POEMS OF CHEN MANPING

Translated into English by Adam Fu

Wife

Dark-haired wife,

Is a flower in wrathful blossom:

She turns her life?

To someone reliable.

Dark-haired wife,

Is a murmuring swallow:

She uses her sweat?

To painstakingly set up a nest of love for sheltering rain and storm.

White-haired wife,

Is the gingko tree in wind,

Loyal as always?

Facing autumn frost with me hands in hands.

White-haired wife,

Is a pronoun of true love among mankind:

In the pond of heart?

She's a sacred and pure swan.

Chen Manping, Reviewing Editor,a member of China Writers?Association, has collections of poetry entitled he Morning Sunshine? he Tree of Life? hort Poems of Chen Maiping.