Aboard a Boat on a Moonlit Night
Tai Fu-ku
Moonlight fills the boat and floods an empty sky
night air pours across the green and glassy water
ideas for a poem sway in the shadows of the mast
my dream spirit rows to the sound of the scull
stars are scattered on the jade-colored lake
wild geese cry out in the water-pepper wind
a few fishing lanterns mark the ancient shore
dew drips from paulownias on Broken Arch Bridge
from Poems of the Masters translated by Red Pine (2003)
Tai Fu-ku
Moonlight fills the boat and floods an empty sky
night air pours across the green and glassy water
ideas for a poem sway in the shadows of the mast
my dream spirit rows to the sound of the scull
stars are scattered on the jade-colored lake
wild geese cry out in the water-pepper wind
a few fishing lanterns mark the ancient shore
dew drips from paulownias on Broken Arch Bridge
from Poems of the Masters translated by Red Pine (2003)
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