Zhou Ming
ICH HAB GEHÖRT
Bei der Bestattung
verkaufen sie Urnen
Manche sind teuer
manche sind billig
Aber drinnen
ist gleich viel Platz
Übersetzt von MW im März 2023
伊沙推荐：小诗见骨头，若能见到骨头，小诗就不小了。本诗正是如此。
徐江点评《新诗典》周鸣《听来的诗》：民间有谚——“家有黄金万两，不过一日三餐，家有良田万顷，不过只睡三尺宽的床……”本诗是同样的移速，玩了一把当代化、灵异版，更吓人也更终极。
Hong Junzhi
ASCHE
Meine kleine Schwester hat mir gesagt,
die Asche unserer Mutter wird am Heimatort im Fluss verstreut.
Im siebenten Jahr nach Mutters Tod
schickt mir die Schwester aus Seol eine Schmuckschachtel für Ringe,
mit einem kleinen Rest, der nicht pulverisiert ist.
In der kleinen Schachtel
ist meine Mutter.
Ich sitz 13 Stunden starr am Schreibtisch,
nehm das Bisschen Asche in den Mund,
lutsche vorsichtig,
kau, bis das Blut kommt,
schlucks langsam runter,
schrei wie verrückt
Mama –
Übersetzt von MW im Juni 2022
伊沙推荐语：六月下半月推荐诗中的上乘之作，洪君植写诗有一个鲜明的优点：爆发力强，爆发点有变化，这是一名真正的诗人身体上所携带的。
况禹点评《新诗典》洪君植《骨灰》:爆发力太强了，堪称情感的核爆!而且是反技术的爆发力——它来自生命，和对亲人的爱。
Chun Sue
QUESTIONS BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP
do you think you are an intellectual?
du you think you are an existentialist?
do you think you like to eat zha jiang mian?
do you think you are collecting antiques?
do you think you are following fashion?
do you think you have improved since you started?
do you think you have fulfilled your ideals?
do you think you’re a patriot?
do you think you love the truth?
do you think you dare to say it?
do you think you don’t fear retribution?
do you think you’re a good writer?
do you think you’re a poet?
do you think you’re a good mother?
do you think you’re a good father?
do you think you have loved?
do you think you are moral?
do you think microblogging makes China improve?
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do you think they are prophets?
do you think you’re a groupie?
do you think there are things you don’t talk about?
do you think there are people you cannot offend?
do you think this novel is your autobiography?
do you think you have talent?
do you think your stuff is going to last?
do you think you have secrets?
do you think you have a big heart?
do you think you are fair to everyone?
do you think you’re responsible?
do you think you play by the rules?
do you think you have nothing to be ashamed of?
do you think you are self-important?
do you think you want revenge?
do you think you are scared of dying?
do you think you make people like you?
do you think you make people hate you?
do you think you have a future?
do you think you are falling behind?
do you think you are lonely?
do you think you are writing a poem?
this girl makes you crazy
let her go on babbling
asking herself
Tr. MW, June 2014
Chun Sue
DREAMING OF LIVING INSIDE A DREAM
Tr. MW, June 2014
Published in EPIPHANY magazine, fall 2014. Go on, look for this great Chinese Dream! I spent October 2014 at Vermont Studio Center with Yi Sha, editor of the daily New Century Poetry series 新世纪诗典. Chun Sue is one of the most well-known figures within this huge independent circle of poets.
Chun Sue
MORNING, AVENUE OF ETERNAL PEACE
Little Brother says: dad, Avenue of Eternal Peace
take a good look
This is the road you walked for over 20 years
I am sitting with Papa and Little Brother
I am almost crying
Finally I know
why I like the Avenue of Eternal Peace
Slowly the car passes the Military Museum
and the red walls of Zhongnanhai
and Xinhua Gate
Papa is small now he fits in an ash box
sitting between us
doesn’t take up much space
We pass the Gate of Heavenly Peace
and I see him
He stands on the square
watching us while we’re passing
Why was it so hard to write about you
You’re the son of a peasant
I was born in a village
I am also the child of a peasant
I put on army songs for you all night
Crying my heart out —
I like all that too.
2012-03-03
Tr. MW, May 2014
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