“After the Lotus
Flowers Have Opened”
The lotus
flowers on West Lake have opened well.
It’s time to
bring the wine!
There’s no need
to wave signal flags
when all around
us are red curtains and green canopies!
We punt our
painted boat where the flowers are thick.
Aroma floats
from our golden cups.
Misty rain is
light and fine,
with a bit of
pipe song I go home drunk!
Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072)
