Cao Shuying: Longie

　　　寿寿的N种生活方式(之一)
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　曹疏影
　　　From “The Numerous Life Styles of Longie”
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Cao Shuying　tr. Fan Jinghua
I: Longie

Little Genie Sr.:
　My boyfriend’s penis is called Longie, after the auspicious wish for Longevity.
　No one has ever mistreated it, but it escaped one day.
　That was on a crowded bus, on a summer day, and the sordid smell of sweat was beyond words. Suddenly, a darkish red gadget flew out of the window. It was Longie! We saw it, its neck stretched, bouncing across the busy road, dodging taxis, buses, and bicycles. When it finally reached the other side of the road, it jumped several times. Protesting? Bidding farewell? We were all stupefied with shock! Before we came to our senses, numerous gadgets of its kind had already flown out of the windows! The whole bus of people were howling, and every man was dying to free their hands on the iron rails to have a touch of their trousers, but the bus was far too crowded. The road was jammed with penises of all sizes and shapes, and they were rubbing each other, dillydallying across the street. While the drivers could not see them, we were all dumbfounded at those bustling fleshy sticks. They were bouncy and jumpy, as if calling Longie and asking it to wait for them, or they were just in a riot or celebration, or they were coughing, drunk, or reclaiming the universe…
　“Longie, Longie…” but we could not spot out which among the penises is it.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Feb. 2006 (?)

一、寿寿
小鬼大：
　　“我男朋友的阴茎叫寿寿，取长命百岁的意思。
　　“谁都不曾恶待过它，可有一天它却逃走了。
　　“那是在一辆拥挤的公共汽车上，大夏天，任谁都无法形容出那种汗臭。突然一个红褐色的东西从车窗飞了出去，是寿寿！我们看见它伸着脖子在马路上一弹一弹的跳着，躲避出租车，客车，然后是自行车。它终于到了马路对面，高兴地跳了好几下。示威么？道别么？我们已经吓傻了。还没回过神来，却有无数只这样的东西飞出车窗！一车人都在嚎叫，男人们抓着铁栏杆的手想伸下去摸摸裤子，可太挤了根本办不到。整条马路上几乎塞满了各种各样的阴茎，擦擦蹭蹭地过马路，过路司机看不到它们，可我们眼都直了。这些肉棍不住地攒动，跳啊跳，像是在招呼寿寿等等自己，像是在欢呼，在咳嗽在醉酒在开垦宇宙……
　　“‘寿寿——寿寿——’可我们已经认不出哪个是它了。
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　2006年2月 (?)

About the poet:Cao Shuying was born in 1979 in Hei Long Jiang Province (the northeastern part of China) and educated in Beijing University. She obtained a BA from Chinese Department and an MA in Comparative Literature. Her published books include Puppets on Strings (poetry), Cornel Box (Golden Flower Box) (poetry), Fishing with Humi Cat (children) and Tales from Bitter Bodhi Bay (children). She now lives in Hong Kong as a freelancer.
作者：曹疏影，哈尔滨人，北京大学中文系学士、比较文学硕士。现旅居香港，为自由撰稿人。诗作结集为《拉线木偶》、《茱萸箱》，另写有童话集《和呼咪一起钓鱼》、《苦菩湾故事》。

Cao Shuying: Untitled

　　　Untitled
　　　　　　　　Cao Shuying (1979-) tr. Fan Jinghua


One fine day, I will use transparent material
To build a terraced pavilion and a storied belvedere
And a small bridge without balustrades
The steps there do not go from the lower to the upper
Waterfowls will all abandon their usual angle
I will use a boundless mirror to make a boundless lake
On which you will see no face from the past

By then I may not be ashamed to say
Everything I do is done for you
And this is our sky and earth

Even by now I can still write it
Sing it and see
Yes, I can see it whenever I want to
Just like I can see tonight which is both warm and cold
While you are still in sound sleep and the same physics
Goes in all the weepings
　　　　　　　　December 16, 2007

　　无题
　　　　　　曹疏影

总有一天，我要用透明的材料
搭出亭台和楼榭
没有栏杆的小桥
台阶不再自下而上
水鸟也放弃一贯的角度
用无限的镜子制作无限的湖泊
在它上面，你看不见往昔的任何面孔


那时我就可以告诉你
这一切都是为你
这是我们的天地


即使是现在，我也可以写它
唱它，看见它
是的，我想看见就能看见
如同看见这样一个有冷有暖的今夜
你仍熟睡，物理学
仍存在于所有的哭泣之中
　　　　　　2007．12．16


　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Cao Shuying (1979-) 曹疏影
About the poet:
Cao Shuying was born in 1979 in Hei Long Jiang Province (the northeastern part of China) and educated in Beijing University. She obtained a BA from Chinese Department and an MA in Comparative Literature. Her published books include Puppets on Strings (poetry), Cornel Box (Golden Flower Box) (poetry), Fishing with Humi Cat (children) and Tales from Bitter Bodhi Bay (children). She now lives in Hong Kong as a freelancer and an editor.

作者：曹疏影，哈尔滨人，北京大学中文系学士、比较文学硕士。现旅居香港，为自由撰稿人。诗作结集为《拉线木偶》、《茱萸箱》，另写有童话集《和呼咪一起钓鱼》、《苦菩湾故事》。