Diary

Zhiqiao (Kate) Jiang

Sister, tonight I am in Delingha, enveloped in darkness
Sister, tonight I only have the Gobi Desert
 
At the edge of the prairie I stand with empty hands
Barely gripping a single tear when sadness strikes
Sister, tonight I am in Delingha
It’s a desolate city drenched in rain

Except for those passengers and residents,
Delingha—tonight,
This is the only, the last, lyric.
This is the only, the last, prairie.
I give rocks back to the rocks
Let the victory belong to victory
Tonight the highland barley only belongs to herself
Everything is growing
But tonight I only have the beautiful Gobi Desert, nothing
else
Sister, tonight I don’t care about mankind,
I think of nothing but you
7/25/1988 Train passing by Delingha