Saturday, April 12, 2025

Of A Fallen Flower

By Chang Hu, T’ang Dynasty


A full moon is shining
through the branches of a tree
in the palace courtyard

she sits staring 
at a bird on its nest
her eyes shining

she slides out the long comb
that held her hair rolled
to keep a moth away from her lamp

but who will save her from despair?



Translated by David Sen and Dick Russell
Dick Russell © Richard M Russell
                        2025

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