Renowned poet Lo Fu (洛夫), died at the age of 91 this Monday morning.
Today's "CommonWealth Classic Quotes" is to pay tribute to this "pioneer of modern poetry in Taiwan."
“I am the bitter pear-tree cut down by the saw
In whose rings you can still hear clearly
the wind and the cicadas” (Death in a Stone Cell, Lo Fu, translated by Jonathan Hall.)
「我確是那株被鋸斷的苦梨
在年輪上，你仍可聽清楚風聲、蟬聲」─洛夫《石室之死》
Full translation of the poem can be found here
https://goo.gl/MdTxmb
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