Ren Hang poems

My own translations of Ren Hang poems



From https://www.chopsueyclub.com/blogs/blog/ren-hang-poetry-translated-poem-2017





《爱情》

我买一把刀

我们可以共用 

如果你不爱我了

我就杀掉你 

如果我不爱你了 

你就杀掉我 

Love

I bought a knife

We can both use it

If you no longer love me

I will kill you 

If I no longer love you

You will kill me 

《爱情》

你不在我身边的时候 

我想去找很多陌生人做爱 

然后再打电话全都告诉你 

如果你愤怒 

你越愤怒 

我才越感到安稳

Love 

When you’re not around

I want to find many strangers and make love to them

And then call you to tell you all about it

If you rage

The more you rage

The more I feel at peace

《爱情》

我们喝了很多酒 

我们说了很多话 

很多真话 

很多假话 

是假话 

不是谎话 

为了故意 

伤害对方的假话

2017.01.04

Love

We both drank a lot of wine

We both talked a lot of talk

So much real talk

So much fake talk

Is fake talk —

Not lies —

If they weren’t intended

To hurt one another

《爱情》

我回头

你还站在那里 

我又回头 

你还站在那里

我再回头 

门关上了

我看不到你 

但是我知道

你还站在那里

Love

I look back

You’re still standing there

I look back again

You’re still standing there



I look back yet again

The door has shut

I can’t see you anymore

But I know

You’re still standing there 

《爱情》

我知道

我会爱你

可是我怎么

也想不到

你也会爱我



更让我不敢

相信的是

你竟然也是

这样想的

2017.01.04

Love

I knew

I would love you

But I would have

Never imagined that

You would love me too



Which makes me even more unwilling

To believe

You actually

Think the same way

《爱情》

鸟会不会飞着飞着就死了

死了就停在那里

像一只悬空的标本



人会不会走着走着就死了

在路口等红灯的时候就死了

死了还站在那里

像一棵树在冬天死了

也不会马上被人发现



想到你

我真的好痛苦

2017.01.04

Love

When a bird flies around and around and dies

Does it stop right there

Like a mid-air taxidermy



When one walks around and around and dies

Die waiting at the crossing light

Will they die standing there

Like how a dead tree in winter

Won’t be noticed right away



I thought of you

I’m in so much pain

《爱情》

我看着你

还是会怕你会消失

我抱着你

还是会怕你会消失



月亮不会消失

太阳不会消失



即使阴天

即使你抬头看不到它们

你也知道它们没有消失

（我只有这样安慰自己）

Love

I’m looking at you

I’m still afraid you’ll disappear

I’m holding you

I’m still afraid you’ll disappear



The moon won’t disappear

The sun won’t disappear



Even on a cloudy day

Even if you look up and can’t see them

You know they didn’t disappear

(I only have this to comfort me)

《爱情》

有那么几天

我们一起洗澡

一起睡觉

一起起床

一起吃饭

连撒尿也一起

连拉屎也一起

我拉屎

你在旁边看着



但是也

只有那么几天

Love 

We have a few days

Let’s take a bath

Sleep together

Rise together

Eat together

Even pee together

Even shit together

I’ll take a shit 

While you watch, by my side



But

Only these few days

《爱情》

到了半夜

大家都喝醉了

有的在哭

有的晕睡在地板上

有的抱着垃圾桶在吐



你在阳台晾洗衣机里

早晨就洗好了的

内裤和袜子



我坐在沙发上看着你

就像我们已经在一起

生活了很久

很久

2017.01.04

Love

At midnight

Everyone is drunk

Some are crying

Some are passed out on the floor

Some are puking in the trash bin



You’re on the balcony

Hanging the underwear and socks

That were washed this morning



I’m on the sofa, looking at you

As if we have been living together

For a long time

A long time