Friday, November 01, 2024

1165. On A Painting by Wang The Clerk of Yen Ling - Su Tung P’O (1036-1101)


The slender bamboo is like a hermit.

The simple flower is like a maiden.

The sparrow tilts on the branch.

A gust of rain sprinkles the flowers.

He spreads his wings to fly

and shakes all the leaves.

The bees gathering honey

Are trapped in the nectar.

What a wonderful talent

Can create an entire Spring

With a brush and a sheet of paper.

If he would try poetry

I know he would be a master of words