Landscape over Zero (New Directions Paperbook, 831) (English, Chinese and Chinese Edition)

115 Pages·1996·2.086 MB·English, Chinese, Chinese

by  Pei-Tao, Bei Dao, David Hinton, Yanbing Chen

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Landscape Over Zero
Also by Bei Dao
1? (©) 18, WIRY C
The August Sleepwalker (1990)
translated by Bonnie S. McDougall
Old Snow (1991)
translated by Bonnie S. McDougall and Chen Maiping
Forms of Distance (1994)
translated by David Hinton
S EPOQURS P SW Gsii s S
Waves (1990)
translated by Bonnie S. McDougall and Susette Ternent Cooke
BEI DAO
Landscape Over Zero
Translated by David Hinton
with Yanbing Chen
A NEw DIRECTIONS BOOK
Copyright © 1995, 1996 by Zhao Zhenkai
Translation copyright © 1995, 1996 by David Hinton with Yanbing Chen
All rights reserved. Except for brief passages quoted in a newspaper, magazine, ra-
dio, or television review, no part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by
any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by
any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from
the Publisher.
Acknowledgments
Some of the poems in this book have appeared in the following periodicals:
Conjunctions, Grand Street, and The Troubadour.
Translation of this book was supported in part by the Witter Bynner Foundation.
Manufactured in the United States of America
New Directions books are printed on acid-free paper.
First published as New Directions Paperbook 831 in 1996
Published simultaneously in Canada by Penguin Books Canada Limited
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Pei-tao, 1949-
Landscape over zero / Bei Dao : translated by David Hinton, with
Yanbing Chen.
Da cm:
A translation of 50 poems from the Chinese with no original title.
Chinese and English.
ISBN 0-8112-1334—X (alk. paper)
I. Hinton, David, 1954— II. Chen, Yanbing. III. Title.
PL2892.E525H56 1996
895.1'152—de20 96-20854
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by New Directions Publishing Corporation
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CONTENTS
抵达 ARRIVAL 3
万 下 一 时| ANOTHER 5
蓝 墙 BLUE WALL 7
创造 CREATION 9
完整 PERFECT 11
BACKGROUND 13
UNTITLED 15
“在 父亲 平坦 的想 象 中… ”
PASS x THIS DAY 17
— FEBRUARY 19
进程 PROGRESS) 21
我 们 we 23
th SHOWING UP 25
在 歧路 ON THE WRONG ROAD 27
明镜 BRIGHT MIRROR 29
sees MORNING 31
‘“ qTA R AC UNTITLED 33
NOVICE 35
新 手
SEEING DOUBLE 37
领域 REALM 39
据 我 所 知 AS FAR ASI KNOW 41
主题 THEME 45
守夜 NIGHTWATCH 47
“集者 们邮 钢 视 生活 UNTITLED 49
“ AAVAEH, FiK---”
UNTITLED 51
夜
NIGHT 53
紫色
PURPLE 55
山中 一 日
A DAY IN THE MOUNTAINS 57
人 UNTITLED 59
旧地 OLD PLACES 61
局外 人 OUTSIDER 63
下 一 棵 树 THE NEXT TREE 65
为 了 FOR THE PURPOSE OF 67
“ SSR w”
UNTITLED 69
AR, INSOMNIA 71
零度以 上 的 风景 LANDSCAPE OVER ZERO 73
故事 STORY 75
不对 称 ASYMMETRY. 77
sy WAX 79
关键 词 KEYWORD 81
“PLANE PAR”
UNTITLED 83
远景 THE LONG VIEW 85
边境
BORDERS 87
借 来 方向
BORROAW DIIRNECTGIO N 89
新 年 NEW YEAR 91
“RL A”
UNTITLED 93
AZ ik
WINTER TRAVELS “95
否认 deny 97
休息
REST 99
工作
WORK 101
旅行
JOURNEY 103
Vi
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