《On Eating Tea Congee》Chu Guangxi
當晝暑氣盛 The mid-day heat is at its high
鳥雀靜不飛 Birds are too lazy to fly
念君高梧陰 I fancy you resting under a plane tree shade
復解山中衣 Your hill clothes open for cooling in haste
數片遠雲度 Clouds roam far two or three
曾不蔽炎暉 They had not shade the heat free Continue reading
垂釣綠灣春 春深杏花亂
潭清疑水淺 荷動知魚散
日暮待情人 維舟綠楊岸
Fishing Bay Chu Guang Xi (707-760) 江紹倫譯
I fish at Green Bay on a fine spring day
Apricots blossom wild on these late spring days
Seeing water clear I suspect the pool to be shallow
Watching moves of lotus plants I know where fishes go
I wait for my lover to appear when the sun sets low
And moor my boat on a bank of green willows