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spring rain, and tango
translated by PLS
this ocean of fire tilting for love
steps on emotional limits
with a pair of omnipotent
and seductive eyes
slowly approaching that curve of aloof elegance
the brilliance inhales and exhales, steering
the trooping breezes from the sides
sliding bare from the bottom of their feet into
two swaying, trembling arcs
one steps forward and the other backward, and vice versa
two steps forward and two steps backward, and vice versa
one after another taut swerves to retreat in order to advance
shedding assertive desires from
furrow after furrow of adonis’ belt
moistening the intermittent groans of everything on earth
while extinguishing the constant endings of deadwood
tango, this perennially doomed tinder
kindles everything back to life
By Poetry Lab Shanghaispring rain, and tango
translated by PLS
this ocean of fire tilting for love
steps on emotional limits
with a pair of omnipotent
and seductive eyes
slowly approaching that curve of aloof elegance
the brilliance inhales and exhales, steering
the trooping breezes from the sides
sliding bare from the bottom of their feet into
two swaying, trembling arcs
one steps forward and the other backward, and vice versa
two steps forward and two steps backward, and vice versa
one after another taut swerves to retreat in order to advance
shedding assertive desires from
furrow after furrow of adonis’ belt
moistening the intermittent groans of everything on earth
while extinguishing the constant endings of deadwood
tango, this perennially doomed tinder
kindles everything back to life