” Listen to the salutation to the dawn,

Look to the day for it is life, the very life of life,

In its brief course lie all the verities and realities of our existence.

 

The bliss of growth, the splendour of beauty,

For yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision,

But today well spent makes every yesterday a dream of happiness

and every tomorrow a vision of hope.

Look well therefore to this day.

Such is the salutation to the dawn.”   —Sanskrit Salutation to the Dawn

 

 

 

“The moon is full, the autumn nights grow longer,

In the north forests startled crows cry out.

Still high overhead, the star river stretches,

The Dipper’s handle set to southwest.

The cold cricket grieves deep in the chambers,

Of the notes of sweet birds, none remain

Then one evening gusts of autumn come,

One who sleeps alone thinks fondly on thick quilts.

Past loves are a thousand miles farther each day.

Blocked from my drifting and my sinking.

Man’s life is not as the grass and trees,

Still the season’s changes can stir the heart.”   —Wei Ying Wu