I Don't Learn Spring and Autumn

By Li Mingli

There's a scorching summer between spring and autumn
In spring, after my look-in, you blazed in the summer
were really ripe in the autumn and well-prepared for a fruit

A lot of titbits bloomed. It's a camouflage, dear
Rumors are flying about you in the stories, like some woods
No matter how leaves are distorted and loose, but roots still there

The clouds drift around as well as the rain following seasons
In spring and autumn, it always produces countless rivers
while excited, it forgets the cold and freezing in winter

You said that white clouds would be full-fledged in spring and autumn
over the haze-free sky, like a flock of meek lamb or white swans
We're going to be fed fat and bloated

The interval between seasons like a veil hindering me to read your
great passion, you said you were in another spring-and-autumn
It seems far behind,  I'll wait for you in another season

English tr. by Chen Zihong

[中文原文]

不看春秋

李明利

春秋中间隔着一个酷夏
我春天去看你，你就在夏日里火辣
秋天里成熟，寻一个结果

许多花边新闻盛开后，掩没其中
编入绯损你的历史故事，像一片树木
无论叶怎样篡改凋零，根还在那里

天空云彩飘浮不定，像四季风雨
总要派生出春秋无数条河流
在激动时忘了冬天的冰冷和封冻

你说春秋的白云将在无霾的天空里
丰满，像一群温顺的绵羊或白天鹅
我们喂养得肥胖也会臃肿

隔着春秋如隔着一层纱，去读你的
热情，你说你已是另一个春秋的人
我恍若隔世在另一个季节里等你

李明利：诗人，四川蓬溪人，现居成都。