全球詩人在線詩刋《海外詩人》第九期严力《Overseas Chinese Poets》 Issue No. 9 Li Yan

遠方的詩

【遠方的詩】全球詩人在線詩刋【Poetry From Afar】Global Poets Online Poetry 《海外詩人》第九期严力 《Overseas Chinese Poets》Issue No. 9 Li Yan 诗人简介 严力（诗人、作家，艺术家）1954年生于北京。1978-1984年为北京“今天”文学刊物和“星星画会”成员。1984年在上海举办了最早的先锋艺术个人画展。1985年留学美国并于1987年在纽约创立“一行”诗刊，任主编（2000年停刊），2020年6月在纽约复刊，继续担任主编。2009年至2015年与北京中华世纪坛合作，负责非华语国家的诗人联络与邀请，举办了七届中秋国际诗会。2018年出任纽约“法拉盛诗歌节”主任委员，同年出任纽约“海外华文作家笔会”会长。 Li Yan (painter, poet, fiction writer, China; b. 1954, Beijing) is a member of a group of artists known as The Stars; as a poet, he is identified with the Misty Poets; In 1987, he founded Yi-Hang in New York; the publication is a quarterly journal that features the works of contemporary Chinese poets as well as translations of American poems. His poems have been translated into French, Italian, English, Swedish, Korean and German. He has held many exhibitions and published numerous books. 从左至右：李斐、秦松、北岛、顾城、严力、王渝、张郎朗、贝岭、沈忱，1988年纽约。 目录Table of contents 导言 / 杨景荣天端Introduction by Jingrong Yang & Tianduan 1 还给我 Give It Back to Me2 鱼钩 Fishhook 3 永恒的恋曲——维纳斯 Eternal Love Song—Venus de Milo4 皇帝的新衣 The Emperor’s New Clothes5 悲哀也该成人了 Sorrow Should Be Grown up by Now6 烂绳子 Rotten Rope7 万里无云 Cloudless to the Horizon8 明天的一首狗诗 A Dog Poem for Tomorrow9 纽约 New York10 负10 Negative 1011 酒量有限 Limited Drinking Capacity12 端详 Gazing Intently13 我是雪 I Am Snow14 谢谢 Thanks for That 15 阳光明媚的星期天 The Bright Saturday Sunlight16 诗意的生活 Poetic Life17 黑暗之歌 Song of Darkness18 我以为 Seems to Me19 他妈的外星人 Those Goddamn Spacemen20 无题 Untitled 多味诗句口香糖（微诗十首）Multi-Flavor Chewing Gum —Ten Micro Poems 永恒的提示，2020. 布面丙烯。60X75 厘米。Timeless Prompt, 2020. Acrylic on canvas. 60X75 cm. 导读 严力先生是一位具有广泛影响力和独特创造力的作家和艺术家，早在1973年就开始了他的诗歌创作，是上个世纪中国朦胧诗的代表诗人之一。他的作品充满了思想性和艺术性，体现了他对个体意识和人类存在的思索，使读者能够从不同的角度感悟生活，被誉为具有现代主义的犀利和神秘主义的想象力，让人一次又一次地被他的创造力所感动。他的成就和影响力使得他成为了中国现代文学和艺术领域中不可忽视的一员。 本辑精选了严力先生的现代诗代表作三十首，画作二十六幅。他的作品诗中有画，画里流淌着诗，引人深思，充满了独特的艺术魅力。他的诗作深入探索人类情感和存在的意义，以及当代社会的现实问题，诗风简洁凝炼幽默，寓意深远，明朗而又不失张力。他的作品不仅在海内外引起了广泛的关注和赞誉，也给人们带来了对生活的新的思考和体验，值得读者珍藏。 刊发高水平的全球华语在线诗集是我们一如既往的追求，也是本刊的特色，诣在传递良知正义，促进海内外诗歌文化的交流。本刊《海外诗人》栏目，专致于介绍海外优秀诗人的代表作品。 主编：杨景荣荣誉主编：天端 Introduction Mr. Yan Li is a writer and artist of significant influence and unique creativity. He began his poetry writing in 1973 and is one of the representative poets of the Chinese Misty Poetry movement of the last century. His works are filled with intellectual and artistic qualities, reflecting his contemplation of individual consciousness and human existence. This allows readers to perceive life from different perspectives. He is acclaimed for his modernist sharpness and mystic imagination, repeatedly moving people with his creativity. His achievements and influence make him an indispensable figure in the field of modern Chinese literature and art. This edition features 30 representative modern poems and 26 paintings by Mr. Yan Li. His works combine poetry and painting, with poetry within the paintings and paintings flowing with poetry, provoking deep thought and showcasing unique artistic charm. His poetry delves into the meaning of human emotions and existence, as well as contemporary social issues. His poetic style is concise and humorous, rich in meaning, clear yet tension-filled. His works have garnered wide attention and acclaim both domestically and internationally, bringing new reflections and experiences on life, making them worthy of readers' collections. Publishing high-quality global Chinese online poetry collections remains our consistent pursuit and the hallmark of this magazine. Our aim is to convey conscience and justice, and to promote the exchange of poetry cultures between China and the rest of the world. The "Overseas Poets" section of this magazine is dedicated to introducing representative works of outstanding overseas poets. Editor-in-Chief: Yang JingrongHonorary Editor-in-Chief: Tianduan 永远的理解，2020，布面丙烯。76X100 厘米Forever Understanding, 2020, acrylic on canvas. 76X100 cm 《还给我》作者：严力（美国），朗诵：胡发翔（加拿大） 1 还给我 还给我请还给我那扇没有装过锁的门哪怕没有房间也请还给我还给我请还给我早上叫醒我的那只雄鸡哪怕被你吃掉了也请把骨头还给我请还给我半山坡上的那曲牧歌哪怕已经被你录在了磁带上也请把笛子还给我还给我请还给我爱的空间哪怕已经被你污染了也请把环保的权利还给我请还给我我与我兄弟姐妹的关系哪怕只有半年也请还给我请还给我整个地球哪怕已经被你分割成一千个国家 一亿个村庄 也请你还给我 Give It Back to Me Give it back to me!Please give me back the door without a lock even without a room still I want it back please!Give it back!Please give me back the rooster that awakens me in the morning even if you have finished eating it still I want the bones back please!Please give me back the shepherd‘s song from the side of the hill even if it is on tape still I want that flute back please!Please give me back the space of love even if you‘ve polluted it, still I want the right to protect our environment, please!Please give me back a relationship to my brothers and sisters even if it lasts just half a year, still I want it back please!Please give me back the whole of the globe even divided into thousands of nations hundreds of thousands of villages still I want it back please! Tr. Wang Ping 像鱼一样喝，2018. 布面丙烯。66X70 厘米Drink Like a Fish, 2018. Acrylic on canvas. 66X70 cm 2鱼钩 经过了许多年的等待我的鱼钩啊终于在没有鱼的池塘里自己游了起来但在更多年的游动之后它满脸无奈地一口吞下了自己 Fishhook After all these years of waitingThis fishhook of mineIn the pond without fishStarts swimming for itselfThen after more years of swimmingWith a look of resignationIt gulps itself down Tr. Denis mair 猫的联想, 2014. 布面丙烯。60X75 厘米Cat's Association, 2014. Acrylic on canvas. 60X75 cm 3永恒的恋曲——维纳斯 她被推到水下去压倒一片成熟的水草鱼儿如标点符号般惊起她和她的故事沉默地睡了几个世纪之后被捞了起来 今天我久久地坐在进餐的位置上反省很小的食欲在很大的盘子里呻吟身体中有许多个欲念来自遥远的前世我清楚地忆起了她我曾强行挣脱她的拥抱她留在我脖子上的那条断臂今世依然无法接上 Eternal Love Song—Venus de Milo She was pushed down into the waterpressed upon some old seaweedFish were startled like punctuation marksShe and her story were scooped up after sleeping silently for centuries TodayI sat for hours at the dining table reflecting on the pastA tiny appetite groaned inside a large dish Many of the body's lustful desires emanate from distant prior livesI recall her so clearlyI once forcefully pushed off her embraceHer broken arms remained stuck around my neckEven in this life, I still can't put them back Tr. Glen Steinman 肖像, 2014. 布面丙烯。45X55 厘米Portrait, 2014. Acrylic on canvas. 45X55 cm 4 皇帝的新衣 这个世界标榜创新就连皇帝的新衣也已被洗过烫过重新剪裁过 这个世界重视收藏就连皇帝的新衣也已被估价拍卖转手过许多富商 这个世界讲究观赏就连皇帝的新衣也已被放大上色贴在了城市的广告版上 The Emperor’s New Clothes People all love the shock of the newEven the emperor’s new suitComes back from the cleanersWith a whole new Armani look People all want to be collectorsEven the emperor’s new clothesWon’t go up on displayUntil fat cats make their bundle People’s eyes are hanging from their socketsTo get a look at the emperor’s new clothesBlown up in bright colorsOn billboards all over the city Tr. Denis Mair 前兆，2015. 布面丙烯。60X100 厘米Precursor, 2015. Acrylic on canvas. 60X100 cm 5 悲哀也该成人了 一拖就是多少年啊那时候的死亡也长大了大到悼词也能生儿育女了一部分留在那年的我也长大了尽管长成了一个被拦截的网址但学会了翻墙翻栅栏翻阅历史的沉冤 激情的长鸣没停过长鸣上不断叠加着新鲜的花圈但这远远不够表达对现实的质疑：为什么霓虹灯下整个世界的黑白可以互相祝酒为什么每次我上街散步时总能看见一些名叫遗忘的人在广场上朗诵未来 Sorrow Should Be Grown up by Now So many years have dragged on since that yearDeath that happened back then has grown to adulthoodWords of a eulogy can start their own families by nowThe part of me which stayed indoors that year has grown up tooAlthough he grew into a website that has been blockedEven so he has learned the trick of going over wallsTo peruse the subterranean injustices of history The unbroken cry of passion still goes onAtop those sad notes, new flower wreaths have been laidYet this can never suffice to express our misgivingsUnder neon lights around the worldWhy is the dark side still drinking toasts with the bright?Whenever I go strolling along the streetsWhy do I see people named ForgetfulOn a public square, reciting the future? Tr. Denis Mair 胸怀，2019. 布面丙烯。60X76 厘米Mind, 2019. Acrylic on canvas. 60X76 cm 6烂绳子 松开了！你相信吗？一条烂绳子松开的历史定将被博物馆抱在怀里不放？！松开了！绳结像拳头一样松开了没有骨节的烂绳子松开了一捆出土的死亡松开了祖先们系在绳子上的劲那股劲照遗传学讲早已延伸到我们的手上这手正在把祖先们忘记告诉我们的一些话挖出来但这些话被烂绳子松开了这些话再也系不成句子了这些话使我们无法组成文章也就是意味着我们在二十世纪上了一个大当啊这烂绳子真他妈的烂！！！ Rotten Rope It has come loose!Do you believe it?History that has come loose from a piece of rotten ropeWill be clasped forever in a museum’s armsIt getting looseThose knots like fists are coming undoneA bundle of excavated death comes looseFrom that rope that has no backboneThat strength tied up in it by ancestors is coming looseAccording to the science of geneticsThat strengthHas come down into our handsThese handsEven now are digging out words that ancestors forgot to tell usBut these wordsHave come loose from that rotten ropeThese words Can’t be tied up into sentences againThese words aren’t fitting into prose that says what we meanAnd that meansThat we in the 20th Century are victims of a great big trick.Oh man!That rotten piece of rope is really rotten! Tr. Denis Mair 人生的扑克感觉，2019. 布面丙烯。69.8X69.8 厘米The poker feeling of life, 2019. Acrylic on canvas. 69.8X69.8 cm. 7 万里无云 大自然的景象没有任何词汇地…….向前是人类的语言神在无限的沉默中…….歌唱是人类的挣扎 椅子的姿势垄断了所有坐下来的话题棺材和火葬场承包了所有升起或躺下的结论故事沿石头的组合排列情节以树枝的筋脉蜿蜒 如此轻松的感悟万里无云头脑的天空里蓝色的哲学 Cloudless to the Horizon Scenes of the natural worldAre devoid of vocabulary….Human language moves forwardGod is in infinite silence….Humans in their throes sing songs Any topic that sits down for longIs monopolized by the posture of a chairCoffin and crematory furnace take over the rightsFrom conclusions that float up or lie downStories line up along the layout of stonesPlot details wind along like veins in a leaf Awareness so relaxed, unclouded to the horizonAzure philosophy in the brain’s sky Tr. Denis Mair 愉快地梦游，布面油画，1984Sleepwalking happily, oil on canvas, 1984 8 明天的一首狗诗 明天一条死后才成为野狗的狗咬着这个世界没有松口明天的诗也没有回答咬住自己的罪行 明天那些住够了城市的狗将带领被家具软化了的楼房冲进果园的怀孕期咬住婴儿出生之前的原始形象不放 明天狗牙已成为琴键只有能咬碎骨头的音乐才值得流行这个世界明天痛苦仍将是再版的乐谱所以最会唱歌的是印刷厂的机器 啊明天明天的狗在医院里切除了它的看家本领一个无家可归的世界到处是度假的狗天上经常飘着一团团像狗一样的云有些开飞机的艺术家则在天上画着姑娘形象的云明天的狗沿着六月的上午和十二月的下午在白天的左右仍然晒着无聊的舌头它们吞食更肮脏的食物来抑制发育明天的狗以畸形来延长它们的生命也是科学的一种 明天的狗窝像一件衣裳可以到处乱挂但是明天的狗皮被狗脱掉了明天的一颗狗一样的人造卫星甩掉它那烧焦的尾巴之后去太空做人了 啊明天我也将会有这样的明天所以今天趁宽阔的太阳系还没有被狗群封锁我叼着自己的影子从阳光里灯光里甚至迷人的月光里出来了永远出来了 A Dog Poem for Tomorrow TomorrowA dog that only goes wild after deathClamps the world in its jaws and won‘t let goPoems of tomorrow have no answer eitherClamping their own crimes in their jaws TomorrowThose dogs who lived long enough in the cityTaking along apartment buildings softened by furnitureWill charge into the pregnancy of an orchardAnd clamp jaws on an unborn infant‘s original face TomorrowDog teeth will have become piano keysOnly bone-crunching music will rate popularity in this worldTomorrowSuffering will still be re-published sheet musicSo machines in printing plants will still be best at singing Ah, tomorrowThe home-guarding talents of tomorrow‘s dogs will be snipped out at the hospitalA homeless world with dogs vacationing everywherePuffs of clouds like dogs will often float by in the skySome airplaine flying artistsWill paint young women clouds in the skyTomorrow‘s dogs tracking June mornings and December afternoonsWill still expose their bored tonguesBut swallow even dirtier things to cut down reproductionTomorrow‘s dogs make a science of freakishly prolonged life Tomorrow‘s doghouses can be hung any old place like a shirtBut tomorrow‘s dogskins will be shed by dogsTomorrow a dog of an orbital satteliteHaving shaken off its tail wagged to cindersWill go off into space to be human Ah, tomorrowI too will have such a tomorrowSo take advantage of todayBefore the sky, as wide as the solar system, is chained like a dogHolding my shadow in my mouthFrom where sunlight isFrom out of lamplightAnd even from enchanting moonlightI have come outI have come out forever. Tr. Denis Mair 伪装成蝴蝶的鹰，2020，布面丙烯。74X74 厘米Eagle disguised as butterfly, 2020, acrylic on canvas. 74X74 cm 9 纽约 没到过纽约就等于没到过美国但美国人对纽约抱有戒心 到过纽约就等于延长了生命一年就可以经历其他地方十年的经验集中了人类社会所有种族经验的那个人名叫纽约 在纽约可以深入地发现自己被自己的恶毒扭曲成弹簧世界上许多有名的弹簧都出自纽约的压力 与犯罪和股票每分钟都有关的新闻节奏百老汇的闪烁与警车的嘀鸣街上的即兴表演纽约这个巨大的音响设备让你的肌肉在皮肤底下情不自禁地跳舞 啊纽约的司机好象要带领世界的潮流去闯所有传统的红灯但是别忘了小费 到过纽约这个社会大学的学生们都知道这是一个充满了犯罪学老师的地方学生中间混杂着不少将要一夜成名的最新的老师其中法律的漏洞是律师们最喜欢表现其智力的靶心嘿住在纽约的蜜蜂们甚至学会了从塑料的花朵里面吸出蜂蜜 绰号"大苹果"的纽约这苹果并非仅仅在夏娃和亚当之间传递而是夏娃递给了夏娃亚当递给了亚当大声咀嚼的权力掀起了许多不繁殖后代的高潮 入夜的纽约啊在吞噬了白天繁忙的阳光之后早就迫不及待地解开了灯光的纽扣坦率的欲望就像所有的广告都擦过口红 妓女妓女虽然是纽约非法的药但生活常常为男人开出的药方是:妓女一名 喔繁荣就是纽约骄傲的毒品撩起你的袖子让繁荣再为你打上一针吧凶杀虽然很够刺激但纽约不眨眼睛 纽约纽约纽约是用自由编织的翅膀胜利者雇佣了许多人替他们飞翔 多少种人生的汽车在纽约的大街上奔驰啊不管你是什么牌子的创造发明者或者你使用了最大的历史的轮胎但纽约的商人已经在未来的路上设立了加油站 纽约纽约纽约在自己的心脏里面洗血把血洗成流向世界各地的可口可乐 New York If you haven’t been to New Yorkyou haven’t been to America,But Americans keep up their guard against New York. Being in New York is equal to lengthening your lifespan.The experience you get in a yeartakes ten years in other places.He who combines the experience of all human racesIs a person named New York. In New York you make a sobering discovery:Your own vileness gets coiled back on itself.Many of the world’s famous springsEmerged from the pressures of New York. And the cabbies of New YorkAre ready to take world trends throughall the red lights of tradition,But when they do,Don’t forget the tip. Travelers in this garden of New York all knowThe honeybees of New York have no problemGetting nectar from plastic flowers. New York is nicknamed the “Big Apple,”But this apple is not just passed from Adam to Eve;Eve has also passed it to Eve,And Adam to Adam. New York at nightfall,Before it swallows the last rays of hectic day,Is frantic to twist the buttons of lamplight.Desires are up-front and always put on lipstickJust like all the advertisements. Prostitutes are one of New York’s illegal drugs,And the prescription that life writes for a fellowIs often “one whore, to be taken at night.” New York, New YorkThis place where freedom is woven into wingsAnd winners hire people to fly for them. The cars of so many ways of lifecruise down New York’s avenues.No matter what make and model you invent,No matter how great the historical span of your tires,New York’s merchants have set up a gas stationon your future road. New York, New YorkNew York filtersthe blood of the world through its heart;It converts blood into Coca-Cola and sends itflowing everywhere in the world. Tr. Denis Mair 类似的寂寞感，2020，布面丙烯。60X76 厘米A similar feeling of loneliness, 2020, acrylic on canvas. 60X76 cm 10 负10 以文革为主题的诉苦大会变成了小会小会变成了几个人聊天聊天变成了沉默的回忆回忆变成了寂寞的文字文字变成了一行数字1966—1976 老张的孙女说等于负10 Negative 10 The grievance general assembly, themed in The Cultural RevolutionTurned into a small meetingThe small meeting changed into a chat among a few peopleThe chat came to be memories in silence The memories were converted to lonely wordsThe words eventually were turned into a line of numbers:1966-1976 It was equal to negative 10Said by Mr Zhang's granddaughter Tr. Jingrong Yang (Prov. Edit Xinyue) 欲望之城。2021，布面丙烯。76X100 厘米City of Desire. 2021, acrylic on canvas. 76X100 cm 11 酒量有限 我和我父亲从来没有通过电子邮件也没有打过手机他更没有请我吃过麦当劳 我知道这是废话因为他死于被文革蹂躏后的日子里现在我和他有时候可以哼哈两句那也是在我酒后的恍惚中发生 所以这成为我喝酒的一个理由我想喝到他能与我打手机通电子邮件不吃麦当劳也能喝杯星巴克 可是啊事到如今要喝到这几样事情都能发生必须拥有上帝的酒量才行 Limited Drinking Capacity My father and I have neverExchanged e-mailsNor has he texted meMuch less treated me at Macdonalds I know this is nonsenseBecause he died from ravages of the Cultural RevolutionNow sometimes we exchange a few brief wordsThat happens in a haze, after I’ve had a few drinks So this has become a reason for my drinkingI want to drink until he sends a text messageUntil we can exchange e-mailsMaybe not go to MacDonalds but at least Starbucks But the problem is, up until nowIn order to put down enough liquorFor these things to happenI would need the drinking capacity of God Tr. Denis Mair 互相的伞。2021. 布面丙烯。67X96 厘米each other's umbrella. 2021. Acrylic on canvas. 67X96 cm 12 端详 端详一小块剪下来的指甲就是端详自己的一部分一小段过去的生长史一小片不再属于自己的自己一旦喜欢了这种实实在在无恨无爱的感觉就会喜欢成为垃圾的生命 Gazing Intently To gaze intently at a sliver of fingernailIs to gaze at a part of myselfOne chapter from the history of my growthA piece of myself that no longer belongs to myselfIf I can ever appreciate this truthful perceptionFree from hate and loveI will appreciate how life turns toGarbage Tr. Denis Mair 面具，之一。2021，布面丙烯。73X121 厘米Mask, one. 2021, acrylic on canvas. 73X121 cm 13 我是雪 我是雪我被太阳翻译成水我是水我把种子翻译成植物我是植物我把花朵翻译成果实我是果实我被父母翻译成生命我是生命我被衰老翻译成死亡我是死亡我被冬季翻译成雪我是雪我被太阳翻译成水 I Am Snow I am snowThe sun translates me into waterI am waterI translate seeds into plantsI am plantI translate flowers into fruitI am fruitMy parents translate me into lifeI am lifeOld age translates me into deathI am deathWinter translates me into snowI am snow The sun translates me into water Tr. Wang Ping 留存在唱片里的天鹅湖，之一。2023.7. 布面丙烯、黑胶唱片。 40X50 厘米the Swan Lakes that remains on record (1)．2023.7. Acrylic on canvas, vinyl record. 40X50 cm 14 谢谢 国家占有了所有的地理表面我只能往下建立自己的内在政府占有了最大的餐桌我端着的盘子就成为了我的桌子社会制度占有了所有的骨节我只能用血肉搞点情绪的浪漫学校占有了教育的制高点我的理论只能打打游击战妻子占有了家庭的脸色我只能把镜子擦得更亮一点孩子们占有了未来我只能帮他们买鞋这样的安排我只能说声谢谢 Thanks for That The state has occupied all geographical surfacesI can only construct my inner world downwardThe government has occupied the biggest banquet tableThe plate in my hands has to serve as my tableSocial institutions occupy all the skeletal jointsSo I pound out a romantic mood with percussion of fleshSchools have occupied the vantage point of educationAll my theories can do is fight guerilla actionsMy wife has occupied the facial expression of family lifeAll I can do is polish the mirror a little brighterMy children have occupied the futureAll I can do is help them tie their shoesFor this kind of arrangementAll I can say is thank you Tr. Denis Mair 窗前，2024. 布面丙烯、黑胶唱片。40X50 厘米。In front of the window, 2024. Acrylic on canvas, vinyl record. 40X50 cm. 15 阳光明媚的星期天 星期天的阳光明媚我们几乎把露天咖啡馆坐成了度假的沙滩我们谈到了美妙的生命和爱情甚至谈到的死亡也是浪漫的我们谈到了自杀者到了另一个世界之后如果再自杀一次就又回到了这个世界 星期天的阳光啊真他妈的太明媚 The Bright Saturday Sunlight In the bright Sunday sunlightthe sidewalk café where we sitpractically turns into a beach resortwhat with our talk of death and traveland going by way of suicidefrom this world to anotherafter the dead arrive in the other worldthey return to this world by suicide once more The bright Sunday sunlightIt’s really damn bright Tr. Wang Ping 天鹅湖里的传奇，之一。2023. 布面丙烯。76X100厘米the Swan Lakes that remains on record (1)．2023. Acrylic on canvas, vinyl record. 76X100cm? 16 诗意的生活 鹿群在远山跃入更远的山诗句跃入更深的内涵 我视力出走的范围离脸很远在眼镜片的局限里诗句在鹿群的前面带路 鹿蹄印很乱白纸上没有不准打猎的标志 每个字都有权利在商业的镜子里化妆香水的牌子比香水还香完整的皮毛被切开为了缝制一排钮扣 诗像一群鹿被喇叭打断了横穿高速公路的思想我凭着墨水所遗传的经验追到书籍的产院果然编辑森林的鹿在铁丝网里面被卸掉了鹿皮就像不改写的人生离发表的衣服越来越远 我再次丈量我那生殖器的尺寸离出版社的那条街还差三张床所以一头意淫的鹿清冷地被远山隔开在望远镜没有对准焦距的时候看见了诗意的生活 Poetic Life On a far mountain a herd of deer leaps into farther mountainsLines of poems leap into even deeper meaningMy vision roams in a field far from my faceWithin eyeglass frames, lines of poems go before the herd of deer Hoof-prints stray everywhereOn white paper you don’t find “No Hunting” signs Each word has a right to preen in the mirror of businessBrands of perfume smell better than perfumeWhere the flap of a wound is often opened, buttons have been sewn Poems like herds of deer have their highway-crossing thoughts interrupted by honking hornsBut I rely on the experience of ink heredityTo seek out the obstetric ward of booksWhile deer that compile forests leave skins on barbed-wire fencesUnrevised life gets farther from published clothing Once again I take measurements of my genitalsFrom here to publishers’ row is still three beds awayAnd soA deer in rut is blocked from view by cool distant mountainsBefore the telescope is focusedI catch sight of poetic life Tr. Denis Mair 天鹅湖里的传奇，之二。 2024. 布面丙烯。86X91 厘米the Swan Lakes that remains on record (2)．2024.7. Acrylic on canvas, vinyl record. 86X91cm 17 黑暗之歌 我看见了黑暗看见了黑还在继续暗下去负15瓦负3天负半年负6个世纪我看见了负的太阳负的四季负的我 我看见了黑暗对自己的信心我看见了关灯之歌看见了负的节奏 我看见了正与负团结起来的力量我看见这力量所创造的巨大的市场 如果没有黑暗灯泡卖给谁电卖给谁还有我谁来买我 Song of Darkness I can see the darknessI see darkness getting even darkerNegative 15 wattsNegative 3 daysNegative half a yearI see a negative sunThrough a cycle of negative seasonsOver a negative me I see how sure of itself darkness is I see the song that turns off lampsI see its negative rhythm I see the power of light and darkIn solidarityAnd I see the giant marketplaceThat power creates If not for darknessWho would buy light bulbsAnd electricityWho would buy it?And what about meWho would buy me? Tr. Denis Mair 天鹅在唱片的湖里，布面丙烯、黑胶唱片，108×104cm，2021Swan in the Lake of Records, acrylic on canvas, vinyl record, 108×104cm, 2021 18 我以为 我以为被军火做过手术的视力能把血肉看穿 我以为欲望在后面不停地推动世界一次也不会落空我以为快感这个词甚至能让我在被风暴的强暴中达到高潮我以为对饥饿者来讲世界只有食品与非食品之分我以为再节省的人也免不了使用嫉妒请客我以为一旦认识了镜子就要为其打扮终身我以为最前面的人不是观赏前面的景点而是为了回头欣赏后面的风光我以为天生的两排牙证明了集体的强悍这就是个人要靠拢组织的理由我以为一旦停电就马上能让二十一世纪下台我还以为和平是动物性的人类最起码的追求精神世界则充满了更多理想的陷阱 所以我以为子弹的速度最有说服力这世界还没有比它更快的文明 Seems to Me It seems to me that once eyesight goes under weaponry's scalpelIt can see through human flesh Seems to me that desire pushes the world from behind It never misses a beat Seems to me the word "thrill" gets lashed by storm windsBefore it reaches climax Seems to me that to a starving person The world is divided into edibles and non-edibles Seems to me the thriftiest folks end up treating others to envy Seems to me once you make the mirror's acquaintance, it has you dressing up for a lifetime Seems to me the person furthest ahead is not there to enjoy the view He would rather turn and watch the scene behind Seems to me two rows of teeth are nature's way of proving collective strength Which is why individuals lean toward organizations Seems to me it would take nothing more than a power blackout To unseat the 21st Century from history's stage It seems to me Peace is the minimal quest of our animal nature But the spiritual realm is filled with traps of ideals And so It seems to me the speed of bullets is most persuasiveIn this world, no other kind of civilization works quicker Tr. Denis Mair 闻体香，布面丙烯，50×66cm，2020。Smell body fragrance, acrylic on canvas, 50×66cm, 2020. 19 他妈的外星人 在云上种雪并把雪泼下来保护冬麦的是外星人泼下来之前雪上已布满了他们的脚印这一令人兴奋的发现仅仅流传在我们的梦中真惨在梦中外星人路过地球时常常认为那是蚁穴 他们在云上种雪其实是为了种肥地球上吃食冬麦的我们然后收割我们死后的灵魂那一定是他们的补药啊所以作为他们的营养我们知道与否并不重要一如冬麦对于我们喔他妈的外星人真他妈地绝！ Those Goddamn Spacemen The ones who plant snow on the cloudsAnd sift it down to protect the winter wheatAre spacemenBefore the snow sifts downIt is already covered with their footprintsThis exciting discoveryIs passed down only in our dreamsIt’s terrible how our earth Is often regarded as an anthillAs the spacemen travel by it in dreams The real reason they plant snow in the cloudsIs to fatten the eaters of winter wheat on earth---that’s usAnd then harvest our spirits after deathThat must be their medicinal tonicAnd soBeing a nutrient for themIt is not important whether we know it or notJust like the winter wheat toward usGoshThose goddamn spacemen are just too much! Tr. Denis Mair 给纽约送口罩，布面丙烯，76×100cm，2020Send masks to New York, acrylic on canvas, 76×100cm, 2020 20 无题 我与可口可乐合拍了一张影像但朋友们都说看不出有甚麼夫妻相都说他太老太黑太多物质的狂妄虽然百年来他有全球共识的卖相朋友们还说为了我那下一代的质量绝不能光从经济上考虑配偶的优良于是我一次次地把全身心的情感酝酿直到我在各种条件的衡量中乱了方向直到我再也没有青春的优势与他人较量直到我内心只剩下一片天寒地冻的凄凉直到我最终把忏悔词喊得山响直到如冰块沉浮在可乐中的我不再谈论除消费之外的任何理想 Untitled Coca Cola and I had our picture taken recentlyBut friends say they don’t see much compatibilityThey say he’s too old, too dark, and crazy materiallyThough everyone knows he has sold well for a centuryFriends say that for the sake of heredityI shouldn’t just rate a spouse economicallyWith body and soul I brew up affection repeatedlyTill I start to measure my advantages erraticallyTill my youthful head start starts deserting meTill the chill of a lonely world settles inwardlyTill my repentant cries echo boominglyTill I feel like an ice-cube, bobbing about in colaNow consuming is all, ideals don’t appeal to me Tr. Denis Mair 爱不能用钱买，布面丙烯、黑胶唱片，100x76 cm，2021。Love cannot be bought with money, acrylic on canvas, vinyl record, 100x76 cm, 2021. 21 多味诗句口香糖（微诗十首）Multi-Flavor Chewing Gum —Ten Micro Poems(10 slices per pack, Made in China) 1. 每当小说里面的路上闪现出一位村姑时我都情不自禁地扛起锄头Each time the road in a novelFlashes the image of a country girlI always feel myself shoulder a hoe 2. 艺术家常常在两个极端处还悬出去半个身子口中喊着几句精致的救命Artists often lean their bodiesOver the edge of two extremesFrom their mouths come finely crafted shouts for help 3.世界地图的反面还有整版空白那一定是上帝留给画家的遗产On the back side of the world map is a blank spaceThis is the inheritance that God left to artists 4. 我虽然因失恋而吞下了五十片安眠药但她有使我失眠的五十一个理由Though our breakup made me swallow fifty sleeping pillsShe gives me fifty-one reasons to have insomnia 5. 听见了面包发霉之后的咳嗽麦子们放慢了生长的脚步Hearing the cough of bread that has grown moldyWheat sprouts slow down the pace of their growing 6. 亲爱的维纳斯啊在战乱时期人类不得不挣脱你的拥抱你留在人类肩上的两条断臂也许再也无法被和平接上了Beloved VenusIn time of war we must tear ourselves from your embraceThere may never be enough peace to re-attachThe severed arms you left around people’s shoulders 7. 只要能使我热爱的家园的地温升高半度请把我活着埋下去If only the soil temperature of this beloved land would rise half a degreeGo ahead and bury me alive 8. 我又怎能甘心一觉睡去而不醒总该起来看看昨晚有没有对这个世界遗精How could I be content to keep on sleeping and never awake?As always have to get up and check if I've hadA nocturnal emission toward this world 9. 用挖土机把太阳提早从地平线下挖出来Use a backhoe on the horizon to dig the sun up early 10. 几乎所有的国家的脸都做过整形手术于是我给电脑一个指令中国的鼻梁垫高之后还落后多少年Plastic surgery has been done on the faces of almost every nationSo I press a command on my computer to ask:Since China got a nose lift, how far is it still behind ? 梦见自己，布面油画，1979。Dreaming of Myself, oil on canvas, 1979. 严力主要展览 1979. 首届星星画会展于北京中国美术馆墙外及北海公园画舫斋.1980. 第二届星星画会展于北京中国美术馆.1984. 首次个人展于上海人民公园展览厅.1985 .个人展于纽约"FUNG"画廊.1986 集体巡回展于纽约市府画廊,纽约凡莎大学,纽约州立大学.1987 集体展于哈佛大学.1988. 集体展于美国圣劳伦斯大学艺术馆。1989. "星星十年"巡回展于香港,台湾,法国.1993. 集体展于纽约林肯中心.2001. 个人展于上海顶层画廊。2002. 个人展于中国杭州金彩画廊。2003. 个人展于美国爱荷华大学艺术博物馆。2004. 个人展于上海莫干山路M50，东廊艺术画廊。2005. 个人展于伊朗德黑兰阿弗兰德艺术画廊。2007. 参与策划的星星画会回顾展于北京“今日”美术馆。2011. 集体展于纽约华美协进社。2012. 双人展于捷克驻北京大使馆。2012. 集体展于香港亚洲中心2013.个人展“唱片系列”于北京798“圣歌画廊”。2013.10 “纸上系列”个人展于北京“在3画廊”。2016 集体展“沙龙、沙龙1972-1982”北京中间美术馆。2018 个人展，北京汉威国际艺术中心。2018 个人40年回顾展，上海临港现代艺术馆。2019 集体展“没有航标的河流”北京798博尔励画廊。2019 集体展“诗与艺术的互文”深圳OCAT 深圳馆。2020 集体展“出埃及”，纽约白盒子画廊。 写生，布面油画，严力在北京第二机床厂所居住的宿舍，1979。Sketching, oil painting on canvas, the dormitory where Yan Li lived in Beijing No. 2 Machine Tool Factory, 1979 Yan Li's Major Exhibitions - 1979: First Xingxing (Stars) Art Exhibition outside the China Art Gallery in Beijing and at the Boat House in Beihai Park, Beijing.- 1980: Second Xingxing (Stars) Art Exhibition at the China Art Gallery, Beijing.- 1984: First solo exhibition at the Exhibition Hall in People's Park, Shanghai.- 1985: Solo exhibition at "FUNG" Gallery, New York.- 1986: Group touring exhibition at City Hall Gallery, Van Schaik Gallery, New York University, and State University of New York.- 1987: Group exhibition at Harvard University.- 1988: Group exhibition at the Saint Lawrence University Art Gallery, USA.- 1989: "Ten Years of Xingxing (Stars)" touring exhibition in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and France.- 1993: Group exhibition at Lincoln Center, New York.- 2001: Solo exhibition at Top Gallery, Shanghai.- 2002: Solo exhibition at Gold Color Gallery, Hangzhou, China.- 2003: Solo exhibition at the University of Iowa Art Museum, USA.- 2004: Solo exhibition at M50 and East Gallery, Moganshan Road, Shanghai.- 2005: Solo exhibition at Afrand Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran.- 2007: Co-curated Xingxing (Stars) Art Retrospective at Today Art Museum, Beijing.- 2011: Group exhibition at the China Institute, New York.- 2012: Duo exhibition at the Czech Embassy in Beijing.- 2012: Group exhibition at Asia Society, Hong Kong.- 2013: Solo exhibition "Record Series" at Shengge Gallery, 798 Art Zone, Beijing.- October 2013: "On Paper Series" solo exhibition at In 3 Gallery, Beijing.- 2016: Group exhibition "Salon, Salon 1972-1982" at Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing.- 2018: Solo exhibition at Hanwei International Art Center, Beijing.- 2018: 40-year retrospective solo exhibition at Lingang Modern Art Museum, Shanghai.- 2019: Group exhibition "River Without Buoys" at Boers-Li Gallery, 798 Art Zone, Beijing.- 2019: Group exhibition "Intertextuality of Poetry and Art" at OCAT Shenzhen.- 2020: Group exhibition "Exodus" at White Box Gallery, New York. 关系，布面油画，第二届星星美术馆参展作品，1980年北京。Sketching, oil painting on canvas, the dormitory where Yan Li lived in Beijing No. 2 Machine Tool Factory, 1979. . 往期回顾 Review of Past Issues <a href="https://www.meipian14.cn/4xi55hgx?share_depth=1&first_share_uid=7425812&first_share_to=copy_link" target="_blank">《海外詩人》第八期楊煉</a> <a href="https://www.meipian14.cn/54vy8968?first_share_to=copy_link&first_share_uid=7425812&share_depth=1" target="_blank">当代海外优秀现代诗歌精选（1） </a> <a href="https://www.meipian.cn/4uhocyrf?share_depth=2&s_uid=7425812&share_to=timeline&first_share_to=group_singlemessage&first_share_uid=7425812#1696539424473" target="_blank">中英双语音诗画杨景荣《湖㫠新娘》一一写给女儿的婚礼 </a> <a href="https://www.meipian.cn/4cn3svf9?first_share_to=copy_link&first_share_uid=7425812&share_depth=1" target="_blank">《飛鳥》｜當代全球詩人在線詩集第十五期</a> 愉快地梦游，布面油画，1984Sleepwalking happily, oil on canvas, 1984 【遠方的詩】全球詩人在線詩刋 主編: 楊景榮榮譽主編: 天端 榮譽顧問:杨炼嚴力 徐敬亚欧阳江河非馬 虛白居士 野夫贺中古土雷格柳芭叶虻郭力家汪剑钊 戴皓天刁永泉曉鳴孟衝之西鷹姚雨 曹天 (排名順序不分先後) 書法顧問：楊秉森馮郁章 [Poems from Afar] Online Poems from Global Chinese Poets Editor-in-Chief: Jingrong YangHonorary Editor: Tianduan Honorary Advisor Lian Yang, Li Yan, Jingya Xu, Jianghe Ouyang , Feima , Jushi Xubai, Ye Fu, Zhong Ho, Gu Tu, Ge Lei , Liu Ba, Ye Ming, Lijia Guo , Jianzhao Wang , Haotian Dai , Yongquan Diao , Xiao Ming, Chongzhi Mong, Xi-Ying, YaoYu Zhou, Tian Cao (Ranked in no particular order) Calligraphy consultantYuzhang Feng, Bingsen Yang 主编简介：杨景荣，博雅书院作家群成员，云南蒙自人。一九八二年云南大学生物系毕业后就职中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所。加拿大滑铁卢大学湖泊生态学博士。诗作散见海内外各网刋平台及纸媒报刋，诗作《琥珀》获2019诗歌春晚作品优秀奖。诗作《黄河》在全民K歌网被上万人朗诵。中国大型资讯平台冯站长之家《每日一诗》特约荐稿人，加拿大《远方的诗》全球诗人在线诗刋主编。 Editor-in-Chief: Yang Jingrong, a member of the Writers Group of Boya Academy, is from Mengzi, Yunnan. PhD in Lake Ecology from the University of Waterloo, Canada. The poems have been published on various online platforms and print media at home and abroad. The poem "Amber" won the 2019 Poetry Spring Festival Gala Works Excellence Award. The poem "Yellow River" was recited by tens of thousands of people on the National Karaoke Network. The editor-in-chief of "Poems from Distant Places" Global Poets Online Poetry.

全球詩人在線詩刋《海外詩人》第九期 严力 《Overseas Chinese Poets》 Issue No. 9 Li Yan

遠方的詩

全球詩人在線詩刋《海外詩人》第九期严力《Overseas Chinese Poets》 Issue No. 9 Li Yan