‘Each Rock is A Potala Palace’ and ‘They Are Waiting for You in Outer Space’
By Chinese Poet Hongri Yuan
Translated by Yuanbing zhang
Each Rock is A Potala Palace
The sunshine is mellow wine
and there are golden palaces inside the sun.
Where a giant is its master,
he told me that I was his shadow on the earth.
I will still be much greater, like a mountain,
each rock is a Potala Palace.
And the epics I chanted came from billions of years ago,
there are huge number sweet homes beyond the Milky way.
02.20 . 2020
每一块石头都是布达拉宫
阳光是芳醇的酒
而太阳的体内是黄金的王宫
一个巨人是那儿的主人
他告诉我 我是他在人间的影子
我还会更加巨大 像一座山
每一块石头都是布达拉宫
而我吟唱的史诗 来自亿万年前
在银河系之外 有巨多甜蜜的家园
2020.2.20
They Are Waiting for You in Outer Space
Let the soul bloom between the sky and the earth
Don’t do nothing throughout your life,as if the stone turns into the dust
Everybody is born equal, the body is just a Mirage,
but the soul is imperishable from time immemorial,
more than the sun, the moon and the stars.
If you woud find yourself and the world would be also in your hands
There are huge number space–times in the universe–
sweet kingdoms everywhere.
In that legendary heavens, there is giant’s yourself,
those gods are your companions, they are waiting for you in outer space.
02.08. 2020
他们在天外等你
在天地之间 让灵魂绽放
不要一生碌碌 像石头化为尘土
每个人生来平等 肉体只是幻影
而灵魂亘古不老 胜过日月星辰
你若找到了自己 天地也在你掌中
宇宙的时空巨多 处处是甜蜜的王国
在那传说的天堂 有那巨人的自己
那众神是你的伙伴 他们在天外等你
2020.2.8
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Hongri Yuan (b. 1962) is a Chinese mystic poet and philosopher. His poetry has been widely published in the UK, USA, India, New Zealand, Canada and Nigeria. He has authored a number books including Platinum City, The City of Gold, Golden Paradise, Gold Sun and Golden Giant.
About the Translator
Yuanbing Zhang (b. 1974), who is a Chinese poet and translator, works in a Middle School, Yanzhou District , Jining City, Shandong Province, China. He can be contacted through his email- 3112362909@qq.com.