- Ma que is the common southern name for the game known as mahjong
- 'salty' here means tasty, flavorful
Old folks happy song
One day in June, a bunch of old folks gathered together and wrote poems about the gathering
Getting old one’s life dealings bland thin
Good we've salty poems sense of taste
Otherwise all day we'd pace back forth
And feel bored lonely like wayside flower
Still beats following the crowd chaotic busyness
In contrast we laugh to rid loneliness
Four rounds of maque pass a day
Drink wine happy chat in midst joy
Leisure time spend watching several tv shows
Also helps us know what's going on
So we can have something to say
Unlike country hicks sitting in the corner
Events whether big small pay no heed
To avoid being annoying to children grandchildren
My song to advise old aged people
Follow this to have peace and happiness
Follow this to have peace and happiness
Gonggong's 8 lines of 7 words
- Jen cang is probably another name for the city
- Chinese folk songs often sing of longing for time of peace to have a chance to harvest
- Zen Gong (also called Zi Gu) is a Classical author who wrote a famous essay about certain cities
Nanfeng (name of a city)
Our bank moved here and several of us toured the streets. We saw destruction everywhere and the peasants around were very poor. Lets you imagine the scene after the war.
Jen cang one path grass all over
War aftermath surrounding area enough to show
Wilderness graves destruction still smoking feel terror
Plow fields light rain joy tilling land
Special fragrant sweetness of Nan feng oranges
Forceful sentences impressive articles Zi Gu's writing
Written words lack inspiration oranges not ripe
By mountain lie down little stream clouds
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