I watch at the park a girl of five or four
Hands outstretched she jumps repeatedly to catch a hanging ball
The autumn morning sun is shining ever so soft
It warms and encourages the girl to jump more and more
Sitting nearby her mother is concerned her daughter may fall
She calls her to stop the jumps once for all
Nearby an old man mutters as the mother tells the girl her fun was ample
‘Tis not the ball but the reaching the man continues with his mumbles
Category Archives: Poems – All
烈女操__孟郊 (751-814)
Renditions of lyrics of Songs I like (Part 2) __SL Kong
《遣悲懷》 (唐)元稹 (779~831)__江紹倫譯
(其一)(其二) (其三)
Tang Poems__荊叔, 柳中庸, 李益
On the Ci En Pagoda__Jing Shu 荊叔
To whom the hills and rills of the Han Dynasty now own
Great Emperor Chin’s tomb is deep with wild grass overgrown
Girding the central plateau plain a thousand li of mountains loom
Every inch of this terrain stands witness to human sorrow and moan
A Soldier’s Complaint__Lu Zhong Yong 柳中庸
I fought at GoldRiver and JadePass year after year
Each day I held my sword on my steed I fiercely reined
Three springs in a roll soldiers’ tombs are covered by snow
Mother River girds the Black Mount for miles its water yellow
Pipe Music at Surrender Town__Li Yi 李益
Sands on the foot of Mount Hui Le is white as snow
Above the Surrender Town the frosty moon hangs high
A pipe song lingers from where’re no one knows
Warriors lie homesick awake throughout the night
Renditions of lyrics of Songs I like __SL Kong
《踏莎行》遊冰川有感__江紹倫
《Tune: Treading on Grass》 Thoughts in visiting the Glacier by Kong Shiu Loon
Grand is the Arctic scenery
Sky and ocean-land in harmony
Billion-year snow sitting stationary
On helicopter I marvel the intricate beauties of the icy territory
On the ground my breathing lets out cold mists not ordinary
What wonders can Nature’s hands create
Making immobile glacier its flows in wait
Alarmed are we to find fellow species extinct today
The cause is pollution induced global warming
Survival requires curtailment of desires for material wellbeing
《登望洪亭》蘇軾 (1037-1101)
《沁園春》 遊阿崗瓊公園__江紹倫
<<Tune: Qin Garden Spring>> Algonquin Park 
Late autumn in eastern Canada
A thousand hills in red and lavender
Ten thousand trees in brown and yellow splendor
Driving north from Toronto
On both sides of the roads
Leaves display brilliant colors fold after fold
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