Friday, March 8, 2019

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




___________________

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