We present this work in honor of the 30th anniversary of the poet’s death.

 

Vase says, I’m worth a thousand hammers
Hammer says, I shattered a hundred vases

Craftsman says, I made a thousand hammers
Great man says, I killed a hundred craftsmen

Hammer says, I even killed a great man
Vase says, I’m holding that great man’s cremains

Translation by Felix Qin