哀歌 (Elegy)

Poetry
Written By Xia Zhang

在严厉的房间里我是沙发

慵懒消散

被人的呼吸浸染


在严厉的房间里我是十二月的窥视

一朵含苞待放的腊梅噙住雪花

那暮色沉沉的幽香


在严厉的房间里我是马

是驮着阴影走向台阶的光线

而时间是骑手


在严厉的房间里我是寂静

一本翻开的杂志对着天花板

被空虚包围

Translation by Yang Xia

In the stern room I am a sofa,

Languor dissipates,

Steeped in human breath.

In the stern room I am December’s furtive gaze,

A budding wintersweet holding a snowflake,

That lingering scent sunk in deep dusk.

In the stern room I am a horse,

A shaft of light bearing shadows to the steps,

and time is the rider.

In the stern room I am silence.

An open magazine staring at the ceiling,

enclosed by hollowness.

Xia Zhang

Xia Zhang is a poet from Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. He earned his undergraduate degree in Economic Management from Zhongnan University of Economics and a MBA from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Over the years, he has worked in telecommunications, the automotive industry, and held roles as varied as feng shui consultant, baker, cleaner, and security guard. Since 2021, he has been resting at home for health reasons. Zhang began writing poetry in 2008 and has composed over a thousand poems, some of which have appeared on the Chinese Poetry Network.

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