Life Like Chess Poem by Luo Zhihai

人生如棋

潑墨揮毫，紙上描，屏上畫，蜂蝶翩然憑妙筆
爭棋佈局，兵行步，象行田，馬車轉躍縱全盤
垂竿釣月，閑看雨，淡看煙，人生無悔仰天笑
張案橫琴，載於心，延於指，山水有情反手彈

注：第一二句葉葉新作，第三四句羅志海作。


Life Like Chess

Splashing ink and waving brush
describing on the paper
drawing on the screen
bees and butterflies trippingly
rely on a marvelous brush

A move at chess in layout
soldier goes on foot
elephant walks in the field
vertically and horizontally on the chessboard
horse and carriage turn around and jump

Fishing moon
with a hook and line
leisure to look at rain
light to look at smoke
no regrets in life
leaning back and laugh

Put a lute
on the table
loading in the heart
extending on the fingers
mountains and waters have feelings
backhand playing


Note: first and second sentences by Ye Yexin.
Third and fourth sentences by Luo Zhihai.

8/15/2018對聯體 ● 十七絕 羅志海譯
Couplet Poem ● Seventeen Words of Quatrain
Translation by Luo Zhihai
第6719首對聯體詩
The 6,719th Couplet Poem