Yang Li
RANDOM ENCOUNTER
At the corner of Qintai road,
I run into Liu Li.
She wears black crépe on her wrist,
her face wan and thin.
We once were a pair,
we loved each other.
I am very surprised.
But she just smiles
and says plainly,
it went on for years, then it was a liberation for him.
I don‘t know what to say, how to console her.
Qintai road is an old road,
but the way it is now,
we both don‘t recognize it.
Translated by MW in December 2023
Yan Li
REALISM
I have no way
to write the bird in the cage
onto the tree outside the window.
These birds have lost their ability to look for food.
So each only hopes I can write its cage
into bigger dimensions.
Translated by MW in December 2023
汉语先锋：2022年度最佳诗歌100首 | 诗卡展04
中国大好き 