Staying the spring
The oriole's song and swallow's talk announce the arrival of spring,
Butterflies dance and bees busy, loving the array of flowers.
All creatures lament that nothing can stay the springtime,
When coming: bright and beautiful; when leaving: no trace at all.
Big Island Three Yuan Volcano's Mouth
Chienjian* longtime cold and still - Fuji already dark and late,
Only Three Yuan Mountain - fiercely puffing flames of fire.
Climb up to the fire's mouth - broken rocks and howling winds,
Molten lava runs just feet away - glowing heat burns one's face**.
Eruptions sounds like thunder - ash and bits fall in ten-thousand pieces,
Heavy smoke flies into the sky - the sky color is stained red***.
Looking back on East Capitol+ Bay - the sea's surface covered with dark clouds,
Realize this mountain's height - sea and sky meet in one glance.
*a famous dormant volcano in Japan
**I held a stick and put it in the lava and it burned up
***When we returned to our hotel at midnight, you could still see the red lava spewing
+Tokyo
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