Blue sky wears a setting sun as a corsage on his/her chest;

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Walking on a small country lane in the evening,

an home-bound old buffalo is my company.

Blue sky wears a setting sun as a corsage on his/her chest;

Rosy clouds are gowns of the sunset glow.

Hi,

Is "blue sky" a male or a female for native speakers?

That is, should I use his or her in the above? Thanks.

Yankee · Accepted Answer

Hi Angliholic,

Blue sky is neither. Blue sky is an 'it'.
If you think your description of 'blue sky' sounds clearly feminine, you might use 'her' (poetic license). Likewise, if your description sounds clearly masculine, you might use 'his'. Personally, I'd just use 'its'.

In addition, you should use 'a' (not 'an') with 'home-bound'.
Finally, I suspect you don't actually mean 'home-bound' but rather 'homeward bound'.

Angliholic · Answer

Thanks, Yankee, for the reply and correction.

Indeed it's a part of a Chinese song I tried to translate into English. Here is the whole song in English. Correct me if there is anything that doesn't sound good. Thanks.

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A Country Lane

Walking on a small country lane,
My company is a homeward-bound buffalo in the evening.
Blue sky wears a setting sun as a corsage on her chest;
rosy clouds are the gowns of the sunset glow.

Carrying a hoe on my shoulder,
I hear a shepherd boy's song floating in the air.
Oh! They are singing now
with a bamboo flute playing faintly.

Smiles written on their faces, they are humming a country tune,
leaving trains of thought flying in the evening wind.
No matter how much loneliness and despair there are,
They are all gone with the evening wind
and forgotten on the country lane.

Blue sky wears a setting sun as a corsage on his/her chest;

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