the boat sighs in this lonely breeze
five willows no one has planted
thin ice on the lake
the rain too is thin
the empty boat
drifts home
unattended.
From: http://www.cipherjournal.com/html/kelen.html
Date: 8th century (original in Mandarin); 2005 (translation in English)
By: Meng Jiao (751-814)
Translated by: Christopher Kelen (1958- )