kui li - translated

by the sea

spring is coming, flowers are blooming

from tomorrow

be a happy person

feed the horses

prepare the firewood

travel around the world

from tomorrow

start to worry about food, vegetables

i have a house, by the sea

spring is coming

flowers are blooming

from tomorrow

write a letter to everyone in the family

tell them about my happiness

what the lucky lightning has told me

i will tell everyone

give a cosy name to every river and every mountain

dear strangers too, i will make a wish for you

wish you a bright future

wish you lovers be together forever

wish you harvest happiness from this world

i wish only to be, by the sea

spring is coming

flowers are blooming

13 January 1989 by Hai Zi

translated 25 April 2022, amended 26 April 2022, amended again 9 May 2022, amended again 31 July 2022, amended again 1 December 2023, amended again 27 May 2024.

serenade

in the old days

quietly we sat in the evening

our laps were still

our ears were peeled

we could hear the water and the poem on the lowland

this is our own lowland, our own evening and our own poem

now, only me

only my laps are still

only my ears are peeled

only i could hear

the water on the lowland, and

the water in the poem

in this rainy night

now, only me

writing poems for you

this is our lowland and our water

this is our evening and our poem

who said this, hai zi

need to leave, need to travel around

we sat here before

August 1986 by Hai Zi

translated 10 May 2022, amended 31 July 2022, amended again 1 December 2023, amended again 26 May 2024.

orion

do you remember

how, in those days, the night fell

no need to say anything

like a slight pain

on the fingertips, coming from the sky

have you achieved the life you wanted

in the dream, the susurration of the ocean

some people slipped away, between your fingers

like the wind, come and go in the empty field

lingering feelings

falling leaves

quiet, the time

dawn and dusk

where is my destination

the world is in mist

some people were saying 'please come here!'

then they disappeared

never really understand, the maze of life

all the wrong turns i have made

people who have passed away

linger in the night sky

lighting up the path for you

sometimes you ride the wind

sometimes you fall

sometimes you see rainbows in the night

sometimes you sing

sometimes you stay quiet

sometimes you look at the sky

lingering feelings

falling leaves

quiet, the time

dawn and dusk

where is my destination

2017 by Pu Shu

translated 22 May 2022, amended 24 June 2022, amended again 31 July 2022, amended again 1 December 2023, amended again 26 May 2024, amended again 16 September 2024.