translated from Chinese by Ouyang Yu
2.
those several wine bottles

because fine snow, unconsciously

scatters over the areas I can see

the fine snow is gathering around the necks of the wine bottles

as delicate as the ancient wrinkled flowers

my courtyard is plain and casual

on a fine day the fine snow melts into water

clearly, shiningly, dripping around their necks

and seeping into the shallowly laid black bricks

the bottles, as if washed

will spend their serene and brilliant period

before the dust arrives next