A Small Dining Table

A Small Dining Table

By Kuan Sun

I bought a small dining table, the world so big, then
I can get close to you

Really hard to eat dinner together, time-consuming, then
the breakfasts take 15 minutes with a lavish food we hold

Our home once was my father's small table. I believed
many wild jujube cakes, and good times just waiting for me

Sitting by the table, I miss you. A half-cut red grapefruit
the juice that came out of it gradually filled its round faces

translated by Chen Zihong

小饭桌

孙宽

我买了张小小的饭桌，世界太大，这样
就能和你凑得近乎些

一起吃个饭实在奢望，时间太多，于是
十五分钟的早餐，就缀满两个盘子的奢华

我的家，曾经就是父亲的小饭桌，我以为
有吃不完的酸枣糕，还有牛毛一样的日子

早餐的小饭桌思念你，一个红瓤柚子切开两半
另外一半的糖汁，渐渐溢满它的圆脸