To Post a Heart 投 心

 

To Post a Heart

By Bing Hua (Rose Lu) 

Translation by Richard Tornello

To her first love,
a letter, her heart was sent,
While sure every word was written all over her face
for the world to see, she did it anyway.

Into the mail box it went.
Blushing, breathing hard

She ran home.

投心 

             

早春
把狂跳的心
装入信封
羞到信箱
咬咬牙 手一松儿
一颗心滑入
脸红 捂住双眼
手缝里边 没人看见
一溜烟儿 跑开

To Post a Heart

The early spring
Put a wildly beating heart
Into an envelope
sheepish all the way to a mailbox
She gritted her teeth, and loosened her hands
Then a heart slipped into it
Red-faced, she clapped her hands on her eyes
While nobody could see through her fingers
She ran away, and disappeared like a wreath of vapour

By Rose Lu (Bing Hua)          Tr. East Sea Fairy



投 心

冰花 （Rose Lu）

早春
把狂跳的心
装入信封
羞到信箱
咬咬牙  手一松儿
一颗心滑入
脸红  捂住双眼
手缝里边  没人瞅见
跑开  一溜烟儿


To Post a Heart