Bright Blossoms

bright blossoms / light mist / dims the Moon
perfect night / to be / with my darling
scratching socks / tread fragrant steps
in hand / gold threaded shoes
meet south-of / wall paintings hall
short moment / of nervous cuddling
sneaking out / like servants / do is hard
just to / teach you / love with abandon

-- 李煜 [Lĭ Yù] -- Translation by 白狐 [Bái Hú] --

huā míng yuè àn lŏng qīng wù
jīn xiāo hăo xiàng biān qù
huá wà bù xiāng jiē
shŏu tí jīn lǚ xié
huà táng nán pàn jiàn
yī shăng wēi rén chàn
nú wéi chū lái nán
jiāo jūn zì yì lián

blossom/flower bright / Moon dim / cover light mist
today night / good direction / [his/her/my-]darling side go
paddle/scratch socks / tread fragrant steps/stairs
hand take/carry-in-one-hand-held-down / gold thread shoes
decorated-with-paint-/drawings hall / south side see
one/first part-of-day / cuddle person[s] tremble
slave do/be / [come-]out come hard/difficult
teach you / self-indulgent intention love-tenderly
[zì yì > unscrupulous(-ly), reckless(-ly)]
[light mist covering the Moon is a metaphor for sex !!]

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[Light Mist Envelopes the Dim Moon (Buddhist Dancers) -- Li Yu]

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