This life, this night, …..
Fall Colours at the Saturday Market. Photo by Sailan.
AUTUMN SOLSTICE 立秋
It looks like a beautiful painting on the screen,
the baby crows are cawing, then they flew away
leaving the screen empty;
Resting on a pillow, feeling a new kind of coolness like
a breeze by waving a silk fan;
Waking from a sleep, the rustling sound of Autumn
cannot be found everywhere;
All over the terrace, in the moonlight,
is covered with the fallen leaves of Chinese Parasol tree.
Written by Lau Wu-Chi 劉武子, a poet from Sung Dynasty.
MID-AUTUMN 中秋
The dusk is approaching, the cloud is dissipating,
the night is overflowing with coolness;
There is quietude in the Milky Way,
the beautiful moon is moving on;
This life, this night,
does not last forever;
Next month, next year,
where will I be to have
a night like tonight.
Written by Du Mu 杜牧, a scholar and an official in the Tang Dynasty.
Short videos in the theme of Simple Joy in Life is…..
can be viewed on YouTube.com/@sailan7pEnglish translation by Sailan (October 29, 2023).
