Osprey

Osprey

 Lotus has overflowed the pond with their leaves

and with trees in the prime of summer overshadow

This violet silhouette  against the green shade reliefs

statue-like, as if lost in trance, pondering for long

 Wedlock is not always made with wooing love song

and flocks of ducklings are brooded by a single widow

A beauty oftentimes is left over with no fancy beau

 Alone and Agloom, as if abandoned by her bridegroom

雎鸠

荷叶田田兮，夏木翳翳        

有位佳人兮，水岸伫立

凝神已久兮，若有思忆

关雎未闻兮，儿女成行

淑女窈窕兮，不遇君子