Nirvana Poetry
Watching the Half Bottle of Water of Six Days Ago
Man Chen
Translated from Chinese by Ou Shilin
I truly believe it is doomed to be emptied.
The question is why it gets noticed six days later.
In a bottle that is narrow at upper and round at the lower,
water grows sticky, imitating my memory.
I am wondering if water had its memory,
it would certainly keep your temperature. Yet it did not.
Or it might save your voice, post your smile.
Yet it did not, but just getting turbid.
Now I cannot even remember your look,
your shaking life, the shaking you.
Now I even suspect you being an illusion,
which proves I am just a vessel for holding time.
... Hey, that's enough. I am not to be confused.
I pour you into the sink and put the empty bottle in the light.
About the author:
Man Chen is a member of Shanghai Writers' Association. His works appeared in major Chinese literature magazines Poetry Periodical, Poetry Tide, Green Wind, Yangtze River Poetry, Shanghai Poets. etc. He was awarded the first Huating Poetry Prize and the East & West Poet Award. He has published collections of stories and poems.
Translated from Chinese by Ou Shilin
I truly believe it is doomed to be emptied.
The question is why it gets noticed six days later.
In a bottle that is narrow at upper and round at the lower,
water grows sticky, imitating my memory.
I am wondering if water had its memory,
it would certainly keep your temperature. Yet it did not.
Or it might save your voice, post your smile.
Yet it did not, but just getting turbid.
Now I cannot even remember your look,
your shaking life, the shaking you.
Now I even suspect you being an illusion,
which proves I am just a vessel for holding time.
... Hey, that's enough. I am not to be confused.
I pour you into the sink and put the empty bottle in the light.
About the author:
Man Chen is a member of Shanghai Writers' Association. His works appeared in major Chinese literature magazines Poetry Periodical, Poetry Tide, Green Wind, Yangtze River Poetry, Shanghai Poets. etc. He was awarded the first Huating Poetry Prize and the East & West Poet Award. He has published collections of stories and poems.
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