YANG LIAN
(trans. by Jacob Edmond)


Moonlit Night in the Sky

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 






 

 

 

 

Moonlit Night in the Sky
(from the “Lee Valley Poems”)

fifteen hours of moon on my left
always on my left        the inner body of the airplane’s wing greets the darkness

fifteen ovals that have been stretched out
unconnected to time         look back            your pure snow white fills my view

rising now          parting is a rare flower in full bloom
suck that little bell with a mounting echo

the moonlight covers me            sleep after sex covers the clouds
where is the world          nobody flies out of this night

oh        don’t stop              don’t drop one thread of river valley
silver       maintain an even speed            this is death

 

 

 

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