To A Female Violinist Poem by Feipeng Shang

Translated by Yiyan HAN(c)
2018-01-20


I see your dancing fingers, soft and long
On strings singing a jolly song
So you've possessed the boundless
Of beauty and kindness, and great love and friends

I see the white cloud drifting on the sky
I see the tree leaves vibrating
I see the burning desire
Flushed on your shy cheeks

I see colourful silk scarves flying in the wind
I see flowers in full bloom
I see butterflies circulating at the spring well
I see little birds on the treetops

I see waves of mountains coming this way
I see the full and round earth being seeded
I see your spring tide like a maiden
Surging elegantly along the bed of love river

Do you know for whom the ocean is waiting to come
Do you know for whom the mountain falls
Do you know for whom the sun rises
Do you know for whom the dark night opens her bosom