Giuseppe Insana - 墨白

孤gū	舞wǔ	者zhě	登dēng	無wú	星xīng	臺tái
霜shuāng	白bái	月yuè	追zhuī	火huǒ	紅hóng	士shì
默mò	默mò	黑hēi	夜yè	變biàn	藍lán	靛diàn
故gù	乡xiāng	山shān	我wǒ	不bù	思sī	念niàn

Translation:

Lonely dancers on the starless stage
frost white moon chases her fiery warrior
the black night silently turns indigo
hometown mountains, I will not miss you

秋風仙樂qiū fēng xiān yuè

鯉lǐ	幟zhì	穿chuān	秋qiū	風fēng
異yì	鄉xiāng	夜yè	無wú	朋péng
君jūn	萬wàn	里lǐ	之zhī	遙yáo
而ér	樂yuè	還hái	相xiāng	聞wén

Translations:

Carp-streamer through autumn wind
foreign town night with no friends
you, ten thousand miles away
yet I can still hear the music

Koinobori nel vento autunnale
notte in terra straniera senza amici
e tu, a mille miglia di distanza
ma sento ancora la musica

益yì	死sǐ	從cóng	生shēng	望wàng
全quán	越yuè	事shì	越yuè	文wén
力lì	極jí	若ruò	來lái	下xià
治zhì	越yuè	靜jìng	越yuè	海hǎi
世shì	醒xǐng	潮cháo	急jí	去qù

This word-square poem can be read from top to bottom or from right to left.

Translations:

Observe civilizations go under the sea
    life getting increasingly quick
undertake like silent tide
    the more death is intense, the more it wakes
Obtain complete power, rule the world

notice that life gains from death
    the more civilizations act, the more they get complete
descend like extreme power
    sea, the calmer it is, the more it commands
go as rapid tide, wake up the world

Osserva civilta' andare sotto al mare
    la vita che diventa sempre piu' veloce
applicati come silenziosa marea
    piu' la morte e' intensa, piu' essa risveglia
Ottieni completo potere, governa il mondo

nota come la vita trae vantaggio dalla morte
    piu' le civilta' agiscono, maggiormente si completano
discendi come potenza estrema
    il mare, piu' e' calmo, piu' comanda
vai come rapida marea, risveglia il mondo

生shēng	到dào	死sǐ	回huí
從cóng	死sǐ	到dào	生shēng
死sǐ	從cóng	生shēng	源yuán
出chū	生shēng	致zhì	死sǐ

This word-square poem can be read horizontally (left to right, right to left) or vertically (top to bottom, bottom to top).

Translations (first horizontal, then vertical):

life returns to death, return death to life
from death to life
death originates from life
the arising of life leads to death, death leads to the arising of life

life arises from death, arise death from life
from life to death
death leads to life
the return of life originates from death, death originates from life's return

去qù	死sǐ	棄qì	生shēng
生shēng	來lái	生shēng	復fù
棄qì	死sǐ	出chū	死sǐ
死sǐ	復fù	生shēng	還huán

This word-square poem can be read horizontally (left to right, right to left) or vertically (top to bottom, bottom to top).

Translations (first horizontal, then vertical):

gone death, life is lost / lost life, death goes
life comes, life is restored / restored life, life comes
lost death, death [re]starts / death starts and death is lost
death restored, life returns / life's return restores death

gone life, death is lost / lost death, life goes
death comes, death is restored / restored death, death comes
lost life, life [re]starts / life starts and life is lost
life restored, death returns / death's return restores life

Index of selected poems

去死棄生qù sǐ qì shēng ^[Jun2002](多方向诗)
生到死回shēng dào sǐ huí ^[Jun2002](多方向诗)
望生从死益wàng shēng cóng sǐ yì ^[Jun2002](多方向诗)
秋風仙樂qiū fēng xiān yuè ^[Oct2002]
孤舞者登無星臺gū wǔ zhě dēng wú xīng tái ^{[中秋節2003]}