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\"Jidi<\/a><\/div>\n

Jidi Majia<\/a> \u5409\u72c4\u9a6c\u52a0, translated by Denis Mair:<\/p>\n

\n

Voice of the Bimo<\/h2>\n

\u2014Dedicated to a Nuosu ritualist<\/em><\/p>\n

When you hear it
\nIt seems above all illusion
\nLike a faint wisp of bluish smoke
\nWhy just now are the ranged mountains
\nFelt to be filled with a timeless stillness?
\nWhose voice drifts between men and ghosts?
\nIt seems to have left the body
\nYet between reality and nothingness
\nIn tones both human and divine it utters
\nA praise song for life and death
\nWhen it invokes sun, stars, rivers, and ancient heroes
\nWhen it summons deities and surreal powers
\nDeparted beings commence their resurrection!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u6bd5\u6469\u7684\u58f0\u97f3<\/h2>\n

\u2014\u732e\u7ed9\u5f5d\u4eba\u4e2d\u7684\u796d\u53f8<\/p>\n

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Jidi Majia \u5409\u72c4\u9a6c\u52a0, translated by Denis Mair: Voice of the Bimo \u2014Dedicated to a Nuosu ritualist When you hear it It seems above all illusion Like a faint wisp of bluish smoke Why just now are the ranged mountains Felt … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3,31],"tags":[96,722],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-ju","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3548,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=3548","url_meta":{"origin":1208,"position":0},"title":"Jidi Majia in Kiswahili","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"September 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The poetry of Jidi Majia \u5409\u72c4\u9a6c\u52a0 is now available in Kiswahili! 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