夜月星河 秋暮漫觀明月 朝垂鈎寒江 Leisurely I watch the full Moon

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《西江月‧漁翁》 夜月星河

秋暮漫觀明月，冬朝垂鈎寒江。

煙波極目水滄滄，一任扁舟漾盪。

雲靄遠山寂寂，天涯海角茫茫。

孤篷一覺夢黄粱，隨伴沙鷗逐浪。

TUNE: Xī Jiāng Yuè “West River Moon”

TITLE: Yú Wēng “Fisherman”

-- by 夜月星河 'Night Moon Starry River'

-- Translated by Frank C Yue

Leisurely I watch the full Moon in Autumn 

evenings,

And I angle the cold river in Winter 

mornings.

Fog and waves: Water e’erywhere far as 

the eye can see;

With abandonment, I let the tiny boat drift 

free.

All the clouds, and mists, and distant 

mountains are speechless,

While the skies’ verge and seas’ corner so 

vast and boundless.

Waking from a meal-time dream in a lonely 

sail boat,

I chase the waves and along with care-free 

sand gulls float.

夜月星河 綠楊拂面白堤幽 湖上煙波一葉舟 Green willows caress my face

35.《七絕‧西湖春暮》 夜月星河

       綠楊拂面白堤幽，

       湖上煙波一葉舟；

       碧水三潭娟月影，

       雷峰隱現暮悠悠。

28-Character Quatrain: 

"West Lake in Spring Evening"

-- by 夜月星河 'Night Moon Starry River'

--  Translated by Frank C Yue

Green willows caress my face while the 

white bank serene stays;

On the Lake there's a tiny boat amid the 

haze and waves.

Moon shadows at the Three Lanterns on 

emerald waters;

Barely visible th' e'ening Pagoda of Peak 

Thunder.   

老人回文詩 空長望盡南征雁 秀菊黃籬漫彩秋 I watch

《七絕‧秋》七絶回文詩 一老年人

          空長望盡南征雁，
          秀菊黃籬漫彩秋；
          楓落亂紅山露冷，
          閃星明月亮悠悠。

Qiu: "Autumn" -- A Palindrome 28-Character Quatrain  
-- by 一老年人 'A Man of Advanced Years'  
-- Translated by Frank C Yue

I watch in the long sky   
All the wild geese south fly.
‘Neath the yellow fence the fine mums
Add welcome hues to Autumn.

Maple red leaves are falling still
In the cold, dew-covered hills;
Amid countless stars glistening,
The full Moon’s leisurely shining.


         悠悠亮月明星閃，
         冷露山紅亂落楓；
         秋彩漫籬黃菊秀，
         雁征南盡望長空。

Leisurely, ‘round the regal Moon bright
Myriad stars twinkle in delight;
While the mountain dew is cold still,
The maple red leaves fall in view.

'Neath the fence in Autumn colourful,
The yellow mums bright so beautiful!
After the last south-flying goose’s gone,
Gazing at th’empty skies I keep on.

"For Now, I Don't Have the Time!"

"Some Day, Some Time, I'll Give It a Try!"
-- by Frank C Yue

"Now, the fact is just like that --
I don't feel like doing that!
But I will give it a try
Some day, somehow, some time...
For now, I don't have the time!"
So you don't have the time?

You want to procrastinate, again?
Well, hear this, hear me out, then --
"Some day, some time, I'll give it a try...
When one's dead one has all the time!"
That is the cold, hard fact.
And that -- "Dead is dead!" -- is that! 
(Hehee!)

here's an instant cure for d habitual procrastinator:
http://time.com/109301/4-ways-to-stop-procrastinating/

一老年人 劍無求勝意悠悠 四海遊心仇不記 ‘Swordsman-who-Won’t-Win’

《七絕‧無求劍客》 一老年人

十四字連環聯珠體
劍無求勝意悠悠四海遊心仇不記


      劍無求勝意悠悠，
      勝意悠悠四海遊；
      四海遊心仇不記，
      心仇不記劍無求。


A 28-Character-Quatrain Loop Poem: 
"No Desire Swordsman"
-- by 一老年人 'A Man of Advanced Years'  
-- Translated by Frank C Yue

‘Swordsman-who-Won’t-Win’ has his heart at ease;
Happy heart at ease, he tours the four seas.
Touring the fours seas, he has no revenge fire;
No revenge fire – the ‘Swordsman-o’-No-Desire’!

無求劍客 老人詩韻妙風姿 韻妙風姿盡入詞 The Old Man’s poems

《七絕‧自愧不如》無求劍客

    十三字連環聯珠體: 
   老人詩韻妙風姿盡入詞迎雅興.

      老人詩韻妙風姿，
      韻妙風姿盡入詞；
      姿盡入詞迎雅興，
      詞迎雅興老人詩。


"The Old Man’s poems – sounds and rhythm without peer"
-- A 13-Character Loop Poem by 無求劍客 
    'No Desire Swordsman'
-- Translated by Frank C Yue

The Old Man’s poems – sounds and rhythm without peer;
Sounds and rhythm without peer put into verse.
In verse to greet like-minded people here;

To greet like-minded here – the Old Man’s verse.

夜月星河 楓，霜染層林映水紅。 Maples – Coating the layers of woods

《十六字令‧楓》夜月星河 

   楓，

   霜染層林映水紅。

   西風急，飄葉舞長空。

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

TITLE:  Fēng -- "The Maple Trees"

-- by 夜月星河 'Night Moon Starry River'

-- Translated by Frank C Yue

Maples –

Coating the layers of woods frost is seen,

All red on the water reflecting.

Blows the fierce West Wind,

Leaves just dance in the long skies floating.