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Song Lin

DIMINUENDO

No man controls the suburbs of an animal's dream.
Heaven is the only neighbour, snow presses on the roof.

Power pylons; life of the sparrows on the lines
strums in fifty-foot metre on the month of February.

Whatever comes, comes right on time,
Good weather ends in bad.

Three times a letter from home comes to wake me;
black sand goes on writing it, even on the way.

Punished slave, do come in, warm your hands:
In your absence someone else will carry the sky.

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动物梦境的郊区无人管辖
只有天空一个邻居。雪压屋顶。

电线杆,麻雀线上的生活,
以五十音步的节奏弹拨二月。

一切来得正是时候,
好天气在坏天气里休止。

一封寄自故乡的信三次把我叫醒,
黑沙在途中继续把它书写。

被罚的奴隶请进门烤一烤手,
天空没有你也会有别人支撑。

1992
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DIMINUENDO

No man controls the suburbs of an animal's dream.
Heaven is the only neighbour, snow presses on the roof.

Power pylons; life of the sparrows on the lines
strums in fifty-foot metre on the month of February.

Whatever comes, comes right on time,
Good weather ends in bad.

Three times a letter from home comes to wake me;
black sand goes on writing it, even on the way.

Punished slave, do come in, warm your hands:
In your absence someone else will carry the sky.

DIMINUENDO

No man controls the suburbs of an animal's dream.
Heaven is the only neighbour, snow presses on the roof.

Power pylons; life of the sparrows on the lines
strums in fifty-foot metre on the month of February.

Whatever comes, comes right on time,
Good weather ends in bad.

Three times a letter from home comes to wake me;
black sand goes on writing it, even on the way.

Punished slave, do come in, warm your hands:
In your absence someone else will carry the sky.
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