English translation by Elena Nistor and Loredana Manolache
Pagoda in the mountains
if you were
a bamboo stalk
you could be the pillar
of a small pagoda in the mountains
or just a pipe
for an old
unschooled man
to smoke his everyday tobacco
or opium in
but if you were
just a bamboo stalk
you wouldn t care
if you were a pipe or a pilla
Codul cartii: NEU978-606-8975-19-1
