Asia Trip 2023 Inspiration III - When Sunshine Stealing In

While lying in the hotel bed, this first line in black came into my mind but could not go further even though there were many ideas…  The poem was refined and completed in the next few days.

1 春風鳥語金屋外 Outside the house of gold are twittering birds in the spring air,
2 靜塵獨看銀鏡内 In the silver mirror are silent dust are seen gathering.
3 妝台莫見多年影 So many years had nary a shadow be seen at the dresser table,
4 一道朝陽竊進來 And yet a shaft of morning sunlight stealing into the room.

1 Allusion to the story of the First Empress of Emperor Han Wu Ti

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

2 Either the dust on the mirror or the reflected image of the dusty room.

Tuesday, November 13, 2023