A Scholar And A Calligrapher Poem by Luo Zhihai

書生墨客

身邊人往人來，猶如滄海桑田，敲字飛花心坎上
天上月圓月缺，恍若書生墨客，成聯把酒趣談中
客舍相逢親切，嫋嫋柳烟嫵媚，雪飄雪落冬梅瘦
他鄉偶遇纏綿，滔滔江水逍遙，雲卷雲舒春意濃


A Scholar And A Calligrapher

Around them, people going and coming
as if seas change into mulberry fields and mulberry fields into seas
knocking words and flying flowers in their minds

In the sky, moon waxing and waning
like a scholar and a calligrapher
in the interest chat, writing couplets and drinking wine

In the guest house, they meet each other kindly
curling willow smoke charming
snow floating or falling
the winter plums are thin

In another country, they meet by chance lingering
surging river water is carefree
clouds rolling or unrolling
the spring mood is thick

9/12/2020格律體新詩●十九絕羅志海著譯
Metric New Poetry●Nineteen Words of Quatrain by Luo Zhihai
第10732首對聯體詩The 10732th Two Pairs of Couplets