by Lü Yue tr. Fan Jinghua
The son of woman cannot understand
The woman’s ankle bruised by new slippers
He points his plumpy hands and cry: blood, blood
The ankle that is bruised when God tries on the new world
God wishes his own son to understand
But no permission to point at it
Much less to cry
女人的儿子不能理解
吕约
女人的儿子不能理解
女人被新凉鞋磨破的脚踝
他伸出胖乎乎的小手喊：血，血
上帝为试穿新世界磨破的脚踝
上帝希望自己的小儿子理解
但不许指着它
更不能喊
Lü Yue at an old temple on the outskirt of Beijing in Sept 2009
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