《Brushing Fun》 Yang Wang Li
野菊荒苔各鑄錢 Wild daisies and mosses appear round like coins
金黄銅綠兩爭妍 Gold and copper shine to vie for joy
天公支與窮詩客 Nature rewards poets with such pays for recognition
只買清愁不買田 To purchase sorrow and not lands for cultivation
《武陵春*老夫飲茗小過》楊萬里(宋)
《Tune: Spring Peach Blossom Country *This Old Man Drank Too Much Tea》Yang Wan Li (Song Dynasty)
長鋏歸乎逾十暑 More than a decade since I put my sword to rest
著鵕鸃冠 And don not my pheasant hat for office affairs
道是今年勝去年 People say this year is better than last year
特地減清歡 I will spend less time in tea pleasures Continue reading
《過揚子江二首》楊萬里(1127-1206) 《Passing the Yangzi River》Yang Wan Li
只有清霜凍太空 Only pure frost could keep outer space cold
更無半點荻花風 Amid reef flowers one could find no winds blow
天開雲霧東南碧 Clouds clear the sky is blue south and east
日射波濤上下紅 Sunny days set both sea wave and sky ablaze Continue reading
《Small Pond》Yang Wan Li (1127-1206)
泉眼無聲惜細流 Slowly a spring gushes in silence its source not seen
樹陰照水愛晴柔 Tree branches cast shadows in the water softly beam
小荷才露尖尖角 A lotus shoot emerges above water its bud gleams
早有蜻蜓立上頭 A dragonfly hurries to stand on it to survey the scene
毕竟西湖六月中
风光不与四时同
接天莲叶无穷碧
映日荷花别样红
《Seeing Lin off from the Temple in the Morning》 Yang Wan Li (1127-1206)
‘Tis West Lake in mid-summer fully shown
Scenery no other season has known
Green lotus leaves reach far into the boundless sky
Pink lotus blooms soaked in sunshine a radiant dye