Od-zer
By Cheng Lie
Penetrating scorched leaves in October
Od-zer, as well as a diplomat from the heaven
levies almost everything from the gully,
not just white towers and prayer wheels
but Tibetan barley and shrub.
Calmer than the nobleness of sunset, the autumn's is
birch trees, their voices are rising and falling
it's revealed that they can die for love.
Fallen leaves recline on the ground
and cuddle the earth tightly.
While thinking of the past, the memories
are more like candlesticks and fruit bowls
placed on the golden woolen rug in the fall
crossing over
all secrets and treasures.
Somewhere invisible
somewhere the singing stops
here is the very nightfall.
2017/ translated by Chen Zihong
Od-zer: the Wylie transliteration for Tibetan word lightness -Tr.
唯色①
程烈
穿过十月的焦叶
唯色，如穹隆的使者
将沟壑里的一切收走
不仅是白塔，不仅是经筒
甚至青稞，甚至灌木。
秋天的高贵比落日更沉着
白桦林嗓音抑扬
吐出为爱而死的允诺
置于地上的落叶
紧紧将大地搂住。
回首前尘，记忆
如烛台和果盘
铺在深秋金黄的绒毯上
所有的秘密和宝藏
交叉而过，
就在看不见的
歌声休止的某处
此地即黄昏。
2017年
①唯色：藏语词汇的汉语音译，意为光明、光芒。