Wife Mountains Poems

Chinese translations Li Bai

These are my modern English translations of Chinese poems by Li Bai, who was also known as Li Po.



Zazen on Ching-t’ing Mountain
by...

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Old Mountain tales of love spin 'neath dawn's blush,
Elderberries, purple ink drop pearls, drawing me nigh.
Ah! Her laughter, a honeybee’s dance in summer’s rush,
Ignites my...

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I can move mountains

I would do anything! 
Anything for you! 
Coz you are MY everything 
I’m nothing without you
There’s no where i wont go for...

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Nicky, the neighbor’s dog, drags a road kill home.
A beautiful pelt like those fox shoulder garments women wore in the
      forties.
But the head is crushed beyond...

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I will move the mountains,
From your shoulders to mine.
Show me your beautiful smile,
And let your uniqueness shine.

No mountain that I move will tire me,
As long...

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He was down in the South, on holyday, where the most want to be, where the sun shines, where everybody looks to be fine.
 ...

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A day in Alaska is like no other,
breath taking landscape
Snow topped mountains where eagles live,
bears and moose roam free.
A Sitka sunset is magical,
as the blue...

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Spring 
rainy, cool 
awaking, flowering, singing 
yards, mountains, sea, sand 
swimming, picnicking, sunning 
hot, fun 
summer 
 

 
Date Written 1/12/2023...

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In the year 1995
They strengthen up their frame 
It must be sturdy it must strong
To play her deadly game

In the year of 96
Their last year...

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The mountains,                        ...

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My wife and I share a passion for travelling, the world we love to see
We travelled through France and Switzerland and we're now in Italy...

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The Holiday

I looked on the net for a holiday
To visit somewhere picturesque
And escape the mundaneness of life
Just me, the car, and the wife.

We priced up...

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High atop a mountain, a windswept hill
I thought I'd found my true love, name of Jill
   We arched our backs and kissed
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For crying out loud
I am awesomely proud
To be a Fool in love
With Mother Nature.
I thank the Almighty above
For everything he has done
Hoping that I have...

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World peace one cannot buy
Over the sky
Round the mountain's eye
Lands near~~far and high
Decades this has been the cry

 

People ask why
Everyone wants to say to...

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