Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Translation: "Flowers and Moonlight on the Spring River"



"Flowers and Moonlight on the Spring River"
By Yang-ti (605-617), emperor of the Sui Dynasty

The evening river is level and motionless —
The spring colors 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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