Pear Blossom Garden (translation)
Jim Maybury
The pear blossoms are subtly white,
the willows everywhere green.
When the willow catkins fly,
flowers fill the city.
Melancholy and disappointed
I watch the last snow
on one ridgepole
of the East Balustrade.
In this life
we see few things clearly.
--Su Dongpo
the willows everywhere green.
When the willow catkins fly,
flowers fill the city.
Melancholy and disappointed
I watch the last snow
on one ridgepole
of the East Balustrade.
In this life
we see few things clearly.
--Su Dongpo