{"id":4707,"date":"2015-02-14T20:26:06","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T01:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=4707"},"modified":"2022-06-25T04:31:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T08:31:35","slug":"no-19-liu-xia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/no-19-liu-xia","title":{"rendered":"No. 17 Liu Xia: The 2nd of June 1989 and Another"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2nd of June 1989<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u2014 To Xiaobo<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This is not a good weather
\nI under the flourishing sun
\nSaid to myself<\/p>\n

Standing behind you
\nI patted your head
\nWhere your hair was pricking my palm
\nFeeling bit strange.<\/p>\n

I had no time to say you a word
\nWhile you became a media figure
\nTogether with people looking up at you
\nI got very tired
\nAnd had to hide beyond the crowd
\nSmoking a cigarette
\nAnd watching the sky<\/p>\n

Perhaps now a myth would be emerging
\nBut the sun was too bright
\nFor me to see it<\/p>\n

6.1989<\/em><\/p>\n

Nothing to Say<\/h2>\n

The woman next door sat in the courtyard all day long
\nLooking at the scene before her eyes
\nNobody knew why
\nUntil evening or raining
\nHer daughter would help her get into her home
\nSometimes the daughter was absent in mind or in body
\nAnd then the woman would stay in the yard whole night
\nMotionlessly
\nWhatever was the weather<\/p>\n

The people nearby said
\nThe woman had loved a man
\nAnd given birth to his child
\nAfter the man had disappeared
\nShe had become a madwoman<\/p>\n

The war has been over
\nPeople have not seen for several days
\nThe neighbour woman appearing in the yard
\nHer daughter has also been missing<\/p>\n

In the dark
\nThe neighbour woman has her hands for a long time
\nOn her face
\nThe daughter is lying in bed
\nNaked
\nAnd her eyelashes are closed<\/p>\n

Eventually, in the house there is a fire
\nEnding it all
\nWhich is the only way that she can tolerate<\/p>\n

In the space over the ruins
\nThe sunlight is very bright<\/p>\n

2011.11.16<\/p>\n

(Translated by Yu Zhang)<\/p>\n

\uff08Chinese Original<\/a><\/span>\uff09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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