聲在樹間

"Wind in the pines" from youtube by Lorendad, 松濤 (or 松風)

In an autumn night, while having been 方夜讀書, 歐陽子(歐陽修)
heard sounds coming from the southwest and thought it “異哉 !".
He described the sounds as:

“初淅瀝以蕭颯，忽奔騰而砰湃；如波濤夜驚，風雨驟至。其觸於物也，
鏦鏦錚錚，金鐵皆鳴；又如赴敵之兵，銜枚疾走，不聞號令，但聞人馬
之行聲。"

He asked his 童子："此何聲也? 汝出視之。" 童子 came back and said：
" 星月皎潔，明河在天，四無人聲，聲在樹間。"

Early this morning, I, 葉子(Yeh Tze) woke up to an autumn wind,
that sounded “淒淒切切，呼號憤發”. Instead of asking a “童子”, I came
out of the house myself and "出視之".

I noticed the wind in the trees was rising in a hurry. The trees tried
to argue, but they could not detain the wind. They compromised with
their stalks swaying and their branches waving, making a unique
autumn sound, or "秋聲".

The autumn air is crisp and can be '淅瀝'. The acoustics of autumn
are often “淒淒切切” and “呼號憤發”.


Autumn Wind (By Haiku)

Touched by spirit wind
Tempered by the silent sound
Approaching winter

Touched by spirit wind
Caressed by tree song, embraced
By warm sunlit days

Finally, autumn
Leaves turning gold and crimson,
Maples in my soul.

Empty trees, bare bones
Dancing skeletons caper
Hear the howling wind.


Yeh Tze