One said it’s a tewu guojia, a Nation of Secret Agents
One said wo xiang ni, I think you
One said it’s fulan touding, rotten through
One said wo fachu, I grew timid
One said chizao yao wandan de, it’s going to be finished sooner or later
One said wo zui taoyan bianpao, I most heartily detest firecrackers
One said wo haishi xiang ni, I still think you
One said da chengshi you shenme hao, what’s good about big cities
One said that’s jew in you
One said labuchu jiushi labuchu, if you can’t pull you can’t pull
One said shi er houyi, poetry till you end
One said but you are kidding
One said niandu shiren buxing, poets of the year no good
One said bu fazhan yeshi ying daoli, non-development also a hard reason
One said shui huaile, xin jiu huaile, bad water, bad heart
One said wo xiang ni, I think you
One said wusuowei, past caring
One said fuzhou, city of comforting
One said linghun zai jiao, soul calling
One said yiqie guiyu wu, everything gone to nothing
Poem
Voices
Ouyang Yu