【汉英微型诗】花 鸟

[William Zhou周道模]

花 鸟

一树李花吊一笼鸟声……

一只画眉在跳啄啼问：

花朵妹妹，你们为啥不飞？


Flowers and a Bird

A plum tree in blossom hanging a cage of bird crying

A thrush is hopping and pecking while asking

Flowers, my sisters, why don’t you fly

2010-3-9 晨 2：40
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[Lake]

Lovely.

Title - "Flowers and Bird", could it be "Flowers and Birds" or "Flowers and a Bird"?

Your little poem prompted me to have a rewrite, which may not be as accurate as yours. Hope you don't mind.

A tree of plum blossoms, a cage of bird cries
Hopping and pecking, a thrush chirps –
My sister flowers, why don’t you fly?
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the trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry -- Billy Collins

[William Zhou周道模]

thank Lake for your suggestion and glad to see your good translation!
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