Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Cui Yuwei 2#--Mid-Autumn Night 

Mid-Autumn Night 

Written by Cui Yuwei


the moon slants through my window
round and yellow as usual except
for a little difference in the thin clouds
drifting around
tonight they’re translucent like the tentacles
of a jellyfish
the neighbourhood is quiet
people are out watching the moon
after a few minutes of staring
I feel it dissolve into something drinkable
those guys on the beach much be drunk with joy now
there’s nothing I can drink
with them under this primordial satellite
that has lived through many false stories
the truth now is it’s too faraway
to be thought a beautiful token
as far back as I remember mum never said so
just a moment ago she told me on the phone
at her place the moon was luminescent however
she was about to go to bed early because I wasn’t home
so there was no need to prepare a dinner
no better night than this
for me to better understand
how my fate resembles hers
I’m reliving her, the one
at the other end of an umbilical cord
and tonight
our loneliness is filled
with moonlight


中秋夜

月光斜照
一如往常
雲的質感變了
像水母
半透明的觸鬚
四周寂靜得很
人們都外出賞月了
看了幾分鐘,我覺得
它在融化
到可以喝下去
沙灘上的人一定都高興醉了
其實這顆遠古的衛星
見過的假故事太多
真話就是它太遙遠
讓人難以親近
從我記事起,母親從未說過
月亮很美
今晚她在電話那邊
告訴我家裡的月亮很清澈
但也沒什麼看頭,她很快
就去睡了
我不在家
她不必為誰忙碌到夜深
沒有哪晚像今晚
令我幡然醒悟
彼此相似的命運
我在重複
這個遠在臍帶另一端的人
我們的心
都想快樂而堅實
但除了一點月光
還能拿什麼
來填

6 comments:

  1. This is a terrific poem, Yuwei. So many fine images shimmering through it. Generous. Gentle as the moonlight. :)

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  2. I love the way you weave your mother into this poem

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    1. I also like it, :). I have a lot of poems about my mum.Thank you so much!

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