saying goodbye

The moon shone bright that night

Beautiful and full.
I can still picture it.
It was magical the way the light danced.
It swallowed every star in the sky
In its majestic glow.

Tonight, however, the moon is gone.
I don’t know where it went.
I wish it would come back
To light up the darkness like it once did
But wherever it’s gone, I hope it’s happier there.

Seeing Off My Elder Brother

Lu Zhaolin (634-684/686)
 
 
You’ll travel home through frontier mountain roads
To see the blooms and willows of Chang’än;
But now it’s time we part our hands goodbye,
To gaze in silent sorrow, and journey on.
 
 

Chinese   送二兄人蜀 盧照鄰   關山客子路 花柳帝王城 此中一分手 柑顧憐無聲

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