The Sky

By Bai Hua

    On July 27th, five years ago,
    I wrote about the Russian sky, Nanjing sky...
    sky of association, of book series, of coitus ...
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Sir, what's the hardest thing to understand?
Well, I think it is. . . it should be the sky.

So what does the sky live on? I'm still thinking...
It doesn't partake of birdsong, but our upwards looking.

The sky positions up and down, we met by chance,
we brushed against each other, past each other...

July 15, 2019 / translated by Chen Zihong

[中文原文]

天空

柏桦

五年前的七月二十七日，
我曾写过俄国天空，南京天空……
协会天空，丛书天空，交媾天空……
                         ——题记

老师，最难理解的东西是什么？
唉，我想是……，是天空啊。

天空靠什么生活？我也在想……
它不靠鸟的歌唱，靠我们的仰望。

天空，它的上它的下，我们因缘际会，
我们衣袖相触，我们擦袖而过……

                         2019年7月15日