Chinese 8 Line Sonnet
Han Yu (768-824) (Late Tang)


Nae twig, nae leaf on the auld tree
Ayont the hairm o cranreuch or o win
A chiel cud wanner ben the hole in its teem wame
Ettercaps wummle aneth its beilin bark
Its anely ludger's a taedsteel that dees in a morn
Birds veesit, nae langer, at gloamin
Still yon timmer can ay fire kinnlin...
Nae sikkin, as yet, tae be anely the gap at its hairt