In the purple flowers’ shade <br />You kissed me the first kiss. <br />The moon lit its light of jade; <br />The cicadas sang their song of bliss. <br /> <br />Then, time passed fast and blind; <br />You went to your studies above <br />Leaving the purple flowers behind <br />With such a dreamlike love. <br /> <br />In each letter sent to the old place <br />You said you still missed this start <br />With the purple flowers of grace <br />And this young and true heart. <br /> <br />I have come back each day alone <br />To see the old flowers obsess <br />And hear the cicadas groan; <br />I feel such a vague distress. <br /> <br />I have nurtured my pastoral love <br />Now that summer is back to see <br />With the purple flowers above <br />I am an amorous banyan tree.<br /><br />Nhuan LeXuan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/under-the-purple-flowers/
