Wind Says: Selected Poetry of Bai Hua

Contents

CONTENTS ix A Prelude to Bai Hua’s Lyricism Fiona Sze-Lorrain (I) Precipice 海的夏天 4 Sea Summer 或别的东西 8 Or Something Else 再见，夏天 12 Goodbye, Summer 悬崖 14 Precipice 白头巾 16 White Headscarf (II) Summer Is Still Far 夏天还很远 20 Summer Is Still Far 三月 24 March 下午 26 Afternoon 书 28 Book 鱼 30 Fish 途中 32 En Route 民国的下午 34 A Republican Afternoon (III) In the Qing Dynasty 望气的人 38 Cloud Diviner 李后主 40 Emperor Li Yu 黄昏 42 Dusk 在清朝 44 In the Qing Dynasty (IV) Jonestown 秋天的武器 50 Autumn Weapon 我歌唱生长的骨头 52 Bones from My Singing 群众的夏天 56 Mass Summer 献给曼杰斯塔姆 58 To Osip Mandelstam 美人 62 Beauty 琼斯敦 66 Jonestown 恨 70 Hatred 这寒冷值得纪念 72 This Harsh Cold Is Worth Commemorating (V) Memories 往事 76 Remembrance 回忆 78 Memories 骑手 80 Rider 望江南 82 A View of Jiangnan 夏日读诗人传记 84 Summer Read: Biography of a Poet 1966年夏天 88 Summer, 1966 十夜 十夜 90 Ten Nights Ten Nights 教育 92 Education 麦子：纪念海子 94 Wheat: In Memory of Hai Zi 诗人病历 96 The Poet’s Medical Record 生活 100 Life (VI) The Man Clothed in Birch Bark 演春与种梨 104 Performing Spring, Growing Pears 现实 108 Reality 以桦皮为衣的人 110 The Man Clothed in Birch Bark 未来 112 The Future 初春 114 Spring Begins 家人 116 Family 除夕 118 New Year’s Eve 衰老经 120 Scripture of Aging 老诗人 122 The Old Poet (VII) Hand Notes on Mountain and Water 广陵散 126 Ancient Tune of Guangling 棉花之歌 128 Song of Cotton 山水手记 130 Hand Notes on Mountain and Water 两个时代之小影 140 A Short Film on Two Eras 在猿王洞 142 In the Ape King’s Cave 橘树下 144 Under the Mandarin Tree (VIII) Character Sketches 谢幕 148 Curtain Call 嘉陵江畔 150 Jialing River 黄山二日 152 Two Days in Huangshan 酝酿 154 Brewing 夏日小令 156 Summer Lyric 风在说 160 Wind Says 人物速记 166 Character Sketches 小学生活 170 Primary School Life 西藏书 from The Book of Tibet 无常（二） 172 Impermanence (II) 逝去，逝去…… 174 Fading, Fading . . . 吐蕃男子 176 The Tibetan 179 Notes 183 The Enigma of Time, Cities and Voices ...