An Unending Dream

Ten years ago a marriage in San Diego became a reality.  Time had gone by too fast as  parties were wild and furious.  Was there moonlight in that night? It matters not for you are that same full moon.  You are the light of my life.  Perhaps this paltry poem sums up this unending dream...

1 朝飛暮巢共寢燕 Morning flight, evening nesting, swiftlets sleeping side by side,
2 十載一目夕陽前 Ten years in a blink of an eye, sunset years before our very eyes.
3 鶼鰈情深夢何了 How can dreams be at an end when love still runs deep?
4 餘世無憾每年年 Nary a regret year after year for the remainder of our lives.

1 Swallows are symbols or marital bliss. They mate for life.

3 鶼 is another term for 比翼鳥, a legendary bird with half a body. It needs another bird with the mirror image body in order to fly. The modern meaning of 鰈 is plaice, halibut or some other kind of flatfish. The original meaning is another type of fish, like the 鶼 needs another one in order to swim. Hence the term means profound love or a deep emotional bond.

Tuesday, July 11, 2023