THE SKY AND THE BIRD 天空與鳥

POEMS BY LOMEN
羅門詩選*
THE SKY AND THE BIRD 天空與鳥



If the bird is not on the wing
What is up there in the sky?

In fact it is the sky
Not the bird
It’s the sky that keeps flying
Not the bird

The sky relegates all kinds of birdcages
To the morning parks
Leaves millions of nests
In evening forests

It flies without stopping, following the horizon line
The sun and the moon are its wings
Night and day its shadow
All birds follow it for a time
Nobody knows how high it can fly
Or how far
Or how long
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POEMS BY LOMEN 羅門詩選
THE SKY AND THE BIRD 天空與鳥

By Lomen 羅門
Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機