Qing Ming** Du Mu (803-852)
清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂。
借问酒家何处有，牧童遥指杏花村。
Tr. YK Chan 陈耀国译
Endless rain at Qing Ming** Festival drizzling
A traveler’s haste on the road turns nerve-racking
Whereabouts a tavern may be found
To Apricot Blossom Village afar off a cowherd points
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* For a discussion of the authorship of this poem, see http://tv.sohu.com/20100402/n271287421.shtml
** Literally meaning “Clear Brightness”, a festival on the 15th day after spring solstice for traditional visit of ancestral graves.
【清明】 杜牧
清明时节雨纷纷， 路上行人欲断魂。
借问酒家何处有， 牧童遥指杏花村。
At Qing Ming (Grave-sweeping Festival) — Du Mu
‘Round Qing Ming, almost continual is the light rain;
Wet and tired, sad trav’ller on foot is under strain.
“Could you tell me where a rest and drink I may enjoy?”
Towards the Apricot-Flow’r Village points the herd-boy.
(tr. frank c w yue)
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