夏宇·《隐匿的王后和她不可见的城市》英译

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In her kingdom, one

outlandish map.

A kingdom composed of

fugitive bronze statues unfulfilled

deathbed wishes and promises uncovered traps

muddled clues and fingerprints being destroyed and

all of the lost eyeglasses and umbrellas, etc.

She’s drawing dotted lines on the sly, an endlessly

expanding domain.

An exhaustively categorized museum of lost objects—what could

be better?

What’s more, in those moments before Fate and

History have given any sign,

she has drafted an autumn walking itinerary (destination unclear

but at every intersection a right turn)

has finished writing a light musical

fed the cat

written a letter

& tied a bow

in a heart that will never repent