Posts Tagged ‘唐欣’
七月 20, 2020
Tang Xin
WEEKEND ACTIVITY
Overcast afternoon hot & clingy no wind
a poet comes out of the subway gets on his bicycle
bag on his back with waterflask right on time
appears in the bookstore in the outskirts sits down
with a band of readers around a table a female student
from a media college does the mc women
and children young men smiles
on their faces one after the other reads from a yearbook
of colloquial poetry other customers passing
will probably think a religious circle
So can he be called a missionary
don’t be too optimistic to propagate poetry these years
is actually harder than spreading the gospel
May 2019
Translated by MW, July 2020
标签：activity, art, books, bookstore, circle, circles, city, media, mission, NPC, outskirts, people, private, reading, religion, society, Tang Xin, together, writing, 唐欣, 新世纪詩典
发表在 2019, 2020, 20th century, 21st century, July 2020, June 2020, May 2019, Middle Ages, NPC, poetry, Translations, Uncategorized, 新世纪诗典 | Leave a Comment »
三月 22, 2018
Tang Xin
BRAVE NEW FUTURE
we were talking retirement. serious topic,
my friends are optimistic. problems will get
thoroughly solved. we can catch up.
there are so many dedicated new people: unselfish,
always smiling, full of skills and talents,
taking over their posts. oh my god, wasn’t that
my dream when I grew up. the internationale
unites the human race. and they are hailed as
intelligent robots. their only trouble
could be how to get rid of
half-zombies like me.
January 2018
Translated by MW, March 2018
标签：dream, economy, future, ghosts, history, human, intelligence, international, memory, NPC, people, poetry, politics, retirement, robots, society, solidarity, talk, Tang Xin, work, 唐欣, 新世纪诗典
发表在 2018, 20th century, 21st century, January 2018, March 2018, NPC, poetry, Translations, Uncategorized, 新世纪诗典 | Leave a Comment »
四月 20, 2017
Tang Xin
EINKÄUFER MIT ZIGARETTE
1972, auf einer Zugreise
sieht ein Einkäufer einen Stand
mit Waren für ausländische Gäste.
Neugierig erkundigt er sich über den Preis
einer Zigarettenmarke. Ein Ausländer lächelt,
vielleicht aus Mitleid. Jedenfalls,
der Einkäufer ist tief getroffen. Niemand
darf auf Chinesen herabsehen! Niemand!
Ohne zu zögern kauft er eine Packung,
verwendet mehrere Monatsgehälter
(er trägt öffentliche Gelder bei sich),
aber wovon sollen er und seine Familie
in nächster Zeit leben? Er spürt eine Träne
und zündet sich eine Zigarette an,
durch den ganzen Waggon geht ein eigenartiger Duft.
März 2017
Übersetzt von MW im April 2017
标签：capitalism, cigarettes, family, foreigners, history, memory, money, nation, NPC, poetry, pride, socialism, society, stand, Tang Xin, trade, train, travel, work, 唐欣, 新世纪诗典
发表在 1970s, 1972, 2017, April 2017, March 2017, NPC, poetry, Translations, Uncategorized, 新世纪诗典 | Leave a Comment »
