Jenny Xie, 2017年惠特曼诗歌奖得主# LeisureTime - 读书听歌看电影
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Letters to Du Fu
Jenny Xie
I paid a visit to the province of a past year
aided by a pot of wine
self-contempt erects a wide frame
almost anyone can pass through
So unruly are my needs
who would own up to it
Only a fool would try to imitate the arrow
before letting go the bow
•
Du Fu, do not attempt this journeying
with a whip of effort
to speed up your travel
step backward into the broad forgetting
They say too much brooding
elongates the mind
Everywhere one lands
the train arrives at the depot early or late
•
Fruitless to try and compare
your searching lines
with the rain’s heavy lather
I’ll take instead the shaved surface of the moon
We are wiped of age first thing in the morning
sleep is a light wash
and don’t we know it
we are wrung and wrung
Copyright © 2017 by Jenny Xie. Used with permission of the author.
Letters to Du Fu
Jenny Xie
I paid a visit to the province of a past year
aided by a pot of wine
self-contempt erects a wide frame
almost anyone can pass through
So unruly are my needs
who would own up to it
Only a fool would try to imitate the arrow
before letting go the bow
•
Du Fu, do not attempt this journeying
with a whip of effort
to speed up your travel
step backward into the broad forgetting
They say too much brooding
elongates the mind
Everywhere one lands
the train arrives at the depot early or late
•
Fruitless to try and compare
your searching lines
with the rain’s heavy lather
I’ll take instead the shaved surface of the moon
We are wiped of age first thing in the morning
sleep is a light wash
and don’t we know it
we are wrung and wrung
Copyright © 2017 by Jenny Xie. Used with permission of the author.
