though purple flowers
adorn a shrub,
it doesn't act kingly.
Purple [Senryū]
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I see the Peach Blossoms of Spring,
And think of old Li Bai’s answer.
In wordless replies, the world sings;
In unpeopled worlds, there’s a dancer.
The referenced poem by Li Bai [李白] is entitled Question and Answer in the Mountains [山中问答] and is crudely translated as:
I'm asked why I live in mountains.
I laugh while giving no reply.
Peach Blossoms flow from sight & mind;
Beyond men, another Earth & Sky.
Or, in Chinese:
问余何意栖碧山,
笑而不答心自闲。
桃花流水窅然去,
别有天地非人间。

Nature writes “Spring”
in colorful blooms, even
over rough bark.

blossom drops,
fluttering slantwise
into still water.

dense bloom clusters
of one week are a carpet
on the ground the next.

rain-laden blossom
falls… lands with a sound,
in the mud.