《Thoughts While Sick》 Huang Ting Jian
翰墨場中老伏波 Fielding ink and literature this old man contemplates
菩提坊里病維摩 Under the Bhoddie tree Buddha’s questioning remains
近人積水無鷗鷺 The pond nearby attracts no gull nor cranes to hover
時有歸牛浮鼻過 Homeward buffaloes swim keeping heads above water
《雪景》
《Snow Scene》 Zheng Xie [Zheng Banqiao]
一片二片三四片 One flake two flakes three four flakes
五片六片七八片 Five flakes six flakes seven eight flakes
九片十片無數片 Nine flakes ten flakes eleven flakes
飛入蘆花看不見 Into reeds is seen no more flakes Continue reading
《Written on Board at Yellow Sea to a Japanese Friend Who Show Me A Map of Japan-Russian War on Chinese Soil》 Qiu Jin
萬里乘風去複來 Ten thousand miles to and return I ride the wind
隻身東海挾春雷 Travelling alone to the East Sea thundering in spring
忍看圖畫移顏色 So sad to see the Chinese map in changed colour markings
肯使江山付劫灰 What government would allow its land reduced to war ashes Continue reading
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The background music is the last portion of the 3rd movement from Brahms’ Symphony #3.
《Tune: Jade Pavilion in Spring – To Jester a Friend》 Liu Ke Zhuan (1187-1269)
年年躍馬長安市 Galloping through the Capital years in a row
客舍似家家似寄 Away from home you linger in brothels as usual
青錢換酒日無何 Sparing no coins you drink your days away
紅燭呼盧宵不寐 By candlelight your nights are sleepless but gay Continue reading
《To My Sister》 Wang An Shi
少年離別意非輕 Parting with you in our youth is lamentable
老去相逢亦愴情 Reuniting again in old age our affection mellow
草草杯盤供笑語 Joyfully we chat while eating simple dishes
昏昏燈火話平生 Sharing our life experiences in dim light at ease Continue reading
《To My Brother》Cao Zhi
丈夫志四海 A man’s vision extends to the four seas
萬里猶比鄰 Ten thousand miles away from home is neighborly
恩愛苟不虧 When love is felt deep and brotherly
在遠分日親 However far the separation is like being together daily
《樵歌子》《A Woodcutter Song》Wu Chen En
觀棋柯爛 Watching a game of chess I drop into a timeless sphere
伐木丁丁 As a woodcutter I fell trees in spree
雲邊谷口徐行 At the valley where clouds edge I stroll
賣薪沽酒 Selling firewood I go
狂笑自陶情 Laughing to echo the spirit of poet Tao
蒼逕秋高 Deep in autumn the hill paths are still green
對月枕松根 On a pine root pillow I lie to sleep under moonshine
一覺天明 Till dawn I wake up feeling fine Continue reading
(Through Rose-Coloured Glasses)
重遊
故地重遊尋舊夢
熱情款待友誼濃
人生限杯又幾何
舉盞齊來譜新誦
老友記
海內存知已
天涯若比鄰
青山依舊在
友誼不老松
夢尋
尋尋覓覓又一天
虛幻現實一線牽
人生易老天難老
難得胡塗樂自然
金猴狂舞
恐佈襲擊殺又殺
戰火連天民四散
金猴舞起金剛棒
掃盡一切害人虫
《Tune: Silky Sand Brook》 Lu Bing (Song Dynasty)
水閣無塵午晝長 At the water chamber on the lake days are long and free
薰風十里藕花香 Sweet scent from cooked lotus roots scatters ten li
一番疏雨釀微涼 A momentary drizzle keeps cool the vicinity
旋點新茶消睡思 To dispel catnap thoughts I ask for fresh tea
不將醽醁惱待腸 And refrain from drinking spirits for poetic activity
闌干倚遍挹湖光 I visit rails around the lake to enjoy its total beauty