This Summer Moon I Saw Poem by Haiqing Hua

This summer moon I saw
Oliver Hua, May 29,2018, Toronto

This summer moon I saw
It is the brightness over the vast expanses of this sky
It reflects an ancient artwork carefully sculpted
A pure white jade from Han dynasty
It has the same color of China

This summer moon I saw
It has shined up my River South
A beautiful scenery of my River South
The same moonlights as poem as water
It reflects a night of this mortal world as a song

This summer moon I saw
It is the insects flying up and down with this moonlight
So short and small, but they are lives too
They also exhausted their efforts of their whole life
What has accomplished but a process from birth to death

This summer moon I saw
This summer moon I thought only can be seen in my home country
It suddenly rose up in this foreign land
This summer moon is so graceful and restrained
A summer moon can be accomplished not only in the autumn

看到这样的夏月
This summer moon I saw
华海庆2018年5月29日写于多伦多
Oliver Hua, May 29,2018, Toronto

看到这样的夏月
浩瀚当空的明亮
精雕细琢的器皿
如同洁白的汉玉
同样的中国颜色

看到这样的夏月
曾经映照过
江南的景致
如诗如水的月色
凡尘如歌的夜晚

看到这样的夏月
昆虫在月光下翻飞
短暂的也是生命
用尽了平生的气力
完成了从生到死的过程

看到这样的夏月
本来以为只有故乡才有的夏月
今夜突然在异乡升起来
婉约而彷徨的夏月
并非只有在秋天才完满的夏月