Zhao Zhuangzhi
FIRST FLOOR
On the dormitory’s first floor,
conditions are worst.
Moss on wooden doors,
rust on window bars.
From outside, passing the windows,
I see three special rooms,
with their own bathroom,
doors and windows aluminum,
Simmons mattress.
A black student
wielding a club
to chase a mouse
that ran in from the Chinese students next door.
6/12/20, Zhanjiang
Translated by MW, June 2020
Su Jie
PUBERTÄT
Mit 14 Jahren, Mittelschule.
Drei Tage kein Wasser, kein Strom.
Nordwestwind heult.
Dann Schnee, dichte Flocken.
Guo Hongying von unserem Wohnheim
hat ein Waschbecken mit Schnee vollgeschöpft.
Ein paar von uns zusammen,
wir haben uns mit Schnee das Gesicht gewaschen,
dann abwechselnd vorm kleinen Handspiegel
schneeweiße Creme aufgetragen.
2020-01-05
Übersetzt von MW im Febr. 2020
Yi Sha
DREAM 1091
three dreams in one night
one after the other
three blossoms opened
on the same topic:
violence
I dream of two female journalists
from Chinese Business View
they used to interview me all the time
but then I beat up a male reporter
because he stuffed sweet crumbs into my mouth
when I didn’t want it
I dream of a real
Japanese devil
seems very friendly
but there’s no need for mobilization
I want him dead
though those war films haven’t fooled me
I know killing him won’t be easy
I am preparing a saw
I dream of my roommates
at college
we move into a new place together
it’s an apartment with bathroom
I am taking a pee
someone kicks me from behind
I turn around and kick him
to the ground
almost killing him
July 2017
Tr. MW, July 2017
《梦（1091）》
伊沙
一夜三梦
梦连着梦
花开三朵
各表一枝
共享主题：暴力
我梦见两位
曾经长期采访我的
《华商报》女记者
却殴打了一位男记者
起因是他不怀好意地
朝我嘴里塞点心渣子
我梦见一位
真正的日本鬼子
貎似很善良
但无须动员
我非要弄死他
抗日神剧骗不了我
我深知弄死他不容易
我先弄来一把锯子
我梦见大学
同住一室的同学
我们一起搬入新居
是一个单元有厕所
我撒尿时
有人在背后
踹了我一脚
被我反过身来
踹翻在地
差点跺死
2017/7
Wu Yulun
I HAVE SEEN IRON MAN’S SOUL
one guy in our dormitory bought us a model
made in usa
must be 30 centimeters
silver all over
golden shine, lines very clear
you can take him for real
he has to stand on our table
dirt all around him
coke-bottles, mcdonalds
fruit bags, rice box, waste paper
sprite cans. one heap of chaos.
he has to live in our garbage
can’t see his way out
flies round his ears
no wonder his fists are so tight
his face speaks of wrath
though he can do nothing
but this cannot go on forever
one day
his soul will break out
under the flesh
of the steel
one pitch-dark night
his angry eyes
will burn to cinders
squalor and chaos
whatever holds him
burn everything
2017
Translated by MW, June 2017
《那天我看到的钢铁侠的灵魂》
吴雨伦
宿舍里买了一个钢铁侠模型
美国制造
大概30公分
纯银色外观
金属光泽 纹理清晰
几可以假乱真
它被放在桌子上
但是桌上通常很乱
可乐瓶，雪碧罐，麦当劳
水果袋子，剩饭盒，废纸
桌面都是些污秽的东西
钢铁侠被迫生活在垃圾堆里
垃圾挡住了他的视线
苍蝇萦绕在它的耳畔
难怪它紧握双拳
满脸愤怒
却又无可奈何
但它不能永远这样
终有一天
它钢铁之躯下的魂灵
将冲破
这肉体的束缚
在一个漆黑的夜晚
用它愤怒的双眼
烧尽这阻挡它的
无聊的 肮脏的
一切
Han Yu
FELL DOWN AND DIED WATCHING THE MOVIES
as a bonus for the workers
at the all men’s dormitory
the mine partitioned the uppermost floor
and set up rooms for visiting spouses
from the opposite roof
you could see any move that went on inside
that was a secret all mine workers knew
one summer
one man fell from the roof
everyone said
he fell down and died watching the movies
Tr. MW, December 2016
中国大好き 