Poetry? Contrast between Chinese and English

Tagore among birds

1

Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away.

And yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall there with a sign.

Lost livestock

bird

about

summer

come

arrive

my

window

arrive

sing

and

fly

Go away.

and

yellow

leave

about

Autumn,

which

have

no

Songs,

swing

and

autumn

over there

along with

a

Sign.

2

Troupe of little vagrants of the world, please leave your footprints in my words.

O

a ball of

about

small

vagrant

about

this

The world,

leave

your

footprint

exist

my

Words.

three

The world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover.

It becomes small as one song, as one kiss of the eternal.

this

world

let go

leave

its

mask

about

huge

arrive

its

Lover.

it

become

small

be like

one

Song,

be like

one

kiss

about

this

Eternity

four

It is the tears of the earth that keep her smile in bloom.

it

be

this

tears

about

this

earth

that

keep

here

smiling expression

exist

Bloom.

five

The boundless desert is burning for the love of a blade of grass who shakes her head and laughs and flies away.

this

very

desert

be

aflame

for

this

love

about

a

Blade

grass

who

shake?hands;?handshake?(n.)

she

head

and

laugh

and

fly

Go away.

six

If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you will also miss the stars.

if

you

shed

tears

while

you

miss

this

Sun,

you

also

miss

this

Stars.

seven

The sands in your way beg for your song and your movement, dancing water. Would you like to take it with you

The lame man under the sand?

this

desert

exist

your

way

beg

for

your

song

and

your

Exercise,

dance

Water.

Will (male name)

you

carry

this

burden

about

their

Lame?

eight

Her eager face haunts my dreams like the rain at night.

she

Expressing desire

face

resort

my

dream

like

this

rain

exist

Good night

nine

Once, we dreamed that everyone was a stranger.

When we wake up, we know that we love each other.

once

we

dream

that

we

exist

Stranger.

we

wake up

up

arrive

find

that

we

exist

dear

arrive

each

Others.

10

Sorrow is hushed into peace in my heart, like the evening arrival in the silent forest.

grief

be

quiet

Go into ...

peace

exist

my

heart

like

this

evening

In ...

this

silent

Trees.