Poem
Han Dong
Me and You
me and you: we met, fell in love, lived together
me and you: we lived apart, for a certain stretch of time
my pity and my pain, for you
your attachment, your unhappiness, for me
me and you: the soul’s intimacy, isolation
all these things are random
like you, I result from the random
meeting, falling in love and living together of parents
from the random foods they ate
from a randomly acquired gender
we grow up to be blown around by random winds
the random world shakes us up like dice
for the sake of an outcome
those red dots: drops of blood
six: two lines of tears
only these two are necessary
© Translation: 2006, Simon Patton
ME AND YOU
© 2003, Han Dong
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Me and You
me and you: we met, fell in love, lived together
me and you: we lived apart, for a certain stretch of time
my pity and my pain, for you
your attachment, your unhappiness, for me
me and you: the soul’s intimacy, isolation
all these things are random
like you, I result from the random
meeting, falling in love and living together of parents
from the random foods they ate
from a randomly acquired gender
we grow up to be blown around by random winds
the random world shakes us up like dice
for the sake of an outcome
those red dots: drops of blood
six: two lines of tears
only these two are necessary
© 2006, Simon Patton
Me and You
me and you: we met, fell in love, lived together
me and you: we lived apart, for a certain stretch of time
my pity and my pain, for you
your attachment, your unhappiness, for me
me and you: the soul’s intimacy, isolation
all these things are random
like you, I result from the random
meeting, falling in love and living together of parents
from the random foods they ate
from a randomly acquired gender
we grow up to be blown around by random winds
the random world shakes us up like dice
for the sake of an outcome
those red dots: drops of blood
six: two lines of tears
only these two are necessary
© 2006, Simon Patton
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