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Yan Jun
February 14, Going to the Hospital with My Father
We ate breakfast took medicine
fought the polluted air
We got up early waited at the hospital
identifying the footsteps of the ear doctor
We were silent sitting side by side
depositing silence into the air
One day two days hands behind our backs
standing on the slow-moving elevator
The scarf is new the ice and garbage are also new
we listen to each other until we can hear nothing
© Translation: 2010, Ao Wang and Eleanor Goodman
Publisher: Cerise Press, Vol. 1 Issue 3, , 2010
Publisher: Cerise Press, Vol. 1 Issue 3, , 2010
14 FEBRUARI, MET VADER NAAR HET ZIEKENHUIS
we hebben ontbeten medicijnen geslikten met vervuilde lucht gevochten
we zijn vroeg opgestaan zitten in het ziekenhuis te wachten
op het geluid van de voetstappen van de oorarts
in stilte zitten we in de rij
en brengen de stilte in de lucht
een dag twee dagen met de handen op de rug
staan we in de trage lift
de sjaal is nieuw ijs en afval zijn ook nieuw
we luisteren naar elkaar tot we niets meer horen
© Vertaling: 2011, Audrey Heijns
Publisher: 2011, First published on PIW,
Publisher: 2011, First published on PIW,
© 2008, Yan Jun
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February 14, Going to the Hospital with My Father
We ate breakfast took medicine
fought the polluted air
We got up early waited at the hospital
identifying the footsteps of the ear doctor
We were silent sitting side by side
depositing silence into the air
One day two days hands behind our backs
standing on the slow-moving elevator
The scarf is new the ice and garbage are also new
we listen to each other until we can hear nothing
© 2010, Ao Wang and Eleanor Goodman
Publisher: 2010, Cerise Press, Vol. 1 Issue 3,
Publisher: 2010, Cerise Press, Vol. 1 Issue 3,
February 14, Going to the Hospital with My Father
We ate breakfast took medicine
fought the polluted air
We got up early waited at the hospital
identifying the footsteps of the ear doctor
We were silent sitting side by side
depositing silence into the air
One day two days hands behind our backs
standing on the slow-moving elevator
The scarf is new the ice and garbage are also new
we listen to each other until we can hear nothing
© 2010, Ao Wang and Eleanor Goodman
Publisher: 2010, Cerise Press, Vol. 1 Issue 3,
Publisher: 2010, Cerise Press, Vol. 1 Issue 3,
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