Sorrow Of Departure Poem by Li Ching Chao
Sorrow Of Departure
Red lotus incense fades on
The jeweled curtain. Autumn
Comes again. Gently I open
My silk dress and float alone
On the orchid boat. Who can
Take a letter beyond the clouds?
Only the wild geese come back
And write their ideograms
On the sky under the full
Moon that floods the West Chamber.
Flowers, after their kind, flutter
And scatter. Water after
Its nature, when spilt, at last
Gathers again in one place.
Creatures of the same species
Long for each other. But we
Are far apart and I have
Grown learned in sorrow.
Nothing can make it dissolve
And go away. One moment,
It is on my eyebrows.
The next, it weighs on my heart.
Wonderful line. loved it On the sky under the full Moon that floods the West Chamber. Flowers, after their kind, flutter And scatter. Water after Its nature, when spilt, at last Gathers again in one place.
Line by line, timeless perfection. 'Who can/ Take a letter beyond the clouds? ' 'Creatures of the same species/ Long for each other'
It weighs on my heart this motherly love as existence engulfs my faraway homeland show me the light of Return beyond my mountains rivers autumn flowers of qung dong!
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4/24/2024 7:30:24 AM # 1.0.0.1119
Nothing can be more painful than the parting of a loved one or the fascinating nature. Thanks. Creatures of the same species.... Long for each other. But.... sorrow.... Nothing can make it dissolve One moment.... It is on my eyebrows.... The next, it weighs on my heart.