Poetry Quarterly

Editor-in-Chief:
Yidan Han

昌群 Chang Qun 昌群，本名杨昌群，笔名若风，1967年生，厦门大学中文系毕业。美国诗天空诗人协会副会长、山东省青年作家理事、青岛市作家协会会员、山东省散文学会会员，现居青岛。 Chang Qun, originally Yang Chang Qun, pen name Ruo Feng. Born in 1967. He is the vice president of PoetrySky Poets Association, one of the directors of Shandong Young Poets Association, and a member of Qingdao Writers’ Association. He graduated from the Chinese Department of Xiamen University, now lives in Qing Dao, China.		译者 Translator Ben Kiang 姜兆宾 Ben Kiang was a native of Yantai,Shandong,China. He moved to Hong Kong in his childhood with his parents and graduated from Hong Kong Chinese University. He has lived in the United States for many years and now lives in Qingdao,China. 祖籍中国山东烟台，自小随父母移居香港，毕业于香港中文大学。曾居住美国多年，现定居山东青岛。

招魂，以诗歌的名义		The Calling Back of Souls in the Name of Poetry
今天，我把哀悼写入历史的长河今天，我把长夜中的星灯点亮以朦胧诗歌的名义以民国白话的名义以元曲明剧的名义以唐诗宋词的名义以楚辞汉赋的名义以关关雎鸠的名义以夏商舞乐的名义今天是五月二十二号四川汶川地震离我有十天之远近全国哀悼日十九，二十，二十一我始终在想南方之南北方之北东方之东西方之西谁说要在几十年以前谁说要在几百年开外谁说从前或者以后还需要简单的选择当我真实痛苦的时候我隐藏在物象的后面当真实若有若无时我依然把物象作为物象有一种黑洞存在吗这么多世界这么多人还有这么多的奈何招魂，我以纯粹诗歌的名义招魂，不仅为善良无辜的亡灵		Today, I write down my condolence into the long river of history Today, I light up stars in the long dark night In the name of the dim poetry In the name of the vernacular of the Republic China In the names of the opera of Yuan Dynasty and drama of Ming dynasty In the names of the poetry of Tang Dynasty and verse of Sung Dynasty In the names of Songs of Chu and Fu of Hen Dynasty In the name of the poetry Guan! Guan! Fish Hawks In the names of dancing music of Xia dynasty and Shang dynasty Today is the twenty second of May There was earthquake in Wenchuan County of Szechuan For me that is ten days away The condolence day of the whole nation Nineteenth, twentieth, twenty first I have been thinking South to the south North to the north East to the east West to the west Who says it has to be tens of years ago Who says it has to be hundreds of years away Who says before or later? Still need simple choice When I am at the moment of truly painful I hide behind the matter When truthfulness exists or not exists I still take matter as matter Is there a kind of black hole existing? So many worlds and so many people And so many helplessness Call back the souls; I do it in the name of pyre poetry Call back the souls, not only for the deceased spirits of those good and innocent

招魂，以诗歌的名义

The Calling Back of Souls in the Name of Poetry