The Rebirth of the Green Onion By Bing Hua on beatnikcowboy.com/2024/06/29
Bing Hua (Translation by Yingcai Xu)
JUNE 29, 2024 ~ LEAVE A COMMENT
[pre]The Rebirth of the Green Onion
By Bing Hua (Translation by Yingcai Xu)
Green onions
Are often rooted out
To be sold as groceries
The hopeless plant
Is chopped into pieces
And fried in a wok
One of the lucky bulbs
Is planted in a flower pot
And nurtured
Thus, this green onion
Is reborn
Where one’s heart is settled
There it is the hometown
This green onion
Never bends down
But grows into a bud, blooms, and produces seeds
And the seeds are spread to other places
Many years later
This single bulb
Turns into a sea of green onions
Under the sun
This sea of green onions
Are vibrant with straightness, forcefulness, and robustness
And vibrant with verdancy
In wind
This sea of green onions
Sway into sprays, waves, and billows
And sway from generation to generation
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