jiang Xuefeng 蔣雪峰, Jianghu Hai 江湖海, Jin Shan 金山, Jun Er 君儿
BRETT VOLLER NÄGEL 布满钉子的木板 NPC-Anthologie 新世纪诗典 Band 1: A–J
Die chinesischen Gedichte sind hauptsächlich erschienen in:
NPC 新世纪诗典 1-6，伊沙 编选 著，磨铁图书 (Xiron), Zhejiang People‘s Publishing 浙江人民出版社, Bände 1-6, herausgegeben von Yi Sha. Hangzhou 2012-2018
NPC 新世纪诗典 7，伊沙 编选 著，磨铁图书 (Xiron), China Youth Publishing 中国青年出版社, Band 7, herausgegeben von Yi Sha. Beijing 2018
NPC 新世纪诗典 8，伊沙 编选 著，磨铁图书 (Xiron), China Friendship Publishing 中国友谊出版公司, Band 8, herausgegeben von Yi Sha. Beijing 2020
Die restlichen Texte stammen aus Internetquellen (Soziale Medien: Sina Weibo, Tencent Weixin etc.) mit freundlicher Genehmigung der Autorinnen und Autoren. Die Texte aus 2019 und 2020-2021 werden in den Büchern NPC 9 und 10 erscheinen.
BRETT VOLLER NÄGEL 布满钉子的木板 NPC-Anthologie 新世纪诗典 Band 1: A–J
标签：3A, A Ti, A Wen, A Wu, A Yu, AAA, Ai Hao, Ai Mi, all, An Qi, animals, Ao Yuntao, Bai Diu, Bai Li, Bei Dao, Bei Lang, Benben S.K., board, bodies, body, book, books, Cai Xiyin, Caiwong Namjack, Caomu Xin, Cha Wenjin, Chang Yuchun, Chao Hui, characters, Che Qianzi, Chen Moshi, Chen Yanqiang, Chen Yulun, Chen Yunfeng, Cheng Bei, Cheng Tao, children, Chun Sue, Cong Rong, contact, continent, cracks, culture, customs, 独禽, 白立, 秦菲, 程涛, 笨笨 s.k., 第广龙, 簡天平, 纪彦峰, Da Duo, Da You, Dai Guanglei, day, Dechen Pakme, Denis Mair, Di Guanglong, discussions, Dong Yue, Du Qin, Du Sishang, Du Zhongmin, Duo Er, Eryue Lan, everything, expression, eyes, Ezher, 耿占坤, 胡赞辉, 胡泊, 金山, 艾米, 艾蒿, 艾孜哈尔, 草木心, 蒋彩云, 蔡喜印, 蔣雪峰, 蔣彩雲, 蔣濤, 阿煜, 阿吾, 阿嚏, 阿文, 陈玉伦, 陈衍强, 陈默实, 陈云峰, 虎子, 高歌, 鴻鴻, 黃禮孩, 黄翔, 黄开兵, 黄海, 黄海兮, 车前子, 龚志坚, Fa Xing, fabrik.transit, face, faces, Fei Qin, Feng Xuan, figures, food, Gang Jumu, Gao Ge, Geng Zhankun, Gong Zhijian, hearts, history, Hong Junzhi, Hou Ma, Houhou Jing, Hu Bo, Hu Zanhui, Huang Hai, Huang Haixi, Huang Kaibing, Huang Lihai, Huang Xiang, Hung Hung, Huzi, island, islands, Ji Yanfeng, Jian Tianping, Jiang Caiyun, Jiang Erman, Jiang Rui, Jiang Tao, Jiang Xinhe, Jiang Xuefeng, Jianghu Hai, Jin Shan, Juliane Adler, Jun Er, language, languages, life, literature, Martin Winter, mask, masks, Mediterranean, memory, men, minds, mountains, mouth, nail, names, night, NPC, pages, paper, people, performance, plain language, poetry, politics, province, religion, ritual, rivers, society, spirit, taiwan, Taiwanese, territory, Tibetan, tongue, translation, Uighurs, voice, volume, women, wood, words, writing, year, yi sha, youth, 冈居木, 冯谖, 北岛, 北浪, 发星, 后后井, 君儿, 大友, 大朵, 姜馨贺, 姜二嫚, 安琪, 常遇春, 德乾恒美, 成倍, 才旺南杰, 摆丢, 敖运涛, 新世纪詩典, 春树, 朝晖, 朵儿, 杜思尚, 杜中民, 查文瑾, 梅丹理, 江睿, 江湖海, 洪君植, 三个A, 东岳, 二月蓝, 从容, 代光磊, 伊沙, 侯马
发表在 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000, 2000s, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2010s, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 20th century, 21st century, Antique times, April 2011, April 2012, April 2013, April 2014, April 2015, April 2016, April 2017, April 2018, April 2019, April 2020, August 2011, August 2012, August 2013, August 2014, August 2015, August 2016, AUGUST 2017, August 2018, August 2019, August 2020, December 2011, December 2012, December 2013, December 2014, December 2015, December 2016, December 2017, December 2018, December 2019, December 2020, Februar 2017, February 2012, February 2013, February 2014, February 2015, February 2016, February 2018, February 2019, February 2020, February 2021, January 2012, January 2013, January 2014, January 2015, January 2016, January 2017, January 2018, January 2019, January 2020, January 2021, July 2011, July 2012, July 2014, July 2015, July 2016, JULY 2017, July 2018, July 2019, July 2020, June, June 2011, June 2012, June 2013, June 2014, June 2015, June 2016, June 2017, June 2018, June 2019, June 2020, Literadio, March 2011, March 2012, March 2013, March 2014, March 2015, March 2016, March 2017, March 2018, March 2019, March 2020, March 2021, May 2011, May 2012, May 2013, May 2014, MAY 2015, May 2016, May 2017, May 2018, May 2019, May 2020, Middle Ages, November 2011, November 2012, November 2013, November 2014, November 2015, November 2016, November 2017, November 2018, November 2019, NOVEMBER 2020, NPC, October 2011, October 2012, October 2013, October 2014, October 2015, October 2016, October 2017, October 2018, October 2019, OCTOBER 2020, poetry, PR, September 2011, September 2012, September 2013, September 2014, September 2015, September 2016, September 2017, September 2018, September 2019, September 2020, Translations, Uncategorized, 安琪, 新世纪诗典, 江湖海, 三个A, 伊沙, 侯馬 | Leave a Comment »
六月 10, 2016
Shen Haobo
DER STAAT
die leute sind nach plato benannt
die leute führen nichts gutes im schild
die halten sich für die fürsten und richter
die leute zeigen der menschheit die richtung
davon träumen sie ständig
die fetten schillernden käfer
bewegen versteckte giftige härchen
verbannen wölfe und löwen
verbannen verzweifelte jugend
verbannen unkeusche frauen
verbannen verrückte und bettler
verbannen diebe und räuber
verbannen den teufel
den schlimmen jesus
vertreiben die dichter
vertreiben mich
bitte nicht
ihr braucht mich nicht verbannen
ich bin grad nur zu gast
ein bisschen schauen wie ihr hier wohnt
ich hab schon verstanden
euer staat
ist nicht für verrückte und nicht für mich
7. 10. 2013
Übersetzt von MW 2014-2016
photo by Malika Saulnier
标签：animals, ban, banish, body hair, country, crazy, guest, hidden, history, ideology, judge, king, lunatic, memory, name, NPC, people, philosophy, plato, poet, poison, religion, republic, ruler, Shen Haobo, state, translation, women, youth, 新世纪诗典, 沈浩波
发表在 June 2016, NPC, October 2013, poetry, Translations, Uncategorized, 新世纪诗典 | Leave a Comment »
十一月 26, 2014
Xi Wa 《缠中禅》
TANGLED IN ZEN
I’m carrying a pack of poems to see my master.
In winter, three years since I left him.
He’s smoking cigars, listening to music he sits at the gate.
Takes all five hours to read my poems,
sometimes I think he has passed away.
I love his approval more than my poetry.
So I pour him tea, pat his back; then I light up my cigarette.
“Fine, very fine,” puts my papers aside,
“I am saying, some are not spoiled by your language.”
2013-10-15
Tr. MW, Nov. 2014
标签：art, buddhism, 西娃, language, love, music, poetry, religion, sitting, smoking, smoking cigars, Xi Wa, 新世纪诗典, 伊沙
发表在 November 2014, October 2013, poetry, Translations | Leave a Comment »
十月 24, 2014
X & Y
（nix & kiss, mao & zhou …)
x was cruel
butt is sore
y was able
and suave
both loved culture
both destroyed
hundred million
butts are cold
MW March 2007
【奥地利】维马丁
伊沙译
《一搭一挡》
X贪残暴虐
死而后已
Y才华横溢
风度翩翩
博古通今
焚书坑儒
亿万人民
生灵涂炭
2007.3
标签：chairman, culture, death, destruction, diplomacy, history, kissinger, nixon, poetry, politics, premier
发表在 2007, October 2013, Translations, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
十月 31, 2013
Han Zongbao
TRIAL
judge kids by old people judge whites by blacks
judge black by white judge dusk by dawn
judge swallows by crows judge freedom by a bird in a cage
judge elephants by mice judge butterflies by the eye of a storm
judge ants on a tree by fish in a bowl
judge times by their fools judge jobless graduates by golden iphones
judge square by round judge sea by sky
judge cotton by iron judge sheep and grassroots by tanks
the silent lambs, how meek they are!
judge art and writing by dynamite judge people by country
judge earth by snow judge jews by hitler
judge christ on the cross by judas and the last supper
judge shoes by feet judge cities by villages
judge floods by tall dams judge water by wells
judge football by whistle judge hawkers by city security
judge temporary workers by public servants judge migrant laborers by residence permits
judge B by A judge Second by First judge crying by smiling
stars and the gunpowder in bullets have never been exposed to moisture
if the chessboard says you’re guilty then you are guilty
those people who died from secret questioning those who died
when detained or arrested they must have seen
the sullied red flag and the hands when an experienced questioner
becomes a murderer her shining and glorious life
produced how many deaths how many wrongs written in blood
what kind of terror and torture
most one go through before he prefers death to life
relentless questioning what does it mean to him or her
everyone noticed his neck must have been stuck
but on tv they aired his confession
he put on his own trial of his text and the camera
we don’t need courts we don’t need laws our nation doesn’t need them
’cause the trial is completed in this giant one-way judgment
everyone can be a criminal just have to grab them
and put them inside if they are tough bones their flesh can be done with
one after another gets thrown in jail who will be the next one
what is it that’s breaking up happy days and pleasant scenes
laws appear on worthless paper in restricted public trials
just like catwalks once the process is in motion
once you get inside your only trick is to confess
so confess the grief of an innocent man small traces of blood
and disgrace tears are so helpless just what you asked for
an innocent man in the end hangs his head in confession amen
2013-10-29
Tr. MW (10/31/13)
《审判》
韩宗宝
用老人审判孩子 用白人审判黑人
用黑审判白 用早晨审判傍晚
用乌鸦审判燕子 用笼中的鸟审判自由
用老鼠审判一头大象 用风暴眼审判蝴蝶
用缸中的金鱼审判上树的蚂蚁
用小丑审判时代 用土豪金审判蚁族
用圆审判方 用天空审判海洋
用铁审判棉花 用坦克审判绵羊和草根
这些沉默的羔羊多么温驯
用炸药审判文字和艺术 用国家审判人民
用雪审判土地 用希特勒审判犹太人
用犹大和晚餐审判十字架上的上帝
用脚审判鞋子 用村庄审判城市
用高高的堤坝审判洪水 用井审判水
用黑哨审判足球 用城管审判小贩
用公仆审判临时工 用暂居证审判民工
用A审判B 用甲审判乙 用笑审判哭
星星和弹孔中的火焰 一直不曾受潮
棋盘上标明你有罪 你就有了罪
那些死于秘密审判的人 那些死于
拘禁和逮捕的人 必定见过
被污染的红旗和手 当一个审讯能手
成为凶手 她光辉而荣耀的一生
制造了多少死亡和冤屈 血书累累
需要经历怎样恐怖可怕的折磨
一个人才会 宁死不生
无懈可击的审讯 究竟对他意味什么
大家注意到了他被狠狠卡过的脖子
但电视已经播出他的口供
他对着镜头和台词做出了自我审判
何需法庭 何需法律 国家不需要这些
因为审判业已完成 这单向式的强大审判
每一个人都可以是罪犯 不过是抓起来
再关进去 硬骨头可以从肉体上消灭
一个个的人陆续入狱 下一个是谁
有什么在崩溃 大好良辰好景虚设
法律形同废纸 有限的公开审判
仿佛秀场 那木马般的程序一旦启动
只要你进去了 你唯一的招就是招
招吧 一个无罪之人的悲伤 略带血痕
和耻辱 泪水如此无力 如你所愿
一个无罪的人最终 低头认罪 阿门
2013.10.29
This poem was written partly in response to the New Express 新快报 / Chen Yongzhou 陈永洲 incident, as the author told me after he showed his poem around on Weibo. However, this is not one of those poems which act like condensed news articles, like Zhao Siyun’s Lily’s Story or Sheng Xue’s Your Red Lips A Wordless Hole (German version see Angelika Burgsteiner’s translation). Han Zongbao‘s poem seems to be less straightforward.
“When an experienced questioner/ becomes a murderer/ her shining and glorious life/ produced how many deaths how many wrongs”
Whose glorious life? The murdering questioners? Why “her”? The female pronoun seems to indicate a particular person. Please look at the comments for answers to these questions.
标签：china, death, death penalty, 韩宗宝, freedom of speech, Han Zongbao, justice, law, poetry, politics, torture
发表在 October 2013, poetry, Translations | 2 Comments »
十月 31, 2013
Picture by Sara Bernal
Pang Pei
KÜHLE ERLANGEN
wegen des abendwinds. wegen des duftenden mondlichts
unsere kühlenden liegestühle stecken allein in der zeit
die mückenabwehr der nachbarn schwebt in den tau unter den bäumen
glühwürmchen leuchten eins nach dem andern im hof
jemandes messer schneidet melonen
jemand gießt weiter die brennheiße straße
ein schmaler mond, wie kinder reden im traum
setzt sich auf deine schlafschwere wange
Übersetzt von MW im Oktober 2013
庞培
乘凉
因为晚风。因为月光的香气
我们乘凉用的躺椅陷于年代的寂寞
当邻家的蚊香飘来树荫深处的露滴
萤火虫一只接一只出没在天井
有人家的菜刀切开西瓜
有人继续朝热烫的马路泼水
一轮新月，如婴儿的梦呓
落上你睡思昏沉的脸颊
标签：fireflies, heat, life, melons, memory, moon, poetry, summer, wind
发表在 October 2013, Translations | Leave a Comment »
十月 18, 2013
Nan Ren
THE SECOND HALF OF THE NIGHT
the second half of the night
the moon cleans the streets
Jan. 22, 2013
Tr. MW, Oct. 2013
南人
后半夜
后半夜
月光扫着大街
2013.1.22
Nan Ren
DIE ZWEITE HÄLFTE DER NACHT
die zweite hälfte der nacht
fegt die straßen der mond
2013-01-22
Übers. v. MW, Okt. 2013
标签：moon, night, poetry, street-cleaning
发表在 October 2013 | Leave a Comment »
十月 18, 2013
Li Cheng’en
CALLING THE GHOSTS
In a hotel in a dream
very softly, I hear the ghosts.
“I give my flesh to the mud for keeping.
When I need it, please give it back!
I give my bones to the stones for keeping.
When I need them, please give them back!
I give my blood to the rivers for keeping.
When I need it, please give it back!
I give my brains to the mountain for keeping.
When I need it, please give it back!
I give my eyes to the sun and the moon.
When I need them, please give them back!
I give my warmth to the stove for keeping.
When I need it, please give it back!
Only the heart I have to carry … ”
After I wake up
I open the window
and see the mountain slowly moving.
One tiny stream down from the snow
like it’s flowing in my dream.
Has my soul
gone wandering?
Or is it back?
I retain
one dusty heart.
But my soul,
where is it hidden?
Who gives it back?
Tr. MW, Oct. 2013
Li Cheng’en, born in the 1980s. Published poetry, essays and a novel.
As soon as I read this, I was reminded of Woeser 唯色, the Tibetan poet. Didn’t know Li Cheng’en was also a woman. All those verses with “I give” could be “I gave”. In the Chinese, there is no difference. The sentence construction is also unique. It is the “ba-construction”. Sometimes the “ba” is a “jiang”, but not here. Anyway, it’s a construction often discussed in Chinese grammar. Literally I think it’s like saying “I take my flesh and give it to the mud for keeping”. Maybe you could also just say “I put my flesh into the mud”, or into the soil. But why would you call on the mud to hold it for you? MW
My translation was originally based on this picture version sent around on Tencent Weibo and Sina Weibo as part of Yi Sha‘s regular New Century Poetry Canon. Li Cheng’en has since told me about a mistake in the copying process. In the Weibo image “warmth” or literally body warmth occurs twice. Li Cheng’en says it should be “eyes” instead of warmth the first time. So originally I had “I give my warmth to the sun and the moon. When I need it, please give it back!” I like both versions. Somehow I’m glad about the mistake. Makes for closer attention.
In German, I first had “ich borg’ meine wärme der sonne dem mond – wenn ich sie brauche, gebt mir’s zurück!”.
I am still not sure about how to translate all these “ba-construction” – verses in German. Now they sound stranger than before, but this is how I had them first. The German equivalents of “please give it back” or “please give them back” sound very colloquial. It’s not standard grammar. Some people don’t like that. Maybe I’ll find a better version later.
MW
Li Cheng’en
GEISTERBESCHWÖRUNG
im traum im hotel
hör’ ich ein lied
“ich nehme mein fleisch und geb’ es dem lehm.
wenn ich es brauche, gib mir’s zurück!
ich nehm’ meine knochen und gib sie den steinen.
wenn ich sie brauche, gebt mir’s zurück!
ich nehme mein blut und geb es den flüssen.
wenn ich es brauche, gebt mir’s zurück!
ich nehme mein hirn und geb es dem berg.
wenn ich es brauche, gib mir’s zurück.
ich borg’ meine augen der sonne dem mond –
wenn ich sie brauche, gebt mir’s zurück.
ich nehm’ meine wärme und geb sie dem herd
wenn ich sie brauche, gib mir’s zurück.
nur das herz muss ich selbst mit mir tragen … ”
ich wache auf
öffne das fenster
seh’ eine kleine bewegung am berg.
ein dünner bach
aus meinem traum.
ist es meine
wandelnde seele?
kommt sie zurück?
ich behalte
ein staubiges herz.
doch meine seele
wo ist sie verborgen?
wer gibt sie zurück?
Übersetzt von Martin Winter im Oktober 2013
Li Cheng’en, geboren in den 1980er Jahren. Publizierte einen Roman, Gedichtbände, Essays.
Picture by Sara Bernal
李成恩
招魂歌咒
我在旅馆的梦里
隐隐听到了招魂歌咒
“我把肉体寄存给泥土
要的时候你可得还啊
我把骨头寄存给石头
要的时候你可得还啊
我把鲜血寄存给江水
要的时候你可得还啊
我把脑浆寄存给雪山
要的时候你可得还啊
我把眼睛寄存给日月
要的时候你可得还啊
我把体温寄存给炉火
要的时候你可得还啊
只有心我得自己带走… …”
我醒来后
推开窗户
看见雪山缓缓移动
一条薄薄的河流
像是从我的梦里流出
我的魂魄
游走了？
还是回来了？
我守住了
一颗沾满灰尘的心
但我的魂魄
寄存在哪里？
谁又能还我？
Li Cheng’en
GEISTERBESCHWÖRUNG
im traum im hotel
hör’ ich ein lied
“ich habe mein fleisch dem lehm anvertraut.
wenn ich es brauche, gib’s mir zurück!
ich hab’ meine knochen den steinen gegeben.
wenn ich sie brauche, gebt mir’s zurück!
ich habe mein blut den flüssen gegeben.
wenn ich es brauche, gebt mir’s zurück!
ich hab’ mein gehirn dem berg anvertraut.
wenn ich es brauche, gib mir’s zurück.
ich borg’ meine wärme der sonne dem mond –
wenn ich sie brauche, gebt mir’s zurück.
ich nehm’ meine wärme und geb sie dem herd
wenn ich sie brauche, gib mir’s zurück.
nur das herz muss ich selbst mit mir tragen … ”
ich wache auf
öffne das fenster
seh’ eine kleine bewegung am berg.
ein dünner bach
aus meinem traum.
ist es meine
wandelnde seele?
kommt sie zurück?
ich behalte
ein staubiges herz.
doch meine seele
wo ist sie verborgen?
wer gibt sie zurück?
Übersetzt von Martin Winter im Oktober 2013
Li Cheng’en, geboren in den 1980er Jahren. Publizierte einen Roman, Gedichtbände, Essays.
标签：faith, ghosts, Ll Cheng'en, mountains, poetry, songs, soul, 新世纪诗典, 李成恩
发表在 October 2013, Translations | Leave a Comment »
十月 14, 2013
Xiang Lianzi
FIRST STORY
“In danger the sea cucumber will split itself
one half it gives the world to devour,
the other half escapes.” – from W. Szymborska, Autotomy.
I said let’s not talk poetry at the lunar new year let us tell stories
like a bricklayer half of his head bashed in by half of a steel pipe
like he and his sick room friends
arguing anything, twitching like sleepwalking
he says 3+2=1
like three fingers plus two equals one hand
two hands together equals one pair
like what a rat hates most is rat poison
whoever loves eating rat poison most must be a rat
like I said they were arguing anything
from mathematics into philosophy
from singular into plural
from fingers into a skull bashed in
into rats, poison, leaks or balloons
like 11+11=22, 22-2=2 and so on
he said not that leaks cannot be fixed
just like rat poison will always be digested by rats
just like rats knocked a hole in his skull
his skull has a leak, like a balloon
a leaking balloon is very hard to blow up
just like his half-bashed in skull pops in and out with a yawn
he said in the box with the rat poison there is no rat
rat poison is very bad for rats
just like reading is very bad for your head
just like rats eating his brain slipping into his head
when he said he had a headache, I had a headache
like he wanted me to put rat poison into his brain
like he said: “I’ll soon be an idiot
when they have finished my brain
my boss will dump me, my girlfriend dumps me”
like he is all desperate
crying his heart out like a wolf
howling just like a cat who cannot catch rats
like one hundred rats cannot overcome one single cat
he said: no-one can figure it out, nobody can fix this leak
except me, I have a method, I take a bit of cement, very good quality
mix it with alcohol, ts ts. believe me I have the technique.
he pointed at his broken temporal bone like pointing at some leak on a roof
like a leak on a roof he was fixing
Tr. MW, Oct. 2013
标签：health, hospital, intelligence, life, pain, poetics, poetry, story, storytelling, Xiang Lianzi, 新世纪诗典, 湘莲子
发表在 October 2013, poetry, Translations, 新世纪诗典 | 1 Comment »
十月 9, 2013
伊沙新作（2013年9月） http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_489db0970102eudh.html
Yi Sha
LOB DER JAPANISCHEN PORNOS
reden wir nicht über die sexuelle
befriedigung die ich davon hatte
(sonst heisst es ich propagiere die unzucht)
nur was ich künstlerisch
daraus erkannte
scheinbar heimlich gefilmt
synchron mit der zeit
ungeschnitten fühlt es sich an
als habe man alle männlichen weiblichen
darsteller frisch von der strasse gefangen
das gefühl der nähe zu diesen laien
das selbstvergessene hineinsteigern
rein auf den sex konzentriert
schmierig, geschmacklos, hässlich, gemein
nichts menschliches ist ihnen fremd
diese perverse leidenschaft
hat sicher im stillen
meine verse beeinflusst
meine einstellung beim schreiben
und zwar sehr früh
Übersetzt von MW im Oktober 2013
伊沙
《日本AV颂》
不谈它在性上
给我的满足
（有点诲淫的嫌疑）
单说它在艺术上
带给我的启示
那种仿佛来自偷拍
与时间同步
未经剪辑的真实感
那种每位女优男优
像是从街头拉来的
群众演员的亲切感
那种不回避人性的
猥琐、阴暗、丑陋、邪恶
专注于性本身的
忘我的投入精神
貌似变态的激情
一定在暗中
影响过我的诗
以及我的写作态度
从很早以前开始
标签：art, china, film, Japan, movie, poetry, satisfaction, sex, sexuelle befriedigung, society, writing, yi sha, 伊沙
发表在 October 2013, September 2013, Translations, Yi Sha, 伊沙 | Leave a Comment »
