FACING REALITY SERIES 面對現實系列,
metal and oil on canvas 180 × 180 cm, 2003-04
..............................................................BACK COVER By QUO Ying Sheng 郭英聲
Bai Ling 白靈
LOOKING BACK AT DULAN MOUNTAIN FROM A DUGOUT CANOE
獨木舟上回頭看都蘭山*
Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機
The dugout canoe
Is an eye that can swim
Rowing through the water
Like a curled up leaf of the finest
Tea scooped into a teapot
The entire sea redolent
The highest splashing
Wave
Breaks
Over the stern of the dugout
As if forbearing the entire Pacific
The tear at the corner of your eye
The pearl of countless moments
Breaks the formless droplets
In a transparent
Moment
Gathering up
The only Dulan Mountain
In your eyes
Carrying Dulan Mountain
The dugout rushes over the sea