Posts Tagged ‘false’

WILL OF THE PEOPLE – 柏君 Bai Jun – WILLE DES VOLKES

10月 8, 2024

Bai Jun
WILL OF THE PEOPLE

To my chagrin
as former class monitor
I have to say, I also have
conducted such a vote.
Gathered all the children’s ballots,
never looked at them at all,
just threw it out
in the garbage can at the office.
And then
I selected the student I had in mind,
told them this student had the most votes
to make him their speaker.

Translated by MW, October 2024

Bai Jun
WILLE DES VOLKES

​Zu meiner Schande
​als ehemaliger Klassenvorstand
muss ich sagen, auch ich
hab eine solche Wahl durchgeführt.
Hab die Stimmen der Kinder
eingesammelt,
nicht einmal angeschaut
und sofort im Büro
im Papierkorb entsorgt.
Und nachher
den Schüler, der mir gepasst hat,
als den mit den meisten Stimmen
zum Klassensprecher bestimmt.

Übersetzt von MW im Oktober 2024

 

APRIL DREAMS – 伊沙 Yi Sha

5月 4, 2018

Yi Sha
DREAM 1271

sleep is being buried alive
waking up is being dug out again
dream is the world
when you open your eyes
in the dirt

April 2018
Tr. MW, May 2018

 

Yi Sha
DREAM 1274

The Poemlife BBS is still active,
someone has posted
my numbers are fake.
In my NPC I never presented
900 people or 2500 poems.

I’m having serious self-doubts,
even thinking,
“If he says it, goddamn, it must be true.”

April 2018
Tr. MW, May 2018

Yi Sha
DREAM 1276

NPC poets visit Japan
Jiang Tao shoots
one adult movie per person
as soon as they know
these movies won’t enter China
it’s no big deal

April 2018
Tr. MW, May 2018

 

Yi Sha
DREAM 1277

I am a Barça manager,
but not the general manager.
The general manager wants to buy
two Suárez clones.
I strongly object,
thinking he doesn’t know about football.

April 2018
Tr. MW, May 2018

Yi Sha
DREAM 1279

A strange girl,
doesn’t exist in reality,
uses the phone in a kiosk
(doesn’t exist anymore)
to call her parents.
Her happy laugh makes you smile.
Your relationship with her
is revealed at the end of the dream.

April 2018
Tr. MW, May 2018

 

Yi Sha
DREAM 1280

In a crowd
I hold Wang Youwei by the arm,
he can hardly stand
after drinking.
I turn around,
my bag has been snatched,
everything I have on this trip
was in there.
What do I do now?

I think of returning home
and I’m not afraid anymore.
My home with my mother
alive.

April 2018
Tr. MW, May 2018

 

Yi Sha
DREAM 1282

dreams:
the subconscious
is making wine

April 2018
Tr. MW, May 2018