Autumn Meditations (7)

 Kunming lake water Han time achievement
 Martial emperor banners flags at eye in
 Weaver girl loom thread empty moon night
 Stone whale scale armour move autumn wind
 Wave toss wild rice seed sink cloud black
 Dew cold lotus pod fall powder red
 Pass fortified limit sky but bird road
 River lake fill earth one fisher old man


 The waters of the Kunming Lake were made in the time of Han,
 Banners and flags of the martial emperor are still in my mind's eye.
 The weaver girl's loom and thread are idle beneath the night's moon,
 The stone whale's scales and armour move in the autumn wind.
 Waves toss the wild rice seeds, black clouds sink,
 Dew chills the lotus pod, red powder falls.
 Between the passes at the end of the sky only birds can travel,
 Rivers and lakes fill this land; there's one old fisherman.

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