CHINESE POETRY
Poetry of Luo Yin ( 833 – 909 )

Bees
Retranslated by Professor Gloom

Across the mountain
Or rolling plains in color
All of the flowers.

Bees sweep outward
Like a summer storm raging
And touches them all.

Gathering pollen
Toiling collecting color
At whose command?

Storing the honey
In sweet wax holding chambers,
For whose delight?


Gloom 99

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