We are just passing through

我咽下一枚铁做的月亮...... 我咽下一枚铁做的月亮 他们管它叫做螺丝 我咽下这工业的废水，失业的订单 那些低于机台的青春早早夭亡 我咽下奔波，咽下流离失所 咽下人行天桥，咽下长满水锈的生活 我再咽不下了 所有我曾经咽下的现在都从喉咙汹涌而出 在祖国的领土上铺成一首 耻辱的诗 许立志, 2013年12月19日 I swallowed a moon made of iron I swallowed a moon made of iron They refer to it as a nail I swallowed this industrial sewage, these unemployment documents Youth stooped at machines die before their time I swallowed the hustle and the destitution Swallowed pedestrian bridges, life covered in rust I can’t swallow any more All that I’ve swallowed is now gushing out of my throat Unfurling on the land of my ancestors Into a disgraceful poem 许立志 (Xǔ Lìzhì), December 19, 2013

English translation by 闹 (Nào)

许立志 (Xǔ Lìzhì) (1990 – 2014)