‘The moon hides when my wife is out.’ That meant that the moon would hide in shame when it saw his wife’s beautiful face.
The phrase ‘when the spring comes, she washes the yarns by the river’ meant that his wife went to the river to wash clothes in spring, her beautiful face would be noticeable through the water, and even the fish would hide when they saw her.
The metaphor was terrific!
It was amazing!
Many people admired the poem’s artistic conception as they looked at Simon.
Summer, who was next to him, felt shy, but she was delighted.
She knew that Simon came up with the poem for her. She was so happy and proud to have such a talented husband.
Everyone thought that the competition had ended for Darryl as soon as Elder Crescent came up with those beautiful verses.
The crowd looked at Darryl with mockery on their faces; they wanted to see him make a fool out of himself.
“How dare he challenge Elder Crescent! He thinks he’s so good!”
“Even if he could come up with a poem, I doubt his artistic conception will be as good as Elder Crescent’ s…”
Everyone ridiculed Darryl, but he did not care. A faint smile appeared on his face.
“What’s going on? You can’t come up with one?” Simon looked at Darryl with a sneer.
“What’s the rush?”
Darryl smiled as he looked at Cheryl, who was next to him. “I shall dedicate this poem to my disciple.”
Darryl cleared his throat and swayed his head as he recited the poem.
“The beautiful firmament was her clothes, and the pretty flower was her face, the spring breeze blew against the picket fence and dew beaded on the peony. Such beauty surely could only be spotted at Mount Qunyu or the Yao Pavlin under the moonlit sky.”
Darryl took two steps forward as he recited the poem, just like how the ancient scholars did it.
Li Bai had written the poem to the Imperial Concubine Yang to praise her beauty!
The Wealth Dance Hall was in silence after Darryl was done with his poem. One could even hear the sound of a needle if it were to fall onto the floor!
No one said a word; they reflected on the poem instead!
Wow!
Then, the entire dance hall shook in excitement!
“It’s so beautiful, Mister. The poem is so beautiful! ” At the side, Jewel clasped her hands together as she exclaimed; she was indescribably excited.
‘He is so smart; he made a poem! His poem is wonderful.’