I
ONLY KNOW I LOVE
I
love and that is what I only know.
How
to measure up the way we go?
In
the green years innocence was on throne;
Today
dreams see the sides moss-grown.
In
spite of human daily life being hard,
There
still is here a loyal heart to guard.
Although
one cannot mention to reunite:
That
is upon my sentiments more to smite.
my
moonlit boudoir came a crane sound,
I
looked towards but saw nihility around.
Under
the bridge water continues to flow,
My
expected love to anxiously uneasy grow.
Many
a time my pointless missing in mind
Was
a rain my dry forlorn hedge could find,
Or
a fresh wind bringing echoes of a flute:
It
is myself before two ways, which route?
My
side-whiskers to be fondled do deem,
But
who is on the roadside to vainly dream?
Anybody
helps me compose my rhyme
To
nurse ripe my love to await next lifetime.
Loving
and implicitly to be loved desiring,
Oh
this baby bird, sing with me inspiring.
Let
us sing: on top of the sad winter above
There
still is one to miss, long for her love.
Translation by THANH-THANH