同舟无济

这次有点不同。从布里亚特到佛蒙特，不同

追上了同舟的无济于事。只是疲劳。湖要求

正面放弃背面，要求船底闭上眼睛划破无底。

今天没有。贝加尔湖的平躺要求弗罗斯特的

林地有点不同：背面的桦树属于桦树它曾经

也是桦树。皮肤裂成的白可以记下没有的绿。

慢性。她有一只小小的药盒，帮她闭上眼睛

拖住进化的后腿。只是心动过速。鱼的起伏

要求星球平躺，放弃直立性低血压的猿与瀑。

白。哈达和药片。哈达属于药片它曾经也是

无济于事。只是更白。绕过白令海峡的免疫

系统要求大西洋放弃白得耀眼：银乃至水疱。

The Futility of the Same Boat

This time is a little different. From Buryatia to Vermont, difference

Has overtaken the futility of being in the same boat. Just exhausting. The lake requires

The surface to renounce what lies beyond, requires the hull’s closed eyes to pierce the bottomless depths.

Today is absence. The flat calm of Lake Baikal requires Foster’s

Woodland to be a little different: behind the house the birch tree is a birch tree

and was always

A birch tree. The white of splitting skin records the absence of green.

Slow and patient. She has a small medicine chest, to help her shut her eyes and hold back the retreat of evolution. Just the heart beating too fast. The ripple of fish

Requires the stars to recline, to renounce the vertical low blood pressure of apes and waterfalls.

Whiteness. Blessing scarves and pills. A blessing scarf is a pill and was always

Futile. Just whiter. Bypassing the immune system of the Bering Strait requires the Atlantic Ocean to renounce the blaze of whiteness: silver to the point of blistering.

Johnson, Vermont, July 20, 2018

病例：百合

为你织一潭泳衣，

为你织一身水蛭。

为你织万物前提。

为你：体液百合。

一橙一黄：为你。

既然：一日寻求

另一日替代天堂。

前提的体液允许

偷换百合：为你。

更好，也为更坏。

为你织斜枝两股，

为你织水花一双。

假装接力的万物

为你织纱窗之内：

蕊与瓣为你假装

拆松前提的水蛭。

（20180723 美国佛蒙特州约翰逊镇）

Case Notes: Lilies

I will weave for you a pool to swim in,

I will weave for you a suit of leeches.

I will weave for you the existence of all living things.

For you: the pure sap of lilies.

One orange, one yellow: for you.

Just as one day pursues the next

To stand in for paradise.

The existence of sap allows

A sly substitution of lilies: for you.

Even better: also for even worse.

I will weave for you two sloping limbs,

I will weave for you a pair of water blooms.

The feigned relay of all living things

Will weave for you the interior of a screen window:

Stamens and petals will pretend for you

To tear apart the existence of leeches.

Johnson, Vermont, July 23, 2018

现代性器

当代：有时，她
住在临时里。现代
是格林尼治时间
擒住的铁轨，着急，
茶汤咬盏。有时，
她强拆人造的现代，
她住在自焚念头
的当代里：黑烟甩
向俄国，进步的
等死之物无从拆起。


2011/7/3 上海

Hear Han Bo read one of the poems: https://www.lyrikline.org/en/poems/12030#

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The contemporary: Now and then, she
lives within the momentary. Modern times
mean Greenwich Mean Time
lives lived caught on the tracks, anxiety,
tea foam nipping at its bowls’ walls. Now and then,
she demolishes man-made modern times,
she lives within the ​​self-immolation of the thought
of the contemporary: black smoke pours
toward Russia, progress’s
awaiting death cannot be torn down.

Translation by David Perry

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Han Bo is an acclaimed poet, playwright, travel writer, and artist. Born and raised in Heilongjiang in northeastern China, he now travels extensively while keeping his home in Shanghai.

Han Bo is the author of several poetry collections including Borrow Deep Heart and A Banquet of Knots. He is also the author of five collections of poetry and five books of travel writing documenting his travels throughout Europe and Asia. His work has been translated into English, French, Russian, Spanish, German among other languages. His 2013 poetry collection, 飛去來寺 (Fly to the Temple) includes the “China Eastern Railway” cycle. He has participated in programs and residency programs at the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program, the Vermont Studio Center Literature in Translation Program, the Avignon European Poetry Center, the Berlin International Poetry Festival and the Paris French-English Poetry Festival. Han Bo is the recipient of China’s Liu Li’an Poetry Prize, among other awards. He is also the author of over ten works of drama and is the founder of Shanghai’s Night Stage Drama Studio.

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