In response to the NYT article on the tragic bus crash, here’s a poem by Qizi that I have translated into English.–Martin Winter
Qizi
ON A BUS OF ROMANTICISM
Are you on a hurtling bus too?
Have you ever thought
of jumping out with me
to fall down and die
on the earth
of realism?
9/19/22
Tr. Martin Winter, September 2022
在浪漫主义的车上
起子
你也在飞驰的车上?
那你有没有想过
和我一起跳下去
摔死在现实主义的
大地上?
2022-9-19
See my blog, with pictures by Qizi (from Weibo) https://banianerguotoukeyihe.com/2022/09/20/im-romantischen-bus-%e8%b5%b7%e5%ad%90-qizi/. Thanks to Sidse Laugesen for important feedback!
Martin Winter