Chuang Tze-jung 莊紫蓉
Chuang Tze-Jung（b. 1948）was born in Chiayi and resides in Beitou District, Taipei City.
She was graduated from Tunghai University in Taichung and worked as a junior high school teacher for 26 years until retired. Her critical work “Liao Qing-Xiu’s Hardship of Studying and Writing- a History Told” was published by Taipei County’s Bureau of Culture in 2004. She has been interviewing writers for 9 years and completed a 3-book series “Facing the Author- Interviews with Taiwanese Writers, 2007” published by the Taiwan Wu San-lian Historical Foundation. Her poetry collection entitled with “Whisper of Autumn”was published in 2020.
A Gust of Wind Blows 一陣風吹過
A gust of wind blows.
Follow with a gentle sigh
a withered yellow leaf falls.
The green leaves on the trees are vying
to stretch out their hands but too late to catch,
the dead leaves at last lie quietly on the mud
looking up at the tree reluctantly
with the leaves dancing in the wind
and shining brightly under the sunshine.
Swinhoe’s white eye birds on the branches
chirp the song of life.
A dark cloud passed by,
then showers hit on the trees, and their green leaves
held chests high, not afraid of the wind and rain.
The wind and rain gradually subside and the sunshine returns.
The leaves on the trees
radiate green light.
The dead leaves lying on the mud
finally closed their eyes at easy
rest in peace.
（Translated by Lee Kuei-shien）
