2018 推句 31 - 40

Original Script

::: 推句 :::

32.

鳥宿池邊樹요

僧敲月下門이라.

棹穿波底月이요

船壓水中天이라.

37.

鳥逐花間蝶이요

鷄爭草中蟲이라.

鳥喧蛇登樹요

犬吠客到門이라.

39.

月到梧桐上이요

風來楊柳邊이라.

群星陣碧天이요

落葉戰秋山이라.

Translation

Poem 32 : (Okyang)

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Birds are sleeping on the tree bordering the pond,

A monk is knocking on a door under the moon.

Oars are going through the moon under the waves,

A boat is pushing down the sky in the water.

• Discussion Questions:

+ (Fran) I think I would find it more poetic if the lines were not in the -ing form (I forget the technical word for this tense). So instead, "Birds sleep on the tree bordering the pond; A monk knocks on a door under the moon; Oars pass through the moon under the waves; A boat presses the sky in the water."
(UO) I kinda wondered, what about "Birds sleep, on the tree by the pond; A monk knocks, on the door under the moon..."? As you can tell, I am thinking about the break after the first two syllables in each line (e.g., 鳥宿 / 池邊樹) in the original text.

Student 2 : (Write your name)

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• Discussion Questions:

Poem 37 : (Write your name)

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Poem 39 : (Fran)

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The moon descends on the paulownia tree;

The wind surrounds the weeping willow.

The thronging stars deploy in the blue sky,

The falling leaves battle on the autumn mountain.

• Discussion Questions:

+ I am going for poetic impact here rather than literalism--so, for example, "The moon descends on the paulownia tree" rather than "The moon arrives on top of the paulownia tree."