Three Kings – Haiku

 

野望

杜甫

西山白雪三城戍，南浦清江万里桥。

Viewing the wilderness from a distance

by Du Fu*

White snow on the western moutains and three frontier towns,

An endless bridge crosses the clear river to the south.

 

Fierce North wind

With fine grained snow

Cuddling together

Heavy snow fall

All I wonder about

Your handbag

 

Three is company

In the shrine

Or on stone

You can open

Locked doors with just one tool

The word please

Night with stars

The wind blows colder

Butterfly’s dream

Pouring rain

Redbreast seeks shelter beneath

Rain gutter

Dark morning

Still cold

And cold

Hefty gale

Crisp leaves in the air

And the baker’s bell 

 

Wildernes

Dipped into fog

And snow begins to fall

* Du Fu (712-770) is one of the greatest poets of the Tang period [together with Li Bo (李白)]. Du Fu had written this poem in a thatched cottage near Huanhua Creek in the outskirts of Chengdu in the year 761. 1250 years later it's a park well within the city of Chengdu – with museum and a thatched cottage commemorating Du Fu.

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