Chinese Poetry Series

I Live Alone
Lu Ye, translated by Ouyang Yu

perhaps I am willing
to be with you every day
raising ducks.
my heart, for the rest of my life
is a window pane
cleaned till it shines...

I Live Alone is part of a new bilingual Chinese poetry series. This collection of poems, in Chinese and English, explores Ye's fascination with the natural world, displacement, loneliness, loss and her own self-discovery, in a lyrical and reflective voice, that shines with originality and passion. Lu Ye is one of China's foremost female contemporary poets.