Xuě / Snow

Chinese/Pinyin/ English Poem. Snow, many miles.

雪,
千里。
雪,
枝和花。
雪,
村和家。
千里。
雪。

 

Xuě,
Qiān lǐ.
Xuě,
Zhī hé huā.
Xuě,
Cūn hé jia.
Qiān lǐ.
Xuě.

 

Snow,
Many miles.
Show,
Branches and flowers.
Show,
Villages and houses.
Many miles.
Snow.

 

 

Author's Note

Pretty much the result of 8 weeks of my Chinese class. It's probably a little off since I only know about 100 or so characters at the moment and we haven't really done any grammar yet. Comments appreciated :3

Reviews

[Aarontastic]

When I read this, I was wondering if you were inspired to write this by any Chinese poets or something? I really like guys like Du Fu and Li Po and it sort of reminded me of them. Anyway, I don't know Chinese so I can't really critique that part but the English translation sounds cool =]

[Marlena]

It sounds like a chant :) The characters at the top look really pretty, you should totally get more of that canvas and write them on it with the calligraphy pen, then like...paint a water color on it or something of a landscape XD it'd be really pretty. I really loved this though, its hard to explain but I like how like... I like how the beginning two lines are the same as the ending two , only reversed. Makes me think of like, a person standing at the top of a snowy hill in the middle of winter with their hand on a tree trunk or something, you know what I mean? Really cool poem,no pun intended XD