Fragrant Nirvana Tree

Fragrant Nirvana Tree is a poem by He Xuntian in 1999. Its chief subject matter is "there is a love-infatuated one."

Poem

Fragrant Nirvana Tree (1999) I'm infatuated in the fragrance of this aromatic tree knowing that its luring won’t be faithful even though I breathe it deep inside still it will follow someone else away but I'm infatuated Tree of fragrance doesn't even know there is a love-infatuated one it's just a game between itself and the breeze but I'm infatuated I've lost my way in the shade of the nirvana tree knowing it is just a momentary luring and though I cannot bear to let it go knowing when the time comes it will leave but I have lost my way Nirvana tree doesn't even know there is a love-infatuated one it's just a game between itself and the glimmer but I've already lost my way

Source language:

伽南香娑罗树 (1999)

我痴迷

在伽南香的香味里

知道那是一个不忠实的诱惑

纵然深深吸入

它依然会随他人而去

但我已痴迷

伽南香从不知有一个自作多情的人类

那只是它与风之间的嬉戏

但我已痴迷

我失迷

在娑罗树的树影里

知道那是个不长久的诱惑

纵然恋恋不舍

它依然会随时光而去

但我已失迷

娑罗树从不知有一个自作多情的人类

那只是它与光之间的嬉戏

但我已失迷

Whirling Udumbara I & II, EDition Schott, 2014.

Inspiration

Whirling Udumbara I and Whirling Udumbara II belong to the same catena, which is inspired from Xuntian He’s poem Fragrant Nirvana Tree (1999).

External links

• Whirling Udumbara II published by Schott Music International, Germany