Poem
Yi Sha
Waiting for Godot
in a small theatreused by an experimental theatre group
they’re performing
Waiting for Godot
so old-hat
there aren’t many people there
they wait and they wait
Godot doesn’t show up
knowing that he won’t come
no one is really waiting
some people start to nod off
but it’s precisely at this moment
right at the end of Waiting for Godot
that someone runs onto the stage
this unexpected “unexpectedness”
really gets the crowd going
this ill-intentioned interloper
turns out to be the simple-minded son of the theatre doorkeeper
there’s no way to stop him
he rushes to the middle of the stage
calling out to the people in the crowd
bawling his eyes out and asking for sweets
“Godot’s finally turned up!”
the audience jumps to its feet: a thunderous round of applause
© Translation: 2004, Simon Patton
WAITING FOR GODOT
© 1995, Yi Sha
From: Yi Sha shixuan
Publisher: Qinghai Renmin Chubanshe, Xining
From: Yi Sha shixuan
Publisher: Qinghai Renmin Chubanshe, Xining
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Waiting for Godot
in a small theatreused by an experimental theatre group
they’re performing
Waiting for Godot
so old-hat
there aren’t many people there
they wait and they wait
Godot doesn’t show up
knowing that he won’t come
no one is really waiting
some people start to nod off
but it’s precisely at this moment
right at the end of Waiting for Godot
that someone runs onto the stage
this unexpected “unexpectedness”
really gets the crowd going
this ill-intentioned interloper
turns out to be the simple-minded son of the theatre doorkeeper
there’s no way to stop him
he rushes to the middle of the stage
calling out to the people in the crowd
bawling his eyes out and asking for sweets
“Godot’s finally turned up!”
the audience jumps to its feet: a thunderous round of applause
© 2004, Simon Patton
From: Yi Sha shixuan
From: Yi Sha shixuan
Waiting for Godot
in a small theatreused by an experimental theatre group
they’re performing
Waiting for Godot
so old-hat
there aren’t many people there
they wait and they wait
Godot doesn’t show up
knowing that he won’t come
no one is really waiting
some people start to nod off
but it’s precisely at this moment
right at the end of Waiting for Godot
that someone runs onto the stage
this unexpected “unexpectedness”
really gets the crowd going
this ill-intentioned interloper
turns out to be the simple-minded son of the theatre doorkeeper
there’s no way to stop him
he rushes to the middle of the stage
calling out to the people in the crowd
bawling his eyes out and asking for sweets
“Godot’s finally turned up!”
the audience jumps to its feet: a thunderous round of applause
© 2004, Simon Patton
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