Best Hwa Poems

Morning light bleeds color into the smoky night
The orb of dawn seeps out from behind the hills
Pieces at a time until made perfect
at the crest of a knoll.

Awakened in a mound of earth is a withered flower
Stroked back to life by golden fingers
Petals soft and...

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Han(1) is the mang-bu-sok.(2)
Han is the tears,
the tears of a sorrowful woman
who waited and waited to the good news
that of the husband, who left her a long time ago,
turned into a rock on the hilltop.

Han is a torrent dashing against rocks.
Han is the woman who...

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Chinese Poets: English Translations

These are modern English translations of poems by some of the greatest Chinese poets of all time, including Du Fu, Huang O, Li Bai, Li Ching-jau, Li Qingzhao, Po Chu-I, Tzu Yeh, Yau Ywe-Hwa and Xu Zhimo.



Lines from Laolao Ting Pavilion
by Li...

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Tere liye jo barshe wo barish hu mai
Hr pal jo tu kre wo guzarish hu mai
Mangii jo rab se wo dua hoo mai
Dekha jo khwab tune wo haqikat hu mai
Tere hr swal ka jwab hoo mai
Tere chehre ki rangat hu mai
Tere hr pal ki sangat...

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Nwi ai bodoland---
Nwngni bikayaonw dinwi jwng
kapal kuywi kuywi gabw
Nwngni bikayaonw jwng
membrai membrai twiyw

Nwi ai bodoland---
Nwngni bikayaonw jwng
mai gaiyw abad kalamw
Nwngni bikayaonw jwng
daoha nangw bulayw

Nwi ai bodoland---
Nwng jwbwt gabdwng
arw jwngkowbw swgabdwng
Nwngha udangsri gwiya
arw jwngnwbw udangsri hwa

he ai bodoland---
jwngkow gwbbadw bikayao
jwngkow rongjahwdw kusiyao
nwngni bikayaonw jwngkow gwjwnwi lakidw...

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