The Lone Duck

Inscription by artist:
东西相映玉丛开
天外禽声急降来
噫噫自然心事在
休听人有作胡猜

丁未年春三月于
星洲听风楼下西窗隅 范昌乾

That duck is feeling sad, no partner and all alone,
Under the sparsely growing bamboo, quiet and forlorn.
A ray of hope from the enveloping twilight,
Looking for warmth from the pending fine night.