Poem
Han Dong
Life
life is a vacancy
inhabited by people
male and female
as random as a meeting on a train
as close to one another as these lives are
life shakes us up
so hold me a little more tightly
at the station we get off, shed hot tears
a butterfly flies in
passing back and forth without let
© Translation: 2006, Simon Patton
LIFE
© 2003, Han Dong
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Life
life is a vacancy
inhabited by people
male and female
as random as a meeting on a train
as close to one another as these lives are
life shakes us up
so hold me a little more tightly
at the station we get off, shed hot tears
a butterfly flies in
passing back and forth without let
© 2006, Simon Patton
Life
life is a vacancy
inhabited by people
male and female
as random as a meeting on a train
as close to one another as these lives are
life shakes us up
so hold me a little more tightly
at the station we get off, shed hot tears
a butterfly flies in
passing back and forth without let
© 2006, Simon Patton
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