Another Seventh Night Variation

Again from a tango doodle with the brush...

1 柳月微笑洞庭水 The crescent moon smiles softly at the waters of Lake Grotto Court,
2 船舟橫泊甜密醉 Boats and skiffs docked sweetly together like inebriated lovers of the night.
3 七夕未臨怨秋遲 Seventh Night has yet to come, fretting that autumn is always late,
4 鵲橋終聚銀河催 And finally met on the Magpie Bridge, the Milky Way invariably hastens.

1 Literally, the willow leaf shaped moon.  The lake is better known as Dong Ting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dongting_Lake

3 The story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Maid Stars - Altair and Vega.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qixi_Festival

4 It is said that on that night, no magpie is seen because they had flown to the skies to form a bridge so that the lovers can meet.

Sunday, 25 July 2021