Monday, February 11, 2008

Fan Jinghua: Tempo

   Tempo
            For Tina
You do not call, do not look to your right and left
You press your hand against the handbag strap
Quietly through the festive street, you walk like a brook

New Year’s coming with new resolutions ascending
Yet you would pause before every crossroad
And turn every usual turn, observing traffic rules
If you look up, it is because of colorful balloons

I’ll be waiting at the regular pick-up point
With a book of poems in hands, its spine standing on my lap
I may do well picking up a stanza, a line or a joint between words
Not remembering when you should arrive

You may come at any moment, my love
Then your neck reaches, your arms torque and one leg climbs
You have beautiful joints, love, sexy to the bones
            Jan. 27, 2008

   缓速的步态
        献给Tina
你从不呼叫,也不左顾右盼、眼如流水
你手压着包带,静静地,流水一般
走过节日的街市,新年铺天盖地地来了

新年愿望在心底升起小山,却如影相随
而你依然会在每个路口稍停
看清交通规则,转过每个该拐的弯
若你抬头望天,那是因为气球色彩艳丽

我仍在那个守候你的搭车点守候
一本诗的书脊站在大腿上
读一节或一行,哪怕只是词字间的一个关节
都可以忘记你应该在何时到来

爱人,你现在可以随时来到我身边
然后你伸出脖子、弯起手臂、一条腿爬上我的腰际
你的关节如此美丽,性感到了骨头
           2008年1月28日

No comments: