威尼斯二日游 IN VENICE, THINKING OF KASHGAR

venice (written on a city map) one yard of scents, with blossoms filled/ one passage through the midday sun/ one house, one water, one whole town/ one thousand years become one day/ they know it here, you'll die quite soon/ and everyone will come and say/ what you may claim, and what remains/ and then they're ready to depart/ cause what we are stays in this world/ what we have done, what we have heard/ one scent, one stone, one sound, one plan/ a plea that says please understand
MW June 2010

Photos from Venice: 威尼斯旅遊相冊

venedig (auf einem stadtplan notiert) ein hof im duft, mit blüten voll/ ein durchgang in der mittagszeit/ ein haus, ein wasser, eine stadt als wären 1000 jahr ein tag/ man weiss es hier, man stirbt recht bald und alle kommen, es zu sehen/ was bleibt, und was man noch erwirbt/ dann wollen sie auch wieder gehen/ denn was wir sind, bleibt in der welt/ was wir getan, was wir geschaut/ ein duft, ein stein, ein laut, ein plan/ und eine bitte um verstehen
MW 5. Juni 2010

ウイーン

vienna

to see the statues how they're sitting
above the gate when you ride by
to see the glowing lights transmitting
through window panes as shadows glide
a streetcar takes you through the maze
when you grew up your heart was like
or was it like an open book
you're riding on, you want to say
you ride your bike, and as you gaze
you sometimes get a better look
than yesterday, the day before
the day before another day
or maybe not. you'll look some more
and when you die
maybe you'll sit and seem alive

MW March 2010