A Guide

By Cheng Lie

We all have a guide to everything
it never stops for a while, as deeper
and deeper ocean sleepless
we do with the laws of nature for a long time
touch them with sun and moon, day and night
with the help of ancient tidal energy,
we hear all the causes of human confusion:
greed and fear.

Per se,  such an unfathomable wound
dirty blood flows under it
it's the very source of all racial evils
its gloom crushes the impermanence of fate,
even the dead can't erase such shame
surrounding by seductive and depraved wealth
the sigh from purgatory can be heard worldwide.

But the sea, the almighty Neptune
just before sunset, with curved blade
he makes a decisive response
at the place for sacrifice
fights brutal words with huge waves
and puts harmful gold to the ocean
one by one, one more.

After sunset, all is still
only reefs with fishing nets can be seen,
they're a natural barrier to the coastline--
a broad mind, just getting rid of fate
to complete the self-redemption of the race
is the hope in our hearts at all times,
where water and oxygen in it.

2018/  translated by Chen Zihong

指南

程烈

万物皆有一种指南
从未停留稍止，就像艰深
永不沉睡的大海一样
遵循自然法则已久，
经历一代代日月交替
透过远古的潮汐
垂听到全部人类迷乱的原因：
贪婪与恐惧。

啊，这内心深不可测的伤口
容纳着肮脏的血
是一切种族恶行的源头
它的阴暗甚至压住了无常的命运，
就连死者也无法抹去这耻辱
在堕落的财富包围下
全世界都能听见炼狱中的长叹。

可是大海，无所不能的国王
就在丽日未落，刀剑卷刃
和祭祀的地点，作出决绝的回应
以万顷波涛抗击残暴的词汇
并将害人的黄金
一一收回大海。

夕阳西沉，海面平静
仅留下用于拉网捕获的岛礁，
海岸线最天然的屏障——
宽阔的内心，是命运的摆脱
完成种族的自我救赎
是时刻在心的希望，
水和氧气就在其中。

2018年