[Poem] One-winged Bird ( Hai Zi)

One Wing by Hudson Valley Artist Lauren Basciani

One-winged Bird

Why does the one-winged bird fly

For what reason 

Head towards the heaven and earth 

A large number of plain light beams lying 

Bodhi, Bodhi remembered

Stones

So many facades polished by the sky

All so unfamiliar 

Built up half of the world

Running fingers over the surroundings 

You’d pick up one

Crush another

Why does the one-winged bird fly

For what reason I

Drunk down my own shadow

Pulling hair together to make a wing 

Leave

Not sure if the sky is turning dark 

Pricking through one’s own palm is harder than pricking someone else’s wall

One-winged bird

Why does it fly

The plump flowers

Shoot out water 

I left with eyes squinting 

The heart and the world I’d resided for long 

None of you are waking up

Why do I 

Why do I fly

单翅鸟

单翅鸟为什么要飞呢 为什么 头朝着天地 躺着许多束朴素的光线 菩提，菩提想起 石头 那么多被天空磨平的面孔 都很陌生 堆积着世界的一半 摸摸周围 你就会拣起一块 砸碎另一块 单翅鸟为什么要飞呢 我为什么 喝下自己的影子 揪着头发作为翅膀 离开 也不知天黑了没有 穿过自己的手掌比穿过别人的墙壁还难 单翅鸟 为什么要飞呢 肥胖的花朵 喷出水 我眯着眼睛离开 居住了很久的心和世界 你们都不醒来 我为什么 为什么要飞呢