Friday, February 1, 2013

The Garden of the Golden Valley



prosperity   luxury
like scent    just gone

streams flow
grass grows
breezes blow

nightingales sing
from the tower where she fell

falling petals
fallen beauty

once wrinkled
one's gone



Tu Mu, T'ang Dynasty
translated by David Sen, Dick Russell
©  Dick Russell  2013
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