Inhale and Exhale

By Bai Hua

In past, our youngsters screamed wildly against regulation
today, we learn how to breathe right always follow rules
How hard to do it , please stop it!
Anyway, let's start from scratch -

One, two, three; one, two, three; 123...
Remember, the most important thing in life is to breathe,
and please focus your whole life on how to breathe
anyway, let's start from scratch -

"But the main thing, you know what the main thing is?
Light brething! And I've got it...
Just you listen how I can sigh -
It's true, I've got it, don't I?"

What kind of magic does this breath come from?
Anyway, let's start from scratch -

February 1993/ translated by Chen Zihong

呼吸

柏桦

年轻时我们在规则中大肆尖叫
今天，我们在规则中学习呼吸
这多么难啊，请别吵了！
来，让我们从头开始练习——

一二三，一二三，一二三……
记住生命中最重要的是呼吸，
请集中一生的注意力于呼吸
来，让我们从头开始练习——

“而最主要的，你知道是什么吗？
要有轻盈的呼吸……
你听，我是怎么呼吸的——
对吗，是这样的吗？”

这呼吸究竟出自怎样的神奇？
来，让我们从头开始练习——

1993年2月