“Rainwater” by Bai Gengsheng

Translator: Lan Xin (Lanxin Samei)

World Memory Heritage The Only Female Inheritor of Dongba Culture, International Renowned Writer & Poet. Internationally acclaimed bilingual writer, poet and translator, member of the Chinese Writers Association. The only female inheritor of UNESCO-listed Dongba Culture, International Disseminator of Dongba Culture and practitioner of Chinese culture’s global outreach. Winner of the Italian Francesco Giampietri International Literary Award, President of Lanxin Samei Academy and Dean of Yulong Wenbi Dongba Culture Academy.

Eva Lianou Petropoulou
Αποκλειστικη Eκπρόσωπος για την Ελλάδα για την προώθηση της πολιτιστικής κληρονομιάς – Dongba Culture Κίνα

About the Author: Vice Chairman of the China Writers Association, Member of the Standing Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Honorary Dean of the China Yulong Wenbi Dongba Culture Academy

Rainwater

Ditches stained all year by mire and foul flood

Wait for her cleansing touch
Trees disgraced by winter dust
Long to be washed clean

Rain the blessed rain
Descending down from heaven
Fragrance pouring out of sacred vials
Tide surging back from blue seas

Didida
Didida
Every stretch of young grain hums soft wheat melodies
Every slender willow unfurls its frame amid spring grace

Rainwater arrives
Air turns clear and pure
Life blooms vivid and bright
The songs of orioles and swallows begin to unfold