Evanescent
Lei Pingyang

The sun has set, and you could say my link to the sky
Is broken; the empty heavens are like my former lifetime
The moon has risen, and you could say my link to the night
Is all the closer; the empty darkness is like my future lifetime
For someone like me, what extravagant hopes can there be?
I am not one who takes pains digging into things
If I dig into a river, don't tell me I could find a zither
I am not a poet who was born to amaze
My barnyard will never keep a crowd of fawning followers.