Poetry scene 丨 Mu Bai: I suddenly saw my own shortness

I suddenly saw my own diminution

◎ Mu Bai

Song of Golmud

The front is only to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Going back is everyday life

I didn't move on

I am a weak poor man

I owe myself a permanent debt

Majestic Kunlun Mountain

Uninhabited Coco Ciri

I only found Tibetan antelopes on the map

I gave up on the lows, but did not dare to get drunk on the plateau

I want to be vigilant in Golmud

But the body is still unwell

I didn't dare come near God

Contradictions and problems are self-inflicted

My heart also hid a snowstorm

My body climbed to the plateau

My soul is out of place with the world

I have a stain on my bones

At an altitude of four thousand meters above sea level in Golmud

Jiashan, Jiashan

Jiangnan Water Town, the land of goodness

Hand in hand, dear, here it is

Backed by Taihu Lake, there is a pure land in the red dust

There is water in the house, hunger for food, thirst for springs

Plant melons and beans, Zhejiang West Santun, Jiahe is large

I don't expect high-ranking officials, I don't seek glory, I want to have a leisurely life

In Jiashan, farming, fishing and hunting, dear

I sing field songs, you dance

Idle to play in the mountains, drink and play the piano

Birdsong calls you out of bed, and the sun brushes your hair

Wu Geyue is always gentle

Do not envy the Tenchi bird, willing to be a hot spring person

Wash your heart and lungs with the water of goodness, and save three provinces in one day

Wash away the lead and leave a true heart

Leju Jiashan, Jiaxing Jiashan, dear

We spread our branches and leaves and have children

He gave birth to a daughter named Yunlan and a son named Xitang

Every child is as fertile as you are, and her face is beautiful

Idle also teaches children to read, from good to flowing

Cultivate a good heart, do good deeds, be pure and loyal

Every child is a good person

Gangchahargai

I'm going to compliment it over and over again

This small town on the plateau

Bronze Age horseback peoples

Canola flowers, herons, pebbles

Singing stars, sunflowers, rivers

White tents, these are the joys I cherish

Carved pasture, clean

Tibetan girls who appear alone

Fireflies flying in the wind

Flocks of cattle and sheep

Occasional cyclists passing by

Gentle light, sunset at dusk

How close it is to what can be called paradise

The empire where the silence disappeared

Pass by Xiangji Temple

Every road is home

Before the flowers are offered to the Buddha, the fragrance of cinnamon wafts

Didn't hear the bells, didn't hear the trumpet

There are no dangerous rock cold springs

But see the village replaced Maolin

Deep in the mountains into a bustling city

Traffic exceeds the empty pool

The Chongling Pagoda collapsed on two floors

There is joy in heaven and earth

Half a hermit and half a Buddha

There is no self in ancient times

I didn't see Wang Wei before

After not seeing the kingdom side

Futon meditation, bodhisattvas have ancestral courts in the Pure Land

The world is not exhausted

Meridian Avenue leads directly to qinling

Eight waters around Chang'an, between Pingshui

It is difficult to distinguish between jingwei and snake

I don't know who is the host and who is the guest

The monks have been buried for thousands of years

The poisonous dragon is still in my heart

That night

That night was destined to be unusual

It was raining lightly that night

That night the stars and the moon hid in the sky

That night the spring mountain sky

That night cuckoo sound

That night the earth was full of flowers

That night God came from heaven

That night all things were resurrected

Bayin River

A remnant of the sun

This golden glow

Falling from the sky, sprinkled on the river

Divide Delingha in two

Sunset over Hexi

Bright moon rises to the east of the river

The yurt has no name

I was on the bridge overlooking the snow-capped mountains

The setting sun sprinkled on me

Silent

(Excerpted from the second half of Yanhe Magazine, Issue 10, 2021)

Mu Bai was originally named Kingdom Side, Zhejiang Wen Adult. He is a member of the Chinese Writers Association and a poet-in-residence of Capital Normal University in 2014. Participated in the 26th Youth Poetry Conference and the 31st Advanced Research Class of Lu Xun Literature Institute. He has won the "October" Poetry Award, the Red Sorghum Poetry Award, the Chinese Young Poet Award, and the Zhejiang Provincial Excellent Literary Works Award. He is the author of the poetry collection "The Walker" and other works.