Beth Ames Swartz - A lonely moon turns among the waves

A lonely moon turns among the waves

Beth Ames Swartz
A lonely moon turns among the waves
acrylic and paste on canvas
48" x 72" (1.22m x 1.83m)
2007

Words in blue visible in painted frame
杜甫 (Du Fu, also Romanized as Tu Fu, 712 - 770 A.C.E, Chinese)
*Overnight in the Apartment by the River*
While the evening here is approaching the mountain paths, I come to this high-up chamber, very close to the Water Gate., Thin clouds rest on the edges of the cliffs;, A lonely moon turns among the waves., , A line of cranes in flight is silent;, A pack of wolves baying over their prey breaks the quiet., I cannot sleep because I am concerned about wars,, Because I am powerless to amend the world. ,

Hung William. Tu Fu: China’s Greatest Poet. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1952, pg. 231, CCLXXVII. [Written in K’uei-chou, c.766.]