Su Qian: 3 Poems

3 Poems by Su Qian

　　我爱苹果
　　　　　　　　苏浅
傍晚一个人穿过果林
苹果花还小
十月来临之前
几乎总是这么小，像童年，像星星
和爆炸，像妈妈
怀着我
陷进苹果花的香气里，小渔啊
用一分钟
再红润一些，再甜美一些
就嫁人吧

　　I Love Apples
　　　　　　　　　by Su Qian　　tr. Fan Jinghua
Dusk finds me walking through the orchard
Apple flowers are still young
Before October settles in
They are always so small, like childhood, like stars
And explosions, like Mum
Heavy with me inside
In the fragrant trap of apple flowers, Oh Sweet Fish
Use one minute to
Grow redder and sweeter
And then marry yourself off

　　是什么没有了
现在我拥有它
一些静物。窗子，黄昏，或者果实
现在我移动它：风，花朵，时针和种子
现在，我让它们全部消失
一个小洞
落在了大的里面

　　Something Is Missing
　　　　　　　　　by Su Qian　　tr. Fan Jinghua
Now I have them all,
Some still objects. Windows, dusk, or fruits.
Now I move them: wind, flowers, clock and seeds.
Now, I make them disappear.
A small hole
Falls into a big one.

　　雨天的鸟
我不知道下雨的时候
鸟儿要怎样飞翔，而那些不会飞的，会把翅膀
藏在哪里

我常常依赖看见的事物去猜度
那些看不见的

我为此相信下雨天是一只高飞的鸟儿
将为我们带来它的彩虹

　　Birds in the Rain
　　　　　　　　　by Su Qian　　tr. Fan Jinghua
I do not know how birds fly
When it rains, and where those who do not fly would
Tuck their wings

I have always relied on what I have seen to speculate
What comes to the invisible

Hence I believe the rainy day is a bird soaring high
To bring us its rainbow