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《子夜歌》《Midnight Song》 Li Yu

人生愁恨何能免  Who could avoid rancor and grief in life
銷魂獨我情何限  Limited is happiness of a singular kind
故國夢重歸  I dreamed returning to my old country
覺來雙淚垂  Waking up I find wet tears plenty
高樓誰與上  Who was with me up the high tower
長記秋晴望  I recall looking far out in autumn
往事已成空  Past events now empty
還如一夢中  They live still in dreams Continue reading →

《Hearing a Flute at Spring Night》 Li Yi

寒山吹笛喚春歸  A flute sings on Cold Hill to call back spring
遷客相看淚滿衣  Travelers face one another their tears rain
洞庭一夜無窮雁  Geese fly over Lake Dong Ting all night to flee
不待天明盡北飛  They horridly head north before dawn appears

《Questions for Officer Li》Huang Pu Ruan

門外水流何處  Where flows the stream outside my door
天邊樹繞誰家  What families dwell among the trees in the horizon
山色東西多少  East and west of the mountain how far is the separation
朝朝幾度雲遮  How many times a day do clouds shade my home

《Autumn Song》Lu Yu Xi

自古逢秋悲寂寥  People drag the melancholy of autumn since old
我言秋日勝春朝  I say autumn days outshine spring morns total
晴空一鹤排雲上  A single crane sours above clouds in a fine day
便引詩情到碧霄  It evokes inspiration of green skies for poets to praise

《On Business》Wang Wei

輕陰閣小雨  In my cool bower I appreciate a rain fine
深院晝慵開  Waking from a good nape my mind opens wide
坐看蒼苔色  Sitting in quietude I watch the mosses green
欲上人衣來  Their beauty dyes my clothes in gleam

《Autumn Wild》 Du Fu

易識浮生理  To know the order of life is elementary
難教一物違  To find exceptions to the rule is thorny
水深魚極樂  Deep water offers a place for fishers to merry
林茂鳥知歸  Dense woods provide homes for birds to roost safely Continue reading →

《溪居》柳宗元 《My Dwelling by the Stream》Liu Zong Yuan

久爲簪組累  Bound by official girdles for many years
幸此南夷謫  I’m happy to be banished to the wild southern spheres
閑依農圃鄰  In leisure a pastoral neighbor and I make friends
偶似山林客  I am a guest with trees in the hill end to end Continue reading →

《An Autumn Night Song》Wang Wei

桂魄初生秋露微  The moon shines on fresh dews
輕羅已薄未更衣  She continues to wear thin robes still
銀箏夜久殷勤弄  She plays the silver lute repeatedly all night
心怯空房不忍歸  Afraid to return to her bower with no one in sight