Night Moon Starry River: In A Night Of A Pale Moon Among Thin Clouds 夜月星河 淡月微雲夜 悠悠萬籟聲 Poem by Frank Yue

Wǔ Lǜ: A Summer Night
-by 夜月星河'Night Moon Starry River'


In a night of a pale moon among thin clouds,

Different kinds of nature sounds can be heard continuously.

My Love sleeps sweetly;

Lotus flowers give off their faint scent fully.



Shining in the sky are clusters of stars;

Fishing lights on the river are bright afar.

As a gust blows in the bamboo wood,

It scares the birds perching on the shaking branches.


(2014.0801)

Fine poem in both c and e languages.
(just a thought -it appears the English rendition -in the poet's own words -may be slightly re-arranged into the "aa bb cc dd" rhyming scheme, thus :)

Among thin clouds in a night of the pale Moon round,
Heard continuously are the different Nature sounds.
My Beautiful Dreamer sleeps on sweetly;
Lotus flowers give off their faint scent fully.

Glittering in the sky are clusters of stars;
Fishing lights on the river are bright afar.
A sudden gust through the bamboo wood a-blowing,
It scares all the birds perched on the branches shaking.


《五律‧夏夜》 夜月星河


淡月微雲夜，悠悠萬籟聲。

佳人酣夢寐，菡萏暗香盈。

天上繁星爍，江中遠火明。

竹林風疾起，枝動鳥心驚。