Spring And Summer Days

While testing and experimenting on ChatGPT for tonal accordance to Classical style Chinese poetry, it suggested the following lines as a good example,

相逢約定在春風， 

花開芬芳滿園中.

I felt the lines were good and inspired me to do better...

1 相約已定在春風 

A promise made to meet when spring breezes are in the air,

2 蝶飛花香滿苑重

Fluttering butterflies and flowers once more re-scenting the garden.

3 小橋樓台荷影柳 

Small bridges and terraces reflecting with lotuses and willows,

4 鴛鴦難捨葉下夢

Adieu is difficult but under the leafy canopy, Mandarin Ducks dream in togetherness.

1 Implying that the couple is apart for whatever reason.

2 Butterflies are symbols of uneasy love, even to the point of being tragic. This is due to their current separation.  However, they are soon to reunite.

3 Bridges and terraces; willows and lotus are Chinese garden landscape essentials. These couplings imply that the lovers will be reunited in summer since lotus is that season's emblem.

4 Mandarin ducks are symbols of eternal love and fidelity. Sleep separates everyone but dreams unite.

Tuesday, July 18, 2023