生于1949年11月。在北京上小学、中学。1969年到河北白洋淀插队。同年开始诗歌写作，是“白洋淀诗歌群落”的主要成员。曾在北京的中学和大学任教，1992年到中国作家协会工作。除诗歌创作外，还有散文、诗歌评论文章发表。著有《我流过这片土地》、《林莽的诗》、《永恒的瞬间》、《林莽短诗选》等诗集，还出版有诗文合集《穿透岁月的光芒》。编辑有《诗探索金库-食指卷》、《中国百年诗歌精华》、《中国知青诗抄》等多种诗歌选本。《诗探索》作品卷主编。

Lin Mang was born in November 1949. He went to primary and high school in Beijing. In 1969 he went to Bai Yang Dian, beginning to write poetry and became one of the key members of Bai Yang Dian Poetry Group. He taught in high school and college in Beijing until he worked for China Writers' Association in 1992. He also writes non-fiction and poetry critical articles. His publications include I flow over the land, Lin Mang's Poetry, Eternal Instants, Short Poems by Lin Mang, The Light Penetrating Years. He has edited a number of poetry anthologies. He is one of the key editors of Poetry Exploration.

河南洛阳人。1981年生。现任四川外语学院成都学院英语教师。曾获第十九届“韩素音青年翻译奖竞赛”（汉译英组）二等奖、“译林翻译新人奖”（第四期）一等奖。

An Fang was born in 1981 in Luoyang, Henan Province. She is now an English teacher in Chengdu Institute, Sichuan International Studies University. She has won the second prize in the 19th Han Suyin Award for Young Translators and the first prize in the 4th Yilin Award for New Translators.

回到久违的宋朝

Transported to the Long-Gone Song Dynasty

走进一座春雨中的巴蜀小城
芭蕉和桂树的叶子
接住了黑瓦上垂落的雨滴
它们晶莹地溅落在经年愈黑的窗棂上
老屋内透出了旧生活沉着而舒缓的气息

木几上梅子釉的盖碗
还有竹叶青飘逸的茶香
毕竟太细小  太鲜嫩了
它们还无法回到古老的宋朝

而我们向往的  生命的简约和沉郁
在一座小小的博物馆里
饱满而温润地延伸到了现在

那天从宋瓷博物馆出来
龙泉青瓷如玉的秀色依旧令我恍惚
几位诗友相聚于引鹤茶楼
芭蕉泣雨  竹椅微凉
身着印花衣衫的侍女
头颈微垂  领我们走上窄窄的木梯
一杯浓郁的滇红让人心神沉静
时空穿越  那一刻
仿佛真的回到了久违的宋朝
			

I traveled to a small city of Sichuan in the spring rain 
The leaves of banana and osmanthus trees
caught raindrops dripping from black roof tiles
Crystal clear, the rain fell pitter-patter on the weatherworn window panes
of an ancient house oozing with a laid-back ambience of old lifestyle  

The fragrance of green tea
from the lidded bowls with plum green glaze
on the wooden table
was too fresh and delicate 
to transport us back to the Song Dynasty
The simplicity and profoundness of life
that we've been longing for 
was found, unexpectedly, in the well-preserved ceramics 
of a small museum
where I experienced it in its fullness

Still entranced by the luster and beauty of green glazed Longquan ceramics,
I walked out of the Museum of the Song Dynasty Porcelain
to meet some of my friends in Yinhe Tea House
Raindrops kept falling off the leaves of banana trees
giving the bamboo chairs a slight chill
The waitress in flowered blouse
with her head gently bowed
led us up a narrow wooden stair
A cup of strong Yunnan black tea brought peace to my mind
At that moment I felt as if 
I was transported to the bygone Song Dynasty