Moi sans poids

Face aux idéogrammes

Dont l’encre m’emportait

Au fleuve du non agir

What sleepless nights,

Strolls through dimming lights.

Whistling wind and heavy air,

Storming towards the flare.

*A photo by  Lee made at the Scotland seaside

Frigid ocean

Waves clashing in air

Soft coals of glowing amber

Closely tended with care

*Joseph's photo about Prince Edward Island

一盏热烫
天涯似故乡
哈尔滨天寒地冻
化做春江浩荡

Un verre bouillant 

Rempli d’eau farineuse 

Les rues glacées de Harbin  

S’évaporent comme une flèche 

A scalding cup  

Flour water brim 

Harbin’s frosted alleyways  

Dissolve like an arrow 

*A photo by the author made in 哈尔滨

梦遇仙翁

2026, 02

赤日蝉欢，

芭蕉蜷似眠

梦语仙翁何为贵，

心无患惜眼前。

Encountering an Immortal

Blazing sun, singing cicadas,

curling leaves on palm-trees.

In my dream, an immortal elder

reveals virtue is worry-free, cherish present

*The illustration by Tian Hong

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自我流放

留一丝乡愁

风追彩云归去哟

还是泪眼朦胧…..

Exil choisi

Brin de nostalgie

Le vent ramène les couleurs

Mes yeux se voilent encore

Self exiled

Tad of nostalgia

The wind brings back the colors

My eyes misty again.

Oil on canvas

 by Peng Liu, "Untitled"  130x100 cm

2016

·一滴墨

1.
有墨一滴，
Yǒu mò yī dī,
化作雾中树。
Huà zuò wù zhōng shù.
攀上寒峰云外远，
Pān shàng hán fēng yún wài yuǎn,
栖落青苔深处。
Qī luò qīng tái shēn chù.

2.
点烟如梦，
Diǎn rǎn chéng yān rú mèng,
淡浓留真踪。
Dàn nóng liú zhù zhēn zōng.
水染墨透浸素纸，
Shuǐ rǎn mò tòu qīn sù zhǐ,
乾坤隐现其中。
Qián kūn yǐn xiàn qí zhōng.

·A Drop of Ink

1.
A drop of ink,
Trees in mist becomes. 
It climbs bleak peaks and far clouds,
Then, rests low on mosses.

2.
Lines and dots fall,
Fixing dreams’ true call.
Ink-wash soaked through paper skin,
Spawns a world held within

*A water-ink by Xu Qin

Besuch

1.

Inmitten von Dumpfheit und Dummheit 

bringt Freundesbesuch klares Licht.

Beim Blick in die Zukunft bleibt doch

nur ein kleiner Wicht.

2.

Befangen gefangen von Mächten 

und Geldern, kaum selbstbestimmt,

Verzweiflung und Hoffnung, die Frage ist,

wer sich die Zukunft nimmt.

《客至》

1.

愚蒙深驻，
尘暗前程路。
客至忽惊云破处，
一线清光如诉。

2.

依旧微身，
难脱金锁缠。
试问绝望或希望，
谁能裁取天春？

*A photo by the author made in 苏州

青春

心无羁绊，

眼里皆星灿。

如火热情映天边，

清梦播撒夜晚。

Those years

Unburdened heart, 

Eyes brimming with the starlight. 

Passion mirroring with the horizon, 

Sweet dreams weave the night.

年年二月

Nian nian er yue

如期表喜悦

Ru qi biao xi yue

呼朋唤友遥相聚

Hu peng huan you yao xiang ju

一道举杯看雪

Yi dao ju bei kan xue

Chaque février

Convention de joie

Réunis mais à distance

Verres levés, la même neige

Every New Year

Predictable joy

Friends gathered and apart

Admiring the same snow

La lune Brille

Le vin me grise

à tel point que même l’hiver

me parle de printemps

L’ombre des feuilles

Sur l’eau claire qui court

Scintillements, envoûtements

Je suis émerveillé

Réveil matin 

Mon corps endormi 

Le jardin sous la rosée 

Un oiseau chante 

Rêve d'évasion 

Au loin la montagne 

Au delà du portillon 

Commence le chemin

a forêt bruisse

Les nuages passent

La neige tape au carreau

La couverture est prête

Que de beauté

Le soleil chantonne

Il est l'heure des merveilles

Un seul jour suffira

Là-bas, au loin

Bouge un bourgeon

La beauté, timide, sort

Ne fermons pas les yeux

Pourquoi ce bleu

Vague de rêve

Origine du monde

Mer de tous les espoirs

La pluie pleure

Nature verte

Printemps de fleurs sourit

L’été rira au soleil

Joie des oiseaux

Pies des nouveaux nids

Cris des merles concurrents

Chat rêvant de voler

《一》

南国安否

Nan guo an fou

重逢旧梦后

Chong feng jiu meng hou

案积世尘伽蓝守

An ji chen shi qie lan shou

孤诗怜酒一年

Gu shi lian jiu yi nian

How's the south

Since we reunited

Dust veils the temple's table

Lonely year, poem and wine

《二》

残梅暗香

Can mei an xiang

扶影寒雨霜

Fu ying han yu shuang

春风不分南北乡

Chun feng bu fen nan bei xiang

自有苍茫短长

Zi you cang mang duan chang

Plum blossoms fall

Subtle scent lingers 

Spring winds know not south from north

In wilderness their reign varies.

《三》

新岁旧事

Xin sui jiu shi

繁枝乱眼翠

Fan zhi luan yan cui

文章世外春意醉

Wen zhang shi wai chun yi cui 

辜负江东心思

Gu fu jiang dong xin si

New Year，old tales

What a lush, green sight

Words become drunk, off the world

Thinking little of river's flow.

《四》

晴云晚霞

Qing yun wan xia

寒烟落人家

Han yan luo ren jia

沙鸥寂寞渡天涯

Sha ou ji mo du tian ya

金玉尔音心遐

Jin yu er yin xin xia

A sunset glow

Brings cold smokes to homes

A lone gull gliding far and high

Its call resonates deep. 

《五》

沧海雄风

Cang hai xiong feng

书卷春秋功

Shu juan chun qiu gong

桑田有心思梧桐

Sang tian you xin si wu tong

奈何万紫千红

nai he qian zi wan hong

Against sea winds

Pages about past endeavors

The barren land yearns for trees

Yet flowers bloom anew.

Early sunset

Frigid without end

Isolation has beset

Oh hello my good friend

（Translation by Annabella Hu）*

晚霞染天

Wǎn xiá rǎn tiān （普通话拼音Common Chinese pronounciation）

máahn hàh yíhm tīn （广东话拼音Cantonese pronounciation）

寒意无边际

Hán yì wú biān jì

hòhn yi mòuh bīn jai

孤立弥漫四方天

Gū lì mí màn sì fāng tiān

gū laahp nèih maahn sei fōng tīn

你好我的挚友

Nǐ hǎo wǒ de zhì yǒu

néih hóu ngóh dīk ji yáu

vi följer samma koltrast
med fingrarna över staden från
vår kulle och de gula fältens enormitet

får oss och blommorna att tupplura

we finger-trace the same
blackbird across the city from
our hill and the yellow fields’ enormity 

makes us and the flowers nap

• Translation and watercolor by Nathan

未闻惊雷

Wei wen jing lei

半夜雪声静

Ban ye xue sheng jing

残月斜照梳妆台，

Can yue xie zhao shu zhuang tai

却不见，故人来。

Que bu jian, gu ren lai

Pas de tonnerre

La nuit neige sans bruit

La lune tombe sur la coiffeuse

Mais elle n’est pas venue

Stunned thunder

The night snows in silence

Moonlight on the dressing table

But she is not coming

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Peinture par 刘澎 Peng Liu

Untitled

Huile sur canvas

280x160

Moelle osseuse (extrait)

Ma tête pleine de

paroles inventées

Terminaisons infinies

Langue de tous et d’aucun

Chez mon grand-père

Déjà tout un monde 

Plus d’avions à rattraper 

De noms étrngers

Bone marrow (extract)

My head hurting

With a hundred endings

a verb born from a language

that everyone could speak

Could grand-pa’s pond

Become the whole world

With no planes to catch

We would scream the same names

小毛驴

逢春草绿，

Feng chun cao lu

朝露湿玩蹄。

Zhao lu shi wan ti

咀青逐蝶闲惬意，

Ju qing zhu die xian qie yi

可知寒冬何去？

Ke zhi han dong he qu

Little Donkey

Upon spring grass,

Morning dews wet feet.

Chewing grass, chasing butterflies

Forgotten cold winter

***A  painting by the author

孤影卓立

Gu ying zho li

莹瓣语微扬

Ying ban yu wei yang

阮石铺陈千古事

Ruan shi pu chen qian gu shi

无闻静待芳华

Wu wen jing dai fang hua

A daffodil blooming

In lone she stands

Her white petals speak

Admid pebbles a story unfolds

No praise and no eyes seek

*************

A photograph by the author 

蛇舞春晓

She wu chun xiao

瑞雪送寒霄

Rui xue song han xiao

梅花初开迎翠竹

Mei hua chu kai ying cui zhu

群芳纷竞妖娆

Qun fang fen jing yao rao

Spring dance of snake

Snow send away the cold

Plum blossom with new bamboo

All flowers enchanted

***A photograph by the author

The beat goes on

Howling through the wind

Their silent wrath creep upon

Drain and neglect within

***A photograph by the author

友人

年前小醉

Nian qian xiao zui

瞬间十万里

Shun jian shi wan li

应是处处有春归

Ying shi chu chu you chun gui

陌路孤椅淡辉

Mo lu gu yi dan hui

Une table tiède

Derrière l’océan

Partout revient le printemps

Chemin calme, chaises vides, les jours

That warm table 

Already beyond

But Spring should be everywhere

Chairs on a trail, and the days