New Year

Although you were near me I was looking for you Behind the trees, In the paddy fields, By the village pond's crystal shore Where in days of yore The pond shimmered. Then with gentle steps You came to fetch water Old melodies receded, leaving no records behind. Witnesses of your former charm have disappeared. How quickly time flew , how much the atmosphere has changed . Yet darling, hope persists in me. The New Year's promise remains in my mind.