Wind

Introducion:

This is an ode to wind.The poet takes great pains to make artistic use of antitheses and measure words in his work to impress the reader.   

 

Text:

Fēng

 风

李峤(唐)

 

Jiě luò sān qiū yè ，néng kāi èr yuè huā 。

解  落  三  秋  叶 ，  能    开 二 月  花  。

Guò jiāng qiān chǐ làng，rù zhú wàn gān xiá。

 过  江      千   尺  浪  ， 入 竹  万    竿  斜。

 

Wind

Li Qiao (Tang)

 

At an aeolian breath the leaves of autumn wither,

And buds of spring into full bloom all blow,

And towering billows sweep across the rolling river,

And ten thousand bamboos slant and bend low.

 

Comment:

This is an ode to wind. A great observer of natural phenomena, the poet here cogently shows the invisible force of winds that wither autumn leaves, open spring buds, chum up waves and bend bamboos in the different seasons of the year. The poet takes great pains to make artistic use of antitheses and measure words in his work to impress the reader.