English Rendering
You're an angel fallen from the heaven,
your face looks like a cherry flower.
Cherry flower still will fall on my palm every May,
when would you return to here to listen my sweet whisper?
You're an angel fallen from the heaven
- Poetry of Tsangyang Gyatso
《美人不是母胎生》Original Text (中文原文)
美人不是母胎生，应是桃花树长成。
已恨桃花容易落，落花比汝尚多情。
Analysis & Context
By Tsangyang Gyatso
Reader's Companion
The Essence of the Verse
Classical Chinese poetry thrives on Concision and Ambiguity. Without tense or number, the words create a timeless space where the reader becomes the co-creator of the poem's meaning.
Reading Between the Lines
Look for Contrasts: light and shadow, movement and stillness. Don't just translate the words; feel the Yijing (artistic conception) that lingers long after the last character.
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