Exploded- Character Chinese Couplet: This Kind Of Wood Is Fire-Wood 此木為柴山山出 因火成烟夕夕多 Poem by Frank Yue

- by Anon
- Translated by Frank C Yue

折字聯佚名


此木為柴山山出，

因火成烟夕夕多。


(Version 'A')

This kind of wood is fire-wood;
They are produced in many mountains.

Where there is smoke there is fire;
The ev'ning chimneys become smoke fountains.


(Version 'B': literal translation)

此 木 為 柴 山 山 出
'THIS WOOD' makes very good 'FIRE-WOOD';

It's produced in 'HILLS-UPON-HILLS'.

因 火 成 烟 夕 夕 多
'SMOKES, FROM FIRES' on chimney-tops stood';

'EV'NING-UPON-EV'NING' there are 'MORE' still.