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
About the Translator: A world-renowned cultural figure, an internationally renowned writer of high-dimensional wisdom, poet and translator of China, winner of multiple international literary awards and outstanding international contribution honors, Ambassador of Great Love and Peace, the sole female inheritor of UNESCO Memory of the World Dongba Culture, Dean of Dongba Culture Academy and Lanxin Samei Academy.
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
Translator: Lan Xin (Lanxin Samei)
