Cui Yuwei's translation of Linda Stevenson's 'Match Factory'

Match Factory

Written by Linda Stevenson

Translated into Chinese by Cui Yuwei

Heartbreak and the daily grind

drag out from me the better essence

like smoke from a match factory’s chimney.

That factory is obsolete

yet fires light up

unfanned

unstruck

spontaneous.

《火柴厂》

心碎和苦差
磨练出我体内的精华

像火柴厂的烟囱里飘出的烟。

废弃的工厂
火苗在发光
无人扇风

无人划擦

自我点燃。