Poem - 六月 - 师涛 - June - Shi Tao - Spoken In English

六月 (June)
师涛 (Shi Tao)
Chinese-original

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都绕不过"六月"
六月，我的心脏死了
我的诗歌死了
我的恋人
也死在浪漫的血泊里

六月，烈日烧开皮肤
露出伤口的真相
六月，鱼儿离开血红的海水
游向另一处冬眠之地
六月，大地变形、河流无声
成堆的信札已无法送到死者手中

-- [translation follows] --
This life

Shall not flow past "June";
June, a heart dies,
This poem dies,
As my lover does
Drowned in Love's pool of blood;

June, brute sun my skin burns through,
Reveals the true nature of my injury;
June, a fish departs this blood-red sea,
Swims towards his invernal destiny;
June, all earth transmutes, mute his river - nothing said:
Piles of letters go now undelivered to the dead.

[thanks to Chip Rolley]

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