Forever More Parted

今生此後永相隔 This life from now onwards, we will be eternally separated,
奇緣易逢別難測 Fate is wonderous that we met easily but parting is capricious.
朝為英雄燭夜殘 At morn, a hero be but a dying candle in the night,
歲月不留青春客 Time has no wish for Youth to remain a guest for too long.

The last line now tells us that it is not a person that has been parted from the poet.

Friday, July 1, 2022

For Whom Do Gulls Fly?

This was inspired by my walk along the cliffs facing the far off Catalina Island.

1 一群海鷗為誰飛 This flock of seagulls – for whom do they fly?
2 斜陽漸落寒風微 The slow sinking sun as gentle breezes coldly blew.
3 紅塵春色莫待人 Spring colors of the world wait for no one,
4世間黑暗難分離 ‘tis difficult to part the darkness on this earth.

1 A rhetoric question. They flew away from the approach of the author.

3,4 These two lines can be taken literally or figuratively.

Saturday, 6 November 2021