The Hourglass

By Cheng Lie

Snakes of desire curl in the container
like a bunch of soft light in the crippled world,
imaginary vision step by step
is pressing against a man of the world,
however the past and future manifest themselves
death will eventually sweep away everything,
only memory can
keep an upright position on time window.

2017/ translated by Chen Zihong

沙漏

程烈

欲望之蛇委身于容器
如残缺世界的柔光，
虚幻正一步步
逼近尘世中的人，
无论过去与未来如何显现
死亡终将一切席卷而去，
唯有记忆笔直地落在时间窗口上。

2017年