The Sky
By Bai Hua
On July 27th, five years ago,
I wrote about the Russian sky, Nanjing sky...
sky of association, of book series, of coitus ...
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Sir, what's the hardest thing to understand?
Well, well, I think it is..., it is the sky.
What does the sky live on? I'm thinking as well....
It isn't served with birdsong, but our looks up.
Say! A Japanese Natsume Sōseki said
those who are mad for progress only look upward.
Upper and lower of atmosphere, hot or cold
preceding and current! We met by chance,
each other we brushed against, we past...
July 15, 2019 / translated by Chen Zihong
[中文原文]
天空
柏桦
五年前的七月二十七日,
我曾写过俄国天空,南京天空……
协会天空,丛书天空,交媾天空……
——题记
老师,最难理解的东西是什么?
唉,我想是……,是天空啊。
天空靠什么生活?我也在想……
它不靠鸟的歌唱,靠我们的仰望。
这不,在日本,夏目漱石就说过
热衷进步的人只知道往天上瞧。
天空,它的上它的下,它的热它的冷
它的前世和今生!我们因缘际会,
我们衣袖相触,我们擦袖而过……
2019年7月15日