{"id":4797,"date":"2020-04-22T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=4797"},"modified":"2020-04-21T22:24:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T14:24:23","slug":"new-poetry-by-duo-duo-in-harvard-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=4797","title":{"rendered":"New Poetry by Duo Duo in Harvard Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Duo Duo’s “That Time” \u90a3\u65f6, translated by
Lucas Klein, in Harvard Review<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Harvard Review<\/a> <\/em>has just published my translation of “That Time” \u90a3\u65f6, by Duo Duo \u591a\u591a, a section from his series The Desire of the Rose Now the Same as the Desire of Swords<\/em> \u73ab\u7470\u7684\u6b32\u671b\u5df2\u7ecf\u4e0e\u5251\u7684\u6b32\u671b\u4e00\u81f4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the brief introduction, I write:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sequence as a whole is about the vicissitudes of memory: its pains but also its joys. The images that end \u201cThat Time,\u201d horses and gravestones, are familiar throughout Duo Duo\u2019s oeuvre, but here they are defamiliarized. The whole sequence ends with \u201cremembrance\u201d being the pursuit of \u201cwhat is ahead,\u201d while \u201cthe moment of happiness is the moment of memory.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Here is how the poem begins:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

why does the camel need twin humps to make it through the desert?<\/p>

I look at you, you only look at yourself
I look there, I only see you<\/p>

I look at things I cannot see
I see time\u2014that long, long rose<\/p>

at that time the lion could still think, no flames of fury in the beauty\u2019s eyes
at that time we could still walk into things we could not understand<\/p>

it\u2019s the heart that creates the invisible, between riddle
and its four walls, letting the parable of life pass through the ring<\/p>

the way my sunlight might pierce your eyes
to see some even farther place<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u9a86\u9a7c\u9700\u8981\u53cc\u5cf0\u624d\u80fd\u7a7f\u8d8a\u6c99\u6f20?<\/p>

\u6211\u671b\u7740\u4f60,\u4f60\u53ea\u671b\u7740\u81ea\u5df1
\u6211\u671b\u7740\u90a3\u91cc,\u6211\u53ea\u671b\u5230\u4f60<\/em><\/p>

\u6211\u5728\u770b\u6211\u770b\u4e0d\u5230\u7684\u4e8b\u7269
\u6211\u770b\u5230\u4e86\u65f6\u95f4\u2014\u2014\u90a3\u6735\u6f2b\u957f\u7684\u73ab\u7470<\/em><\/p>

\u90a3\u65f6\u72ee\u5b50\u8fd8\u4f1a\u601d\u8003,\u7f8e\u4eba\u773c\u4e2d\u8fd8\u6ca1\u6709\u6012\u706b
\u90a3\u65f6\u6211\u4eec\u8fd8\u80fd\u8d70\u8fdb\u4e0d\u53ef\u7406\u89e3\u7684\u4e8b\u7269<\/em><\/p>

\u662f\u5fc3\u7075\u521b\u9020\u4e0d\u53ef\u89c1\u7684,\u5728\u8c1c
\u548c\u5b83\u5f3a\u5927\u7684\u56db\u58c1\u4e4b\u95f4,\u5bb9\u751f\u6d3b\u7684\u5bd3\u8a00\u7a7f\u8fc7\u6307\u73af<\/em><\/p>

\u5982\u6211\u7684\u65e5\u5149\u80fd\u591f\u7a7f\u900f\u4f60\u7684\u773c\u775b
\u5c31\u4f1a\u770b\u5230\u66f4\u8fdc\u7684\u5730\u65b9<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Many thanks to Tammy Lai-ming Ho for her suggestions on my translations!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click on the link above for the poem in full.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Harvard Review has just published my translation of “That Time” \u90a3\u65f6, by Duo Duo \u591a\u591a, a section from his series The Desire of the Rose Now the Same as the Desire of Swords \u73ab\u7470\u7684\u6b32\u671b\u5df2\u7ecf\u4e0e\u5251\u7684\u6b32\u671b\u4e00\u81f4. In the brief introduction, I … 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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[515,462,176],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-1fn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4820,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=4820","url_meta":{"origin":4797,"position":0},"title":"Four Duo Duo Poems in new Paris Review","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"June 15, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Four poems by Duo Duo \u591a\u591a in the Paris Review Paris Review No. 233, Summer 2020 is now available, featuring four poems by Duo Duo \u591a\u591a in my translation: \"If No Echo, No Monologue\" \u6ca1\u6709\u5e94\u548c\u5c31\u6ca1\u6709\u72ec\u767d, \"Where Phrase Blooms\" \u5728\u8bcd\u8bed\u7684\u5f00\u82b1\u4e4b\u5730, \"See the Smoke in the Bottle, the Sail in the Bottle\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Links"","block_context":{"text":"Links","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5030,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=5030","url_meta":{"origin":4797,"position":1},"title":"Drew Calvert on Duo Duo’s Words as Grain","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"August 31, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Asymptote has published Drew Calvert's excellent review of Words as Grain: New and Selected Poems by Duo Duo \u591a\u591a (Yale University Press). 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