Bilingual Poem of the Month (2014.10)

虎

 

眯著眼

猫一般溫驯

蹲伏在柵栏里

 

武松那廝

当年打的

就是这玩意儿？

 

 

TIGER

 

squatting in the cage

squinting

gentle as a kitten

 

was this the kind of animal

our hero Wu-song *

fought with?

 

* Wu-song, a tiger-fighting hero in Chinese folklore.

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