Member Poem

Wind

Li Jiao (645-714)
 
 
I watch the autumn leaves unwind and fall—
Perhaps they’ll bloom an early springtime day
Or sail the river waves a thousand miles
To join ten thousand bamboo canes a-sway.
 
 

Chinese   風 李嶠   解落三秋葉 能開二月花 過江千尺浪 入竹萬竿斜

Pronunciation   Fēng Lǐ Jiào   Jiě luò sān qiū yè Néng kāi èr yuè huā Guò jiāng qiān chǐ làng Rù zhú wàn gān xié

 
 
Transliteration and Notes
 
Wind
 
Loosen fall three autumn leaves
Could open second month blossoms
Pass river thousand feet waves
Join bamboo ten-thousand canes slanting
 
Li Jiao served as Chancellor during the reigns of Empress Wu Zetian (title in dispute, but she had effective power as Empress), her sons, Emperor Zhongzong and Emperor Ruizong, and her grandson, Emperor Shang.