A Mortal Life, Born of One Thought · Above and Below, All Connected · 80 / 102
Zizi Shuang · Easing the Hardship
Lamp lit for reading at night, long and long again; album leaves heaped up, basket and basket again. Yellow-ripe aloeswood that sinks in water, fragrant and fragrant again; the soul of the ink lends its color, line and line again.
Glosses—
lamp lit: to light the lamp;
album leaves: calligraphy and paintings mounted page by page into an album;
yellow-ripe: mature aloeswood that has lain buried in the earth a very long time;
sinks in water: aloeswood is prized precisely because it sinks in water.
*This piece is an original work. If you repost it, please credit the original author Guang Zhi Shiyi; any infringement, once discovered, will be pursued to the full extent of the law. In addition, the accompanying illustration comes from the internet and belongs to its original artist, Hehewu.