Posts Tagged ‘Cong Rong’
四月 19, 2020
Cong Rong
ONE DAY IN L.A.
Tofu, konjac, cauliflower
Whatever edible thing from the fridge
chuck it all in
into a hotpot,
tonight we are making sour soup fish,
every meal
like it’s our last supper.
Andy Warhol needs beauties
Edie needs the drug of love
I need to rip alive
an old yellow
onion peel
skinned, separated alive
from the next onion peel
no-one escapes separation
as we love one another through screens
wearing masks
Tonight
the cat bites off a prayer bead.
Master Chin Kung’s “Amitabha“
and Namie’s meows ring together in this apartment,
as if to say,
this cat must stumble, this cat becomes Buddha.
Translated by MW, April 2020
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发表在 2020, 20th century, 21st century, Antique times, December 2019, February 2020, January 2020, March 2020, Middle Ages, NPC, poetry, Translations, Uncategorized, 新世纪诗典 | Leave a Comment »
十月 24, 2019
Cong Rong
ANTI-JAPANISCHER KRIEG
Oma flüchtet,
lässt Song-Porzellan und Jade zurück,
hat meinen Onkel in ihrer Hand.
Die Flüchtlinge drängen sich oben am Berg,
halten den Atem an.
Jemand steckt den Kopf raus und fragt:
Was ist wenn das Kind weint?
Die ganze Gruppe will Oma und das Kind weghaben.
“Wenn es weint, drück ich es tot,
eure Sicherheit ist nicht in Gefahr!”
Sechzig Jahre später frag ich sie,
und wenn der Onkel geweint hätt?
“Dann hätt ich ihn totdrücken müssen.”
Übersetzt von MW im Oktober 2019
抗日战争
从容
外婆逃难，
丢下宋瓷和玉器
手里抱着二舅，
难民们挤在山上
都屏住呼吸
有人挑头说:
这孩子哭了怎么办？
全体都想把外婆和孩子撵走
外婆说:如果他哭，我就地把他掐死，
绝不会影响你们的安全！
六十年后我问她，
如果二舅真的哭了呢？
她说:那我只能掐死孩子。
标签：children, collective, confession, Cong Rong, cruelty, crying, danger, death, family, grandmother, group, history, killing, language, memory, NPC, people, poetry, talk, translation, uncle, war, 從容, 新世纪詩典, 从容
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