夜月星河 楓，瑟瑟秋林樹樹紅。The Maple trees –

《十六字令‧楓》夜月星河

     楓，

     瑟瑟秋林樹樹紅。

     瀟瀟雨，萬葉舞隨風。

TUNE: Shí Liù Zì Lìng "16-Character Ci"

TITLE: Feng "The Maple trees"

-- by 夜月星河  'Night Moon Starry River'

-- Translated by Frank C Yue

The Maple trees --

In the cold Autumn woods, red is every 

one.

Fast and furious the rains come;

Dancing in the wind, myriad leaves are 

having fun! 

一老年人 楓，葉謝寒霜披彩虹。When Frost comes their Leaves wither and die

《十六字令‧楓》一老年人

   楓，

   葉謝寒霜披彩虹。

   離枝去，作蝶怨西風。

TUNE: Shí Liù Zì Lìng "16-Character Ci "

TITLE: Feng  "The Maples" 

-- by 一老年人 'A Man of Advanced Years'

--  Translated by Frank C Yue

The Maples –

Thanking the Frost, Maple Leaves then die,

Putting on colours of the Rainbow.

Launch’d from branches, they transform into 

Butterflies,

Dancing wild with the West Wind in sorrow! 


Translator's Note:

'謝'in 葉謝寒霜寒霜 is a pun, meaning both 'wither'and 'thanking'the Frost that facilitates their transformation.

Fairdinkum 上上下下上下上 左左右右左右左 Going to the top of the top

迴轉「環宇詩」 -- 'Fairdinkum'

          上上下下上下上
          左左右右左右左
          古古今今古今古
          中中外外中外中

“Round The Cosmic Space-Time Circuit”
-- A Multi-directional Palindrome Poem by 'Fairdinkum'
-- Translated by Frank C Yue

Going to the top of the top,
To the bottom of the bottom –
The top, bottom, the top: it would ne’er stop!
On the left of the left-hand side,
On the right of the right-hand side;
On the left, the right, the left –
That’d be pretty much like that!

The past’s already in the past,
Now, I’m present in the present.
O, The past has passed me by!
My Motherland at the centre of m’heart;
Of the foreign countries I’m out-side.
My home country first, from the start;
Others it’ll surpass: other countries last!    


from another blog:

<'fairdinkum':  

原詩（是詩？）上下左右起讀皆可。

再將上面四句連接，圍成一個圓圈。任選一字，取七字成一句，向左向右皆可，可成壹首七言詩。總共有28X2可能，可組成56首詩。至於各詩的意思，讀者可利用自己的豐富相像力，各自解讀。

此「環宇詩」包含了冥冥宇宙的無上真理。

上下左右，空也。

古今中外，時也。

「時與空」的物理世界，有如一圓圈，無窮無盡，開始也是盡頭。

何處皆可開始，開始去到盡頭，又再是開始。

如此生生不息，直到永遠！

這便是物理「無限」的觀念！

（註）宇宙可能是一個大圓球，像地球。從一起點去到終點，可能又回到起點。道理和上面所述相同。事實上宇宙的形狀：是圓是平？是開是閉？都有各種理論解釋，至今未有定論。以上遊戲文字也只能作如是觀。

大煙通: 

樓主兄，週日好！

過去未來為世，上上下下為界，東南西南東北西北。即“四维空間。是圓是平？人間如混球！

fairdinkum: 

通哥好。又講得通啫。世為時，界為空；世界者，時空的表現也！

     宇宙形狀未有定論，可圓可扁，可似漏斗也可像煙通！>

Translator's Note:
The above is of course only one of many interpretations possible.

一老年人 楓，霜染千林葉彩豐。The maples –

《十六字令‧楓》一老年人

  

    楓，

    霜染千林葉彩豐。

    金風送，化蝶舞秋空。

TUNE: Shí Liù Zì Lìng "16-Character Ci "

TITLE: Feng  "The Maples" 

-- by 一老年人 'A Man of Advanced Years'

--  Translated by Frank C Yue

The maples –

In a thousand frost-coated forests maple,

Of red, orange and gold, there are 
                                             colours ample.

The chilly winds blow,

Leaves transforming into butterflies

Dance in the Autumn skies! 

星河回文詩 空庭夜月淡風清 漠漠雲寒傲雪冰 Above empty courtyard night Moon glowing

11.《七絕‧秋夜》回文 夜月星河

      空庭夜月淡風清，

      漠漠雲寒傲雪冰。

      楓落滿林鳩鳥過，

      蟲鳴院滑露珠明。

“Autumn Night”  No. 1 (of 2)

-- A Palindrome 28-Character Quatrain 
   by 夜月星河 'Night Moon Starry River'
-- Translated by Frank C Yue

Above empty courtyard night Moon

glowing,

The cool breeze is a-blowing;

Boundless and bare, the clouds cold 

Proudly stand above all the ice and snow.

Leaves have fallen in the maple forest

As the turtle-doves fly by;

In the slippery garden where insects cry

The bright pearls, born of dew, rest.

可回讀成另一七絕：

    明珠露滑院鳴蟲，

    過鳥鳩林滿落楓。

    冰雪傲寒雲漠漠，

    清風淡月夜庭空。

“Autumn Night”  No. 2 (of 2)

-- A Palindrome 28-Character Quatrain 
   by 夜月星河 'Night Moon Starry River'
-- Translated by Frank C Yue

Pearls shiny, dew slippery,

Garden insects singing in harmony;

O’er the dove-woods, fly past birds more 

and more.

Red maple leaves carpet the forest floor.

Teasing the Cold are ice and snowflakes 

fair,

Beneath the clouds boundless and bare.

The cool breeze simply takes flight

From empty courtyard in the crescent 

Moon night.

星河回文詩 秋林半綠映紅間 宿樹歸鴉遠霧山 All the Autumn woods are half green

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《七絕‧秋日幽居》七絶回文詩 夜月星河

        秋林半綠映紅間，

        宿樹歸鴉遠霧山。

        流水野烟村寂寂，

        悠悠暮鳥逐雲閒。

"Autumn Day Secluded Lodge" No. 1 (of 2)

-- A Palindrome 28-Character Quatrain 
   by 夜月星河 'Night Moon Starry River'
-- Translated by Frank C Yue

All the Autumn woods are half green, each with red bands seen;

Crows drowsy return to trees ‘neath far’way hills foggy.

Stream and country smoke flow free beside the village lonely;

Leisurely, the evening birds the clouds a-chasing.                      

   詩可回讀成另一七絕： 

   閒雲逐鳥暮悠悠，

   寂寂村烟野水流。

   山霧遠鴉歸樹宿，

   間紅映綠半林秋。

       (此處 “間”字讀仄聲，例如：間隔。)

"Autumn Day Secluded Lodge" No. 2 (of 2)

-- A Palindrome 28-Character Quatrain 
   by 夜月星河 'Night Moon Starry River'
-- Translated by Frank C Yue

Leisurely clouds chase away birds in the evening haze;

By the village lonely, smoke and country stream flow free.

In foggy hills to their home trees return drowsy crows;

Alternate reds and greens – half of the woods to Autumn goes!

老人回文詩 春山鎖霧寂林幽 野遍紅娟伴景遊 Locked by the mist, in the Spring hills

《七絕‧春日早遊》一老年人 七絶回文詩

    春山鎖霧寂林幽，

    野遍紅娟伴景遊；

    茵草滿坡漫翠綠，

    晨光沾露閃珠流。

"Spring Day Morning Trek" No. 1 (of 2)

-- A Palindrome 28-Character Quatrain

   by 一老年人 

   'A Man of Advanced Years'  

-- Translated by Frank C Yue

Locked by the mist, in the Spring hills

The serene woods are quiet and still.

Red azaleas in the country-side

Are there to greet my sightseeing eyes.

The slopes the soft grass is carpeting;

The emerald grass is so soothing.

Through morning light on dewdrops 

sparkling,

Many a shiny pearl is falling!  

  詩可回讀成另一七絕：

    流珠閃露沾光晨，

    綠翠漫坡滿草茵；

    遊景伴娟紅遍野，

    幽林寂霧鎖山春。

"Spring Day Morning Trek" No. 2 (of 2)

-- A Palindrome 28-Character Quatrain
   by 一老年人 

   'A Man of Advanced Years'  

-- Translated by Frank C Yue

The rolling pearls and sparkling dew

Lend splendour more to the morning hues;

Flooding all the slopes is wavy green –

Soft green, green grass that fills up the scene.

Trekking through these hills and rills fine,

The pretty, pink azaleas are mine!

Serene woods locked by the fog fountains –

Being locked up too are the Spring mountains.