tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101570.post112796422223235103..comments2023-12-29T07:21:43.271-07:00Comments on Arroyo Chamisa: progress?Alex Gildzenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16858525907800097129noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101570.post-1128004252454374912005-09-29T08:30:00.000-06:002005-09-29T08:30:00.000-06:00many thx Jeff for posting such a bittersweet poem....many thx Jeff for posting such a bittersweet poem.<BR/><BR/>may we share young onions on my next visit.Alex Gildzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16858525907800097129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9101570.post-1128000360073535912005-09-29T07:26:00.000-06:002005-09-29T07:26:00.000-06:00TO WEI PA, A RETIRED SCHOLARThe lives of many men ...TO WEI PA, A RETIRED SCHOLAR<BR/><BR/>The lives of many men are<BR/>Shorter than the years since we have<BR/>Seen each other. Aldebaran<BR/>And Antares move as we have.<BR/>And now, what night is this? We sit<BR/>Here together in the candle<BR/>Light. How much longer will our prime<BR/>Last? Our temples are already<BR/>Grey. I visit my old friends.<BR/>Half of them have become ghosts.<BR/>Fear and sorrow choke me and burn<BR/>My bowels. I never dreamed I would<BR/>Come this way, after twenty years,<BR/>A wayfarer to your parlor.<BR/>When we parted years ago,<BR/>You were unmarried. Now you have<BR/>A row of boys and girls, who smile<BR/>And ask me about my travels.<BR/>How have I reached this time and place?<BR/>Before I can come to the end<BR/>Of an endless tale, the children<BR/>Have brought out the wine. We go<BR/>Out in the night and cut young<BR/>Onions in the rainy darkness.<BR/>We eat them with hot, steaming,<BR/>Yellow millet. You say, “It is<BR/>Sad, meeting each other again.”<BR/>We drink ten toasts rapidly from<BR/>The rhinoceros horn cups.<BR/>Ten cups, and still we are not drunk.<BR/>We still love each other as<BR/>We did when we were schoolboys.<BR/>Tomorrow morning mountain peaks<BR/>Will come between us, and with them<BR/>The endless, oblivious<BR/>Business of the world<BR/><BR/>Tu-Fu (712-770)left handedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15525430085459131737noreply@blogger.com