2020-06-04 梅雨中的荷 Lotus in plum rain

五月初荷 還有點纖瘦
The lotus buds at the beginning of May are slender
彷彿不勝記憶 去秋再相逢的承諾
 as if they do not remember the promise, made in last autumn, to meet again 
那是世紀初未及說出 轉眼首如飛蓬的
a pledge sealed from the beginning of the millennia, not spoken in time,
and morphed into flying grey hair
梅雨竟嚴厲於暴雨
the plum rain is even harsher than the torrential storms
僅剩雨後殷紅 面對驕陽與夏蟬
strewn pink petals to face the scorching sun and the shouting of summer cicadas