Love, poetry and origami

I recently found a present from a beloved friend.
A book with oriental love poems and beautiful origami.
Pure pleasure for the soul...



On a rainy Night to You Up North

You ask for a homecoming date but still there is no date,

on Mount Bashan the late night rain swells the autumn lake.

When will you and I trim a candle by the bedroom window again,

and chat about Mount Bashan and the late night rain?

/Li Shangyin, 813-58, China/



Then let us pledge a friendship

without human ties

And meet again at the

far end of the Milky Way

/Li Po, 701-62,China/



I have always regretted the shallowness of words

Compared with the depth of human hearts,

Today the two of us look at one another,

Silently, but with feelings a hundredfold.

/Liu Yu-hsi, 772-842, China/