《Tune: Sugar Rich Song_Passing Through Wu Chong Again》Liu Guo (1154-1206)

蘆葉滿汀州  The marshland is filled with thriving reeds
寒沙帶淺流  Cool sands underlie the shallow water’s leads
二十年重過南樓  It’s been twenty years since I last visited the south tower
柳下繫船猶未穩  My boat tied to the willows it moors not proper
能幾日  In days few
又中秋  The Mid-autumn Festival will be here Continue reading →

《揚州官滿辭后土題玉立亭》《On Retirement from Office at Yangzhou》

天上人間一樹花  Humanity and the universe is one flowering tree
五年於此駐高牙  For five years I led the local office in this community
不隨紅藥矜春色  There is no amusement with spring blooms and gaiety
爲愛霜筠耐歲華  Like bamboo greens I respond to calls of natural duty Continue reading →

《水調歌頭_題劍閣》
《Tune: Prelude to Water Melody_For the Sword Gate Tower》Cui Yu Zhi (1158-1239)

萬里雲間戍 Conflicts disturb ten thousand li of plateau terrain
立馬劍門關 At the Sword Gate Pass I sit on my steed to survey the ruins
亂山極目無際 Hills in varying sizes seen in a space with no limit
直北是長安 To the north our Capital stands in jeopardy Continue reading →

《雙松》《Double Pines》 Yu Jing (1000-1064)

自古詠連理  Poets since old like to sing for diverse vegetation growths
多爲豔陽吟  And the brilliance of colorful sky shines they loaf
誰知抱高節  Those who hold fast to their integrity
生處亦同心  They group together into a like-mind community Continue reading →

《Falling Leaves_Two Poems》 Huang Zhao (1788-1853)

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清晨鹿跡冷蒼苔  At clear morning deer footprints on moss path cool
殘籜份份卷作堆  Dry leaves many twirl together to pile up full
萬點烏鴉盤陣起  Crows take to the air in ten thousand dots
四山風雨逼秋來  Rains and winds in four hills delay autumn not Continue reading →

《登大容山》《Climbing Mt. Darong》Wen Zho Xian (1812-1261)

一峯相送一峯迎  Leaving one peak another welcomes us in
千里崎岖路不平  A thousand li of bumpy roads therein
峭壁泉声晴亦雨  A series of springs gush beneath sharp cliffs creating drizzles
悬崖云影暗还明  Cloud shadows between mountain crags now dark now seen Continue reading →