WordPress seems to have been blocked for a little while there and I couldn’t access the site easily. Ai yo!

Anyway, it’s been great lately. Fantastic weather, days off of work, etc etc.

Here’s a poem I found by googling 春天 and 诗.  I picked it pretty randomly and just went ahead and translated it. I like it though. It’s got a nice vibe. (note: I’ve never translated a poem before…ever. I’m sure I screwed some things up, but hey, who cares right.)

Mountain Springs

The mountain spring water is sweet and so are the singing the birds.

In days past, there was an orchard here.

Building a cottage, the old couple retires to live out their days.

A hundred flowers bloom and a hundred fruits are fragrant.

Birds and bees dance in the air, hurriedly gathering honey.

Sipping tea under a tree, enjoying the flowers of a garden,

and a grandson bumbles around cooing.

A small dog barks furiously, another visitor arrives

and the glasses are quickly retrieved from the house.

Flip through a magazine, watch a little television and for a short time, be concerned with matters of country.

And here’s the original:
山泉

山泉水甜，小鸟歌甜，昔日荒山尽果园。

退休事闲，建房山前，夫妻山居养天年。

百花齐放，百果争香，蜂蝶飞舞采蜜忙。

树下品茶，园中赏花，外孙绕膝语牙牙。

小犬狂吠，又来宾贵，忙引宅中酒杯对。

翻翻杂志，看看电视，时刻关心国家事

Too bad it’s going to be unbearably  hot in about 2 weeks!