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Thursday, 14 April 2011

Flowers and moonlight

The evening river is level and motionless -
The spring colours just open to their full.
Suddenly a wave carries the moon away
And the tidal water comes with its freight of stars.

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Yang-Ti
Emperor of the Sui Dynasty from 605 to 617
trans: A Waley

6 comments:

Jinksy said...

And a beautiful picture this paints - made me want to produce my own sketch!

Silk ribbon river;
moon-boat sails with star cargo,
highlights spring blossom.

John McDonald said...

these are lovely
john

Devika said...

Some lovely, enchanting poems, Gwilym :)

wishes,
devika

Gwilym Williams said...

John and Devika, many thanks

Jinksy, did your prize - a copy of Krax reach you yet?

Jinksy said...

The Krax arrived this morning, and I tried emailing at once to say thank you, but Mailer-Daemon boomeranged it back to me! I read it from cover to cover immediately, and 'The Typist' had me laughing like a loon! It was a real treat, and so kind of you to take the trouble to send it winging all the way to Havant.

Gwilym Williams said...

Hello Jinksy, That's great. I just knew it was your cup of tea!