To Wuhan - Xiao Shui / 肖 水

Xiao Shui / 肖 水




To Wuhan

The South is sinking, and the great river like
an electric current crossing in surge

The mud on lotus is sliding down the ladder
The shards of moonlight clinging to the rice paddies

Some people are dreaming, but not necessarily fall asleep
Birds find no food. The shadows of light and shade are sparse

and overlapping. Lonely pine. Thunder’s comb
The grasses are low, while the banks raised by smoke and fire

The pleasure of otolith keeps me awake
In a glass of water, the tower floats like a boat in reverse

(Translated by Zhou Wenbiao)




致武汉

南方下沉，大河
如同在涌动中交叉的电流

荷花之泥从梯子上滑下
月光的碎屑，紧紧捂住稻田

有人在梦，却不一定在睡
鸟不着一物，明暗之影稀疏

又重叠。孤松。雷的梳子
草地低伏，烟火抬高两岸

耳石的快意，令我无眠
水杯里，塔浮动如逆行舟



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Xiao Shui, doctor of literature at Fudan University, was born in Chenzhou, Hunan Province in 1980. He was the 27th director of Fudan Poetry Society, founder of Fudan Poetry Festival, Fudan Poetry Library and Poetry Collection Center of Fudan University. He has published poetry collections: “Lost and Found” (2012), “Chinese Class” (2012, Taiwan, China) , “Wormwood: New Quatrains Collection” (2014), “Bohai Story Collection: Novel Poetry Collection” (2016), “Bohai Story Collection” (bilingual edition, translated by Noelle Noell, Hong Kong, China, 2017), “Selected Poems of Brautigan” (a collaborative translation, Guangxi Normal University Press, 2019), “Fishing Trout in America” (a novel, Guangxi Normal University Press, 2018), “Fudan Poetry Anthology” (as an editor-in-chief, 2013, 2015, 2016). He has won awards including: “Unknown Poetry Award”, “New Poetry Award” of Shanghai Literature, poetry exploration award “New Talent Award”, “March 3rd Poetry Festival Award”, nomination of “The 2nd Chinese Young Writers’ Award”, “The 2nd Jian’an Literature Award” and “The 7th Fudan Poetry Special Contribution Award”.


肖水，复旦大学文学博士。1980 年生于湖南郴州, 曾任复旦诗社第二十七任社长，创办复旦诗歌节、复旦诗歌图书馆、复旦大学诗歌资料收藏中心。出版有诗集《失物认领》（2012）、《中文课》（2012 中国台湾地区）、《艾草：新绝句诗集》（2014）、《渤海故事集：小说诗诗集》（2016）、《渤海故事集》（中英文双语版，Noelle Noell 译，2017 中国香港地区）。合译《布劳提根诗选》（广西师范大学出版社，2019）、小说《在美国钓鳟鱼》（广西师范大学出版社，2018），主编《复旦诗选》（2013、2015、2016）。曾获未名诗歌奖、《上海文学》诗歌新人奖、诗探索奖·新锐奖、三月三诗会奖、第二届华语青年作家奖提名奖、第二届建安文学奖、第七届复旦诗歌特别贡献奖等。