Flourish and Fade
By Rose Lu (Bing hua) Tr. East Sea Fairy
Every floral flourishing
Is a hope of dream
Every brilliant blow
Is a risk of life
When a flower blooms,
I don’t know if it will bear fruit
But when it flourishes
I know it’ll inevitably fade
They say women are like flowers
And maidens the freshest
There isn’t a single flower that never fades
Nor a maiden who can stay forever in her prime
Both natural flourishing and unhurried fading
Are romances
A frosty-headed fair lady
gazes at the withering petals in the tree
As a gust of wind blows
They fly away with the breeze
The lady
Smiles in the wind
so brightly
As brightly as a flourishing daisy
[ 此帖被冰花在02-18-2014 19:25重新编辑 ]