漫述少年事，岑花向太阳。
柳田无息力，粉蝶任提香。
禾动鱼悠过，树摇果露藏。
肩担惊耄耋，埂憩怅颉颃。
口燥掬河水，心奇咀苇浆。
黄童牛背上，暮色绕羊肠。
岁在甲午冬月作
Tales of Boyhood
We roamed as lads where hill-flowers face the sun,
Through willow fields, our tireless steps would run.
Butterflies flitted on scented air,
While fish glided 'neath grain-stalks fair.
Trees swayed, their fruits half-hidden shone,
Shouldered loads made elders groan.
On ridge we paused—old rivalries sighed,
Admiring hawks that soared side by side.
Thirsty, we cupped the stream's clear flow,
Chewed sweet reed-pith, hearts aglow.
On buffalo backs at dusk we'd sway,
As twilight coiled round the shepherd's way.
—Written in the Winter of 2014, the year of Horse
