{"id":18772,"date":"2023-10-26T16:57:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T21:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/?p=18772"},"modified":"2023-10-31T13:02:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T18:02:08","slug":"a-cold-moonlight-the-mythical-peach-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/archives\/18772","title":{"rendered":"A Cold Moonlight: The Mythical Peach Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

A poem by Wang Yisun translated from the Chinese, below, by Bijaan Noormohamed<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u78a7\u6843<\/p>\n

\u7ec0\u8469\u4e4d\u577c\u3002<\/p>\n

\u7b11\u70c2\u6f2b\u5a07\u7ea2,\u4e0d\u662f\u6625\u8272\u3002<\/p>\n

\u6362\u4e86\u7d20\u5986,\u91cd\u628a\u9752(\u4e00\u4f5c\u7d20)\u87ba\u8f7b\u62c2\u3002<\/p>\n

\u65e7\u6b4c\u5171\u6e21\u70df\u6c5f,\u5374\u5360\u7389\u5974\u6807\u683c\u3002<\/p>\n

\u98ce\u971c\u5ced(\u4e00\u4f5c\u6084)\u3001\u7476\u53f0\u79cd\u65f6,\u4ed8\u4e0e\u4ed9\u9aa8\u3002<\/p>\n

\u95f2\u95e8\u663c\u63a9\u51c4\u607b\u3002<\/p>\n

\u4f3c\u6de1\u6708\u68a8\u82b1,\u91cd\u5316\u6e05\u9b44\u3002<\/p>\n

\u5c1a(\u4e00\u4f5c\u5e38)\u5e26\u553e\u75d5\u9999\u51dd,\u600e\u5fcd\u6500\u6458?<\/p>\n

\u5ae9\u7eff\u6e10\u6ee1(\u4e00\u4f5c\u6696)\u6eaa\u9634,\u850c\u850c\u65b0\u7c89\u4e91\u51fa\u3002<\/p>\n

\u82b3\u8273\u51b7\u3001\u5218\u90ce\u6731\u5e94\u8ba4\u5f97\u3002<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

The Mythical Peach Tree<\/em><\/p>\n

I see your petals first: your radiant red follicles questioning me.
\niiiiiiiiii<\/span>Now I know
\niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii<\/span>It\u2019s not time.<\/p>\n

I look beyond you, and see the lush fields of my ancestors,
\niiiiiiiiii<\/span>Their viridescent souls rising in an army of snails
\niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii<\/span>Marching toward an end with no ending.<\/p>\n

They sing, as they float
\niiiiiiiiiii<\/span>One
\niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii<\/span>By
\niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii<\/span>One<\/p>\n

Along the Yanjiang, bounded in shackles.<\/p>\n

The cold wind, howling as it snatches souls,
\nAether receives them and transforms divine.<\/p>\n

Yet they are pained by day, \u2014 moved<\/em>, even.<\/p>\n

When the pear blossom blooms under the cold moonlight,
\niiiiiiiiiii<\/span>They are
\niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii<\/span>re – generated.<\/p>\n

I smell those fragrant pearls, in their equinoctial equilibrium
\niiiiiiiiii<\/span>So how can I bear to pick them,
\niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii<\/span>Destroy<\/em> them?<\/p>\n

Light greens of spring pour through the shaded brook,
\niiiiiiiiiii<\/span>As the flowers fall from the emerging clouds.<\/p>\n

When Adam and Eve, Liu Lang<\/em> and Liu Xi<\/em>, see your beauty
\niiiiiiiiiiii<\/span>All stops …<\/p>\n

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii<\/span>And disappears.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

WAng Yisun<\/a><\/h6>\n
Bijaan Noormohamed<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A poem by Wang Yisun translated from the Chinese, below, by Bijaan Noormohamed   \u78a7\u6843 \u7ec0\u8469\u4e4d\u577c\u3002 \u7b11\u70c2\u6f2b\u5a07\u7ea2,\u4e0d\u662f\u6625\u8272\u3002 \u6362\u4e86\u7d20\u5986,\u91cd\u628a\u9752(\u4e00\u4f5c\u7d20)\u87ba\u8f7b\u62c2\u3002 \u65e7\u6b4c\u5171\u6e21\u70df\u6c5f,\u5374\u5360\u7389\u5974\u6807\u683c\u3002 \u98ce\u971c\u5ced(\u4e00\u4f5c\u6084)\u3001\u7476\u53f0\u79cd\u65f6,\u4ed8\u4e0e\u4ed9\u9aa8\u3002 \u95f2\u95e8\u663c\u63a9\u51c4\u607b\u3002 \u4f3c\u6de1\u6708\u68a8\u82b1,\u91cd\u5316\u6e05\u9b44\u3002 \u5c1a(\u4e00\u4f5c\u5e38)\u5e26\u553e\u75d5\u9999\u51dd,\u600e\u5fcd\u6500\u6458? \u5ae9\u7eff\u6e10\u6ee1(\u4e00\u4f5c\u6696)\u6eaa\u9634,\u850c\u850c\u65b0\u7c89\u4e91\u51fa\u3002 \u82b3\u8273\u51b7\u3001\u5218\u90ce\u6731\u5e94\u8ba4\u5f97\u3002   *** The Mythical Peach Tree I see your petals first: your radiant red follicles questioning me. iiiiiiiiiiNow I know iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiIt\u2019s not time. I look beyond you, and see the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[79],"tags":[36],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Jypy-4SM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18772"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18821,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18772\/revisions\/18821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}