Still Counting

1 微緋殘霞遠天邊 Remnants of decaying crimson clouds by heaven’s edge,
2 夜漸銀河星萬獻 Slowly the night presented the myriad of stars of the Silver River.
3 數盡三百晚未足 Counting away the three hundred nights still not reached,
4 鵲橋緣何露眼前 Oh why then does the Magpie Bridge appear before my very eyes?

1 The day is dying but night brings hope in forms of stars and another day had passed.

2 Silver River – the Milky Way

3 The pivot to introduce the allusion of the Seventh Night.

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

4 It is believed that on the Seventh Night, magpies will congregate to form a bridge so that the twin stars of Vega and Altair may meet as lovers on it.

Tuesday, August 15, 2023