The Story of Time

The Story of Time

By Cheng Lie

At the seaside, the continental shelf is just daybed for ancient times
roaring waves stretch out echoes of the sea,
the one drives away the other
ocean breeze flourishing separates heat wave and drives forward
in a moment, the summer comes.
Someone just holding the key to a greenhouse,
holding breath skims through the reward of the sea
-silver beach accompanied by sands and bubbles
walks slowly and talks voicelessly
till to a secluded place beyond the afterglow,
asking, wandering and diverting from loneliness
restores the infinite limits of time and space,
until they each vouch for the beauty of the past.

2017/ translated by Chen Zihong

光阴的故事

程烈

在海边，大陆架斜卧远古
咆哮的浪头拉长大海的回音，
一个驱逐另一个
海风盛极一时，分开热浪往前赶
须臾间，夏日降临。
有人手里捏着花房钥匙，
屏息凝神，掠过大海的酬劳
——沙与沫织成的银滩
缓慢地走，无声交谈
渐行到余辉以外的僻静处，
问道，徘徊，均衡孤独
还原时空无穷的界限，
直到二者呈现昔日之美。

2017年