again
and again
and again
you reverberate
in my mind
echoes
echoes in the night
my words
come back
to me
in the night
echoes
reminding me
of all
I’ve said
and all
I’ve wanted
to say
The Echo by Ai Qing
She’s hiding in the valley
She’s standing over the cliff
If you refuse to dally
She’ll act as if she’s deaf
But call her and she’ll call you
Curse her and you she’ll curse
You can’t win if you argue
The last word’s always hers
translated by Fang Dai, Dennis Ding, & Edward Morin