Yao Feng # 10 -- flying a kite

放风筝

我租用一个广场

给孩子们放风筝

我把广场打扫干净

清除了垃圾、痰迹、标语、画像

以及残留的血迹

我还以孩子们的名义

辞退了警察叔叔

穿制服的和不穿制服的

孩子们昂起头

看着风筝飞了起来

看着风筝带来了风

风带来了云

云带来了天空

风筝越飞越高

天空越来越宽广

我和他们一起忘记了

广场的租期
 

flying a kite

I am renting a public square

children can fly a kite there

I clean the square

clear away garbage and spit

banners and portraits

traces of blood

on behalf of the children

I let the cops go

(uniformed, plain-clothed)

children raise their heads

to see the kite fly

the kite brings the breeze

the breeze brings the clouds

the clouds bring the sky

the kite goes higher

the sky widens

with them

I forget about

my lease

on the square

(translated by Kit Kelen  [客遠文])