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A Wanderer’s Dream of Returning Home (夢歸)

Dong Li © 1991, USA

As the white moon shines
As nightly silence falls
I am a wanderer trapped in a sleepless night
Only a lonely lamp finds my shadow

Homesickness freezes my eyes
Across the sky are my endless streams of thoughts
Flying over a mansion standing in the moonlight
By a vast stretch of lake water with a solitary boat

Suddenly a gust of wind comes
And breaks the lake into sliver pieces of mirror
Waving willows beckon me to waterside weeds
Where sobbing pierces time and space

Standing on a riverbank
With the moonlight mystically fading away
I am suddenly lifted over clouds and carried away
Instantly I am in my homeland thousand miles away

Rushing home
I see my parents in peace
Their smiling countenances and great voices remain
I feel much blessed

Then I hold my wife’s hands
But we are both speechless
Sorrows and pain fills our heart
The full moon will be up and family members will be reunited

Thunder strikes
It breaks my dream and heart
Tears well up in my eyes
I cannot see my family members in my loneliness

The cold dark night settles in
The moon drifts away to the west
My thoughts are attached to wings of flying birds
Oh, how I wish I could ride the moon returning to my homeland