Poem
Bei Dao
That Earliest of All
Day and night part at the top of a cypressWings draw in light’s final rays
Sailing in youth-sheltering waves
Death turns psyche’s compass
Tyrant Memory sounds warning bells
Beyond time’s frames – homesickness
Alarmed police seeking rant-windstorms
Go light-headed from the recognition of light’s fingerprints
The sky tends its wounds in ground-pools
Stars in Theatre Night reserve fixed seating
Orphans guide blind-pupilled praise-songs
Along mouth-like passes to greet the moon
That earliest of all has no name
Waters reform timetables
The sun opens its eye-dazzling umbrella
To see off those from alien homelands
© Translation: 2009, Tao Naikan and Simon Patton
HET ALLEREERSTE
dag en nacht nemen afscheid van boomtoppenvleugels verzamelen het laatste licht
varen door golven beschutting van jeugd
de dood draait aan een kompas in het hart
buiten het montuur van de tijd luidt
de tiran van herinnering de klok – heimwee
de politie is op zoek naar de storm
en duizelig van de vingerafdrukken van het licht
de hemel likt zijn wonden in de vijver
sterren reserveren voor het nachttheater
een wees leidt blinde lofliederen
op de bergpas de maan tegemoet
het allereerste heeft geen naam
de rivier vernieuwt haar rooster
de zon steekt haar oogverblindend scherm op
brengt vreemdelingen weg
© Vertaling: 2009, Maghiel van Crevel
那最初的
日夜告别于大树顶端
翅膀收拢最后光芒
在窝藏青春的浪里行船
死亡转动内心罗盘
记忆暴君在时间的
镜框外敲钟——乡愁
搜寻风暴的警察
因辨认光的指纹晕眩
天空在池塘养伤
星星在夜剧场订座
孤儿带领盲目的颂歌
在隘口迎接月亮
那最初的没有名字
河流更新时刻表
太阳撑开它耀眼的伞
为异乡人送行
日夜告别于大树顶端
翅膀收拢最后光芒
在窝藏青春的浪里行船
死亡转动内心罗盘
记忆暴君在时间的
镜框外敲钟——乡愁
搜寻风暴的警察
因辨认光的指纹晕眩
天空在池塘养伤
星星在夜剧场订座
孤儿带领盲目的颂歌
在隘口迎接月亮
那最初的没有名字
河流更新时刻表
太阳撑开它耀眼的伞
为异乡人送行
© 2008, Bei Dao
From: Jieju huo kaishi
Publisher: Changjiang, Wuhan, China
From: Jieju huo kaishi
Publisher: Changjiang, Wuhan, China
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That Earliest of All
Day and night part at the top of a cypressWings draw in light’s final rays
Sailing in youth-sheltering waves
Death turns psyche’s compass
Tyrant Memory sounds warning bells
Beyond time’s frames – homesickness
Alarmed police seeking rant-windstorms
Go light-headed from the recognition of light’s fingerprints
The sky tends its wounds in ground-pools
Stars in Theatre Night reserve fixed seating
Orphans guide blind-pupilled praise-songs
Along mouth-like passes to greet the moon
That earliest of all has no name
Waters reform timetables
The sun opens its eye-dazzling umbrella
To see off those from alien homelands
© 2009, Tao Naikan and Simon Patton
From: Jieju huo kaishi
From: Jieju huo kaishi
That Earliest of All
Day and night part at the top of a cypressWings draw in light’s final rays
Sailing in youth-sheltering waves
Death turns psyche’s compass
Tyrant Memory sounds warning bells
Beyond time’s frames – homesickness
Alarmed police seeking rant-windstorms
Go light-headed from the recognition of light’s fingerprints
The sky tends its wounds in ground-pools
Stars in Theatre Night reserve fixed seating
Orphans guide blind-pupilled praise-songs
Along mouth-like passes to greet the moon
That earliest of all has no name
Waters reform timetables
The sun opens its eye-dazzling umbrella
To see off those from alien homelands
© 2009, Tao Naikan and Simon Patton
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