七絕 冬至吟 – 孟朝崗

一場積素覆塵埃，萬徑無蹤究可哀。

九轉愁腸何所寄，河東效柳釣磯石。

Psalm of Winter Solstice by Meng Chaogang

Lo, boundless downy flakes fall to conceal

Countless roads, all vanish, wow, so surreal...

Well, by what could I do to please myself?

As Liu*, fishing on the east shoal, I’d feel.

Tr. Ziyuzile

22/12/2023

*Liu - Liu Zongyuan, a renownd poet in the Tang dynasty