MCLC: Haizi poem

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: Martin Winter <dujuan99 at gmail.com>
Subject: Haizi poem
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People's Daily has a Hai Zi feature today:

http://qh.people.com.cn/n/2014/0324/c182759-20842276-2.html

I heard about this poet for the first time in 1990, there was a feature in
Jintian (Today), maybe it was the first number of the magazine's rebirth
in exile.

Hai Zi
BEIJING SPRING (FACE THE SEA, SPRING IN BLOOM)

from tomorrow, let me be happy
feed horses, chop wood, let me travel the world
from tomorrow, vegetables, grain
I have a house, face the sea, spring in bloom
from tomorrow, writing my family
tell everyone how I am happy
this lightning happiness tells me
what I will tell everyone
give every creek every peak a warm name
stranger, I want to bless you also
may your future be bright
may your lover become your family
may you find happiness in this world
I only want to face the sea, spring in bloom
1989
Tr. MW, 2014/3

Martin