BEI DAO ~

 

R E A D   M E

     Jeffrey Yang, video

RE-READ: BEI DAO, MIDNIGHT'S GATE ~

 

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New Directions, 2005

BEI DAO ~

At the Sky's Edge



love among the mountains



eternity, that patience of the earth

simplifies our human sounds

one arctic-thin cry

from deep antiquity until now



rest, weary traveler

a wounded ear's

already laid your dignity bare



one arctic-thin cry




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Bei Dao
At the Sky's Edge
translated by David Hinton
Poems 1991-1996
New Directions

BEI DAO ~

R E V I E W

New Directions 2017

translated from the Chinese by Jeffrey Yang

BEI DAO









THE ROSE OF TIME


when the watchman falls asleep
you turn back with the storm
to grow old embracing is
the rose of time


when bird roads define the sky
you look behind at the sunset
to emerge in disappearance is
the rose of time


when the knife is bent in water
you cross the bridge stepping on flute-songs
to cry in the conspiracy is
the rose of time


when a pen draws the horizon
you're awakened by a gong from the East
to bloom in the echoes is
the rose of time


in the mirror there is always this moment
this moment leads to the door of rebirth
the door opens to the sea
the rose of time







THE ROSE OF TIME
New Directions, 2010
edited by Eliot Weinberger
translators include Weinberger, David Hinton & others