TZEMIN ITION TSAI

TZEMIN ITION TSAI

THE SWALLOWS’ HOMEWARD JOURNEY

Sunset leaves some weak light

Sky is getting dark

Elongation in the windowsill of my neck

An empty corridor

In classrooms

Was not supposed to empty

Unexpectedly dozens of vacancies

Words on the blackboard deep and shallow

This letter did not address

Where to Send

Come on sunset, remind the swallows,

Do not forget homing

Azalea trails having a partner

Duck in Surface of the lake Mullard swimming

Wave ripples continually

Reflected outside the classroom

Full of spring in the air

So comfortable, Travel in the nature landscapes

The old man nest in the classroom

Do have not ever Young?

Don’t regret not having taking advantage of Young

Try a taste of skipped class

Who is going to invite the old man leaving the nest

Swallow return or no return always focus on the emotions

Youth may allow you to run wild

My heart is not old but also can understand

Eventually the semester must end

The only worry is

Belated swallow accustomed to the wild

At the final exam, do not say to me,

The topic in the paper

Reads just like hieroglyphics 

EGRET LOVE DEARLY THE OLD PLOW

Egret known the old plow no longer young

Lying in the road in front of the pond

Eye confused

A sad heart feels the pain

Who let the lazy water buffalo without having wear plow?

If only

The old buffalo vent its discontent

Let it go

Deep down there is always some reason

To discern the true and the evil

I must make allowances man's grievances

Hoary head

May I ask the old buffalo should now be where?

Whether it should like me

Together with me, to accompany the old plow

Spectrum of a Hoary head song together

A solemn and stirring song of Hoary head 

THE SECRETS OF GINGERLILY

Lush summer, there is always a bunch of Gingerlily

Appear in the mother's room

She looked at it with a smile but teared quietly

Young, so I do not know why

A secret sleeping for fifty years

Like that one dumb gourd

Excited to come to Huashan, Chase the inner doubts

Expected on return trip

Pragmatic footsteps

Satisfied with peace of mind

The southerly winds whirring

Whirring, whirring and whirring

Facing the mountain full of white flowers

Fog can’t hide

Mother's song when she was a little girl

Sound so fine

Sentimental hesitated

Yes

At that time she was a little girl

Lively dance with a childlike

Suddenly realized

All the Gingerlily on the roadside

Had received mother's caress

All the Gingerlily on the roadside

So miss mother

There is always a meandering path leading to the house

Little girl

How many times

Through these white Gingerlily

Old house has disappeared without a trace

Take away the mother's family how much affection

When night gradually weight

Urged

That stranger returned to my original quiet

It is time to leave

Inside the heart silently cry

My dearest mother

Landscape is still no change

Your love for me is full

Rest in this beautiful valley of Gingerlily

Do not let me take anything

Apart from the last nostalgia and

And

That full of spring breeze call

Whirring, whirring and whirring

TZEMIN ITION TSAI

 

DR. TZEMIN ITION TSAI(蔡澤民博士)  was born in Taiwan, Republic of China, in 1957. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and two Masters of Science in Applied Mathematics and Chemical Engineering. He is a a scholar with a wide range of expertise, while maintaining a common and positive interest in science, engineering and literaturemember. In addition to being a university professor and freelance writer. Dr. Tsai is not just an accomplished poet, he is an essayist, novelist, columnist, editor, translator, academic, engineer, mathematician, and so many other things. His literary creation specializes and expertise in the description of nature, the anatomy of emotion and humanity, life writing, graphic writing, cross-domain writing and so on. He has carried out a number of educational research with the development of teaching materials in his country. He has won many national literary awards. In addition to his own country, his literary works have been anthologized and published in books, journals, and newspapers in more than 40 countries and  have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Dr. Tzemin Ition Tsai is an associate professor at the Asia University(Taiwan), editor of “Reading, Writing and Teaching” academic text. He also writes the long-term columns for Chinese Language Monthly in Taiwan. Many famous poets of the world through his Chinese translations and introductions were able to be recognized by the people of Taiwan.