Poem
He Xiaozhu
Calamus
CalamusGoats gallivant on the mountains
that person sees the rain come in on the goats’ backs
when the children picking calamus
say that just now they could still see
there was a sun
Calamus hangs above the wooden door
a woman washes and
suddenly thinks of that one cow
which two days ago got sick
the cow cart had arrived from far away
this person had bundled some calamus
and in the evening stewed a broth
Goats are again gallivanting on the mountains
the clouds are so white, so white
but that person bares a black countenance
© Translation: 2007, d dayton
CALAMUS
From: 6 Verbs or Apples
Publisher: Hebei jiaoyu chubanshe,
Publisher: Hebei jiaoyu chubanshe,
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Calamus
CalamusGoats gallivant on the mountains
that person sees the rain come in on the goats’ backs
when the children picking calamus
say that just now they could still see
there was a sun
Calamus hangs above the wooden door
a woman washes and
suddenly thinks of that one cow
which two days ago got sick
the cow cart had arrived from far away
this person had bundled some calamus
and in the evening stewed a broth
Goats are again gallivanting on the mountains
the clouds are so white, so white
but that person bares a black countenance
© 2007, d dayton
From: 6 Verbs or Apples
From: 6 Verbs or Apples
Calamus
CalamusGoats gallivant on the mountains
that person sees the rain come in on the goats’ backs
when the children picking calamus
say that just now they could still see
there was a sun
Calamus hangs above the wooden door
a woman washes and
suddenly thinks of that one cow
which two days ago got sick
the cow cart had arrived from far away
this person had bundled some calamus
and in the evening stewed a broth
Goats are again gallivanting on the mountains
the clouds are so white, so white
but that person bares a black countenance
© 2007, d dayton
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