Admussen’s Ya Shi at Cha

ImageThe new issue of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal features poems by Ya Shi 哑石, as translated by Nick Admussen.

From “An Exiled Poet Addresses his Own Formless Nostalgia” 一个流亡诗人对着无形的乡愁自言自语:

Don’t worry. I’ve got no evidence here that can harm you.

放心吧,我手上没有对你不利的证据。

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