I believe in a river

我相信有一条河

that flows from the sea to the mountains

从大海流向高山

I ask no more of poetry than

我对诗歌的要求不外乎

to make a map of this river

为这条河绘制地图

I don't want to strike water from stones

我不想在石头中打出水来

but I want to carry water to them

但我想把水运到石头上

dry black rock

焦干黝黑的石头

becomes blue water rock

变成蓝色水润的石头

but the newspapers wish it otherwise

但报纸却别有所愿

they want headlines of dry and black

他们想要焦干黝黑的头条新闻

and throw up dams and force

并筑起堤坝，强行来

an about turn

一个关于什么的转折