I think Watson was influenced by haiku, and rhymes are to be avoided in haiku, therefore he avoids translating the rhyming even in Chinese poetry.
A very nice poem. Great share! Please do keep sharing them.
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Thanks for your encouragement. It means a lot to me!! Oh, in fact I don't know who Watson is. When trying to find other English version of this little poem, I just found this name online at the first time. Now I realize that his status in translating ancient Chinese poetry is comparable to Xu Yuanchong. They both translated the whole set of ancient Chinese poetry. And the information shows that he was an American professor who once studied Chinese in university in Japan except in the US, so maybe he was influenced by Japanese more or less. However, since each Chinese character is one-syllable, without the notion of syllable like Haiku, the highlight of ancient Chinese poetry can only be rhyming.
Sorry, I have no idea about PIMP. I wish I could open Discord, but I can't since Google Play is unavailable on most of Chinese mobile phones.(maybe only Apple phone can download via Google Play. I don't know.) All in all, thank you so much!
You can actually join discord through the internet instead of downloading an app. As for PIMP, you can see it in your Hive wallet here: https://peakd.com/@kaixin/wallet/hive-engine
Oh, thank you so much! I have seen PIMP as well as other tokens in the above link you offered. I guess that they should be cryptocurrency like hive itself, but I have no idea how to earn them.
No, I can't open Discord through the internet all along. When I try to click its link to enter, it doesn't work. What a pity!
However, just like what I wrote in my previous blog--Spring morning, "Seeing/learning the outside world is my main goal to come here/Hive. Of course, if lucky enough, I sincerely wish I could make some great penfriends with people from the western world". Maybe you don't know how I feel honored and happy to be encouraged and supported by you. I cherish such kind of help/friendship incomparably. It is my biggest harvest on Hive.
I live in a closed society with no chance to experience a wonderful and rich life, so I have nothing else to share to the outside world except the ancient Chinese poetry which may be my only wealth which I learned and often recited loudly in my childhood and youth. I am really so glad that you enjoy them, too!
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