Pilgrimage Notes

Among the tens of thousands of ways to pray

I like to hear you sing

I keep listening to speculate on the fall

To resist liberation

Pilgrimage Notes

You sing, my support is my boundless confusion

Please forgive me for my inability to discern the dreams of a gray magpie or a crow.

Just like I can't figure out the cause of the flood

Do you care about the clouds or the nine springs?

Mind the gilded river banks

Or was his dignity trampled to pieces?

Your thick bass stretches like mountains

Everything you sing about will come true

For example, a legitimate expression of disgust

Such as the concept of equality rising in the ant nest

For example, eliminating the aesthetics that fills the here and now

Like utter anger

such as spring

Introduction to the poet

Chen Jianli

The driving force for writing poetry has been suppressed and scrutinized several times, and it becomes unstoppable. It was summoned by the ancient saints and sages, and now it begins to prepare for the summons. It is ignited by drama and ignites drama. It battles with the image over and over again and then rushes to freedom together. It blooms into language and melts its ice in order to awaken it.

Yes, write poetry.

Editor's Note

In the end of tens of thousands of ways to pray, I love to hear you sing.

Everything you have ever sung about will come true.

Even though I am your incompetent disciple. Although I am not ignorant, it is difficult for me to resist the temptation to fall, just as it is difficult for me to distinguish between good and evil, holiness and sin.

If I fall from the clouds, my lips will be tightly closed and I will not raise my arms and shout to anyone. I can't tell whether it is sinking or liberation, let alone where my heart belongs.

I am so confused, waiting for the enlightenment of your cool singing voice.

By supporting you with all my heart and listening to you, will I be able to be sublimated? Will I have the courage to transcend, the desire to transcend, and the fists to crush stubborn dignity and authority?

But before that, I am silent, waiting for spring to be awakened by you, waiting for the first trace of green to break out of the cocoon.

At the same time, we also provide translated English, German, French and Spanish versions of the poem, and maintain the original style and rhythm of the poem to the greatest extent during the translation process.

Pilgrimage Notes

When reading, readers can also feel the uniqueness and commonality of the poem in different language contexts.

English Version

Pilgrim's Notes

In the realm of countless prayers, I find my solace there

Listening to your voice, singing with such flair

I've been listening all along, seeking to comprehend

The depths of my fall, resisting the urge to transcend

You sing, and I'm left in boundless disarray

Forgive me, for I can't discern without dismay

The dreams of gray magpies and crows, intertwined

Just as I struggle to fathom the flood's design

Do I care for the clouds or the depths below?

The gilded riverbanks or the trampled dignity we know?

Your deep notes resonate, like mountains so grand

Everything you sing, I believe will come to hand

To express disgust, with a legal voice so clear

To elevate equality, in an anthill we hold dear

To erase the aesthetics, that engulf this time and space

To be consumed by anger, in its entirety, embrace

And like the arrival of spring, so serene

These are the visions your songs convene

from: Pierre Bonnard

Deutsche Version

Pilgernotizen

In den zehntausend Arten des Gebets

Höre ich gerne deinen Gesang

Pilgrimage Notes

Ich höre zu, um den Verfall zu erahnen

Um der Erlösung zu widerstehen

Du singst, meine Hingabe ist grenzenlose Verwirrung

Bitte verzeih mir, dass ich nicht unterscheiden kann

Zwischen den Träumen der grauen Elstern und der Krähen

So wie ich nicht die Ursache der Flut klären kann

Ob es um die Wolken oder die neun Tiefen geht?

Ob es um die vergoldeten Flussufer geht oder um die zertretenen Würde?

Deine tiefe Stimme ist so schwer wie die Berge, die sich erstrecken

Alles, was du gesungen hast, wird wahr

Wie zum Beispiel der legale Ausdruck des Ekelns

Wie zum Beispiel die Gleichheit, die im Ameisenhaufen aufsteigt

Wie zum Beispiel die Ästhetik, die hier und jetzt erfüllt ist

Wie zum Beispiel die pure Wut

Wie zum Beispiel der Frühling

from: Pierre Bonnard

Version française

Journal du pèlerinage

Dans les milliers de façons de prier

J'aime t'entendre chanter

Je t'écoute toujours, pour deviner la décadence

Pour résister à la délivrance.

Tu chantes, ma nourriture est mon angoisse infinie

Pardonne-moi de ne pas pouvoir distinguer le rêve des pies et des corbeaux

Tout comme je ne peux pas comprendre l'origine des inondations

Pilgrimage Notes

Est-ce les cieux ou les neuf enfers?

Est-ce les digues dorées ou la dignité piétinée en miettes?

Ta voix grave est aussi majestueuse que les montagnes

Tout ce que tu chantes se réalisera

Comme exprimer légalement le dégoût

Comme l'égalité qui s'élève dans une fourmilière

Comme éliminer l'esthétique qui imprègne cet instant et cet endroit

Comme une colère totale

Comme le printemps.

from: Pierre Bonnard

Versión española

Apuntes de Peregrinación

En las miles de formas de oración

me gusta escuchar tu canto.

Lo he estado escuchando, para descifrar la caída

para resistir la liberación.

Cantas, mi ofrenda es mi infinita confusión.

Perdóname por no poder distinguir los sueños de las grullas y los cuervos

como no puedo discernir las razones de la inundación

¿Importa el cielo o el más allá?

¿Importa el dique dorado o la dignidad pisoteada en polvo?

Tu voz grave es tan imponente como una cadena montañosa.

Todo lo que cantas se hará realidad

como expresar el disgusto de manera legítima

como el igualitarismo que surge de un hormiguero

como eliminar la estética que impregna este tiempo y lugar

Pilgrimage Notes

como la ira total

como la primavera.

from: Pierre Bonnard