So much love I cannot utter for you
I have woven into lines
My only wish
That they, as poems
May attain immortality.
Zheng Qiangbin
Zheng Qiangbin is a Chinese poet, art critic and senior media professional. He has published poetry collections including Love This World. In 2002, he curated and hosted the International Chinese Poets’ Gathering in Zhouzhuang. Advocating truth, goodness and beauty, he often observes the world through the lens of poetry.
郑强斌，男，中国诗人，艺术评论家、资深媒体人。出版诗集《爱这个世界》等。2002年策划举办（周庄）国际华人诗人笔会，崇尚真善美，常以诗的视角观世界。
Translated by Ma Yongbo
Lines of Love
So much love I cannot utter for you
I have woven into lines
My only wish
That they, as poems
May attain immortality.
I have imagined such a scene
An autumn dusk
Under the lingering sunset glow
You hold them and read in quiet
Then suddenly you light upon
A line that stirs your temple hair
And blushes your cheeks
That is all my intent.
The love between us
No longer needs words
To speak
For my
Brief life
Can never compare
To your long youth.
爱的句子
把太多对你无法表达的爱
都写成了句子
只希望
它们以诗的方式
得到永生
我想过这样的场景
有一个秋日的傍晚
夕阳的余晖下
你静静的捧读它
忽然读到
一句让你鬓发飘动
面颊红润的话
那即是我所有的用意
你我的爱
早已不用语言
再去说了
因为我
短短的一生
永远也比不上
你长长的青春
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Perspective
An afternoon tabby cat
Quietly lost in thought behind the window lattice
Out of curiosity
I lean down and bend closer
To look out through its gaze
I see the trees glowing golden, and read winter’s palette
It keeps its eyes locked on birds flitting among twigs
Calculating its next meal
It turns out that even standing before the same scenery
Each soul perceives a wholly separate world
The finest way for people to abide together
Respect each other, disturb nothing, and understand without a word
视角
午后的花猫
隔着窗棂静静发呆
出于好奇
我俯身弯腰
从它的目光望向窗外
我看见满树金黄，读懂冬日色彩
它紧盯枝间飞鸟
心里盘算一顿猎物
原来就算站在同一处风景
每个人认知的世界全然不同
人与人最好的相处
彼此尊重，互不惊扰，心照不宣
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Wish the vast starry sky enfold me
There is always a place in life
That captures your heart at first sight, never to fade away
It may be because of someone
Or perhaps there
You meet a self you have never known
Just as I cannot forget
Each blooming white cloud upon the snow peaks of Shigatse
I often dream of them drifting above my head
When within reach, I always long to ride upon them
No more wandering the world ever after
This place is the very center of the world
I said to her
It is a place worth visiting countless times
For it, my heart is often torn away from myself
If I could, I would leave my body behind
And dwell there for good
Until the vast starry sky enfold me
愿空旷的星空将我覆盖
生命中总有一个地方
它会与你一见钟情，再也不能忘却
或是因为某个人
也可能是在那里
遇见过，从未相见过的自己
就像我忘不掉
日喀则的雪山上每一朵盛开的白云
我经常梦见它们，飘在我的头顶
当伸手可以触摸，总想坐上去
从此不用再周游世界
这里即是世界的中心
我与她说
那是一个值得无数次去的地方
为了它，我时常心神分离
如果可以，我宁愿离开我的身体
在那里久住
直到空旷的星空将我覆盖
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