1. 慈母手中缐，遊子身上衣;
臨行密密縫，意恐遲遲歸。誰言寸
草心，報得三春暉？ 孟郊
A mother saw I, pulling her
threads,
Mending the clothes of her
departing son.
Her rapid actions exacerbated
By his imminent departure,
While desiring nothing stronger
Than for him to come home
Safe and soon!
My friends, if you ask me,
Whether this feeble, inch long
grass
Can repay the immense kindness
Of sunshine in Spring,
2. I would be at a loss for an
answer!
Mang Jiao
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独憐幽草澗邊生，上有黄鸝深樹鳴
。春潮帶雨晚來急，野渡無人舟自
橫。 韋应物
I particularly loves the aromatic
plants by the water.
Above an oriole sings full- throated
into the wood.
3. Spring water’s swollen with rain,
It becomes swift towards the
evening.
By a wild dock where no one sets
foot on,
A moored boat re-oriented itself with
the current.
Wei Yinwu
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雲想衣裳花想容
春風拂檻露華濃
若非羣玉山頭見
會向瑤臺月下逢
李白
4. Ah, there she was,
In cloud-fancied dresses.
Framed by lovely tresses,
A flower- fancied look!
Heavy dew balcony
Her flesh ivory
By Spring breeze was caressed!
Had we not met in
This Jade- Clustered Mountain,
I would have imagined
Our date under the moon,
Where nymph and I were joined
At a sacred fountain!
Li Bai
6. We must go each on our own
way.
As long as we can endear our
hearts
With this friendship started long
ago in China,
You may be off to
The farthest reach of the empire,
We shall still be like neighbors
Living next door to each other!
Why then, my kind friend,
Do we shed such tears
In this moment of farewell?
We really look like
Two babies crying, don’t we?
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8. Gone was she,
Forever gone was she, in truth!
At dawn, the crescent moon
Hanged atop the roof.
In my dream
I saw her off for a long trip,
Loud did I cry, without avail,
Cried I aloud but she vanished.
I wrote her a letter in haste,
It was written in such great haste
That the ink was still quite runny.
The candlelight Illuminated
Half that cage of the kingfisher's.
The musk fragrance gently
diffused
The hibiscus-embroidered net!
9. May I tell you where my love's
gone?
If Master Lau's Fung Mountain's
far,
The one in the folklore,-- my
friend,
Wherever she went was farther,
Ah, so infinitely farther!
Li Sheng Yin
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11. Had managed to escape from a
siege.
There's Tsinghai Bay,
Where the Hu armies
Are still covetously eyeing our
lands.
Right from the very beginning
These places are battlegrounds
From where no one was seen
Coming out alive!
The garrison men are keeping
watch
Over the frontier with sad faces,
Twisted from missing their homes.
Meanwhile, I can imagine
That back home,
Their spouses are also
Heaving sighs non-stop
From the lookouts of towers!
13. One recognizes a lovely festival!
How is it possible for anyone to
understand a forest-dweller,
Who catches on their fragrance
and becomes contented with
gladness,
As if in saying, the plants and
trees all have self-natures of their
own,
Why would they need a beautiful
woman to pluck them at all?
Zheng Jiu Lin
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14. 清晨入古寺，初日照高林。竹徑通
幽處，禪房花木深。山光悦鳥性，
潭影空人心。萬籟此俱寂，惟餘鐘
磬音
常建
I go to an old temple at daybreak.
The dawning sun shines upon the
high forest.
A bamboo path leads me to a
quiet place!
There, the monks' quarters are
deep in the flowers and wood.
Even the birds are delighted by
the mountain views.
As I see my own reflection on the
15. lake, all desires vanish.
At that very moment everything
become still.
Nothing’s heard beyond the sound
of bells and chimes
Chang Jian
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17. In youth, he did smash his dream
of power.
When aged, to pines and flowers
he retired!
Oft he viewed the moon
intoxicated
Attached to flowers, attached was
he well!
To serve his sovereign? Oh, what
the hell !
Can you really emulate mountain
tall?
No, sir! but to steal some
fragrance, that's all !
Li Bai
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19. Push the lone moon high!
Have my poems brought me fame?
Owing to Ill health
I must quit this game!
This instability,
This turmoil in life!
May I tell you what it's like?
A gull, it's like a gull
Afloat, wavering and surf
Between the good Earth
And Heaven bright!
Tu Fu
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晚年惟好靜，萬事不關心。
自顧無長策，空知返舊林。
松風吹解帶，山月照彈琴。
20. 君問窮通理，漁歌入浦深。
王維
From all things worldly
Am I now withdrawn fully!
Getting old, it's quietude I favor.
To the world, neither have I
Any good solutions to offer!
Only I know what suits me best:
Coming home to old forest nest!
Pine wind blows aloof my clothing.
Mountain moon shines on me harp
playing.
21. You ask how must ones life wisdom
keep?
Hear thee, hear thee, the fishermen's
songs
That travel into the riverside deep?
Wang Wei
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中歲頗好道，晚家南山陲。
興來每獨往，勝事空自知。
行到水窮處，坐看雲起時。
偶然值林叟，談笑無還期。
22. 王維
In my middle age
I was into Buddhism and a fan.
As my age advances,
I live by the edge of Zhong Nan Shan.
It pleases me whenever I deem,
Alone I would venture out.
Alone can I feel the joy supreme!
I would sit and watch the rise of
clouds
As I come to the end of the stream.
Sometime I would see my forest
chum.
Oh, we would just laugh and chat,
23. And so completely would I forget -
Forget about getting home!
Wang Wei
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青山橫北郭，白水遶東城。
此地一為別，孤蓬萬里征。
浮雲游子意，落日故人情。
揮手自茲去，蕭蕭班馬鳴。
24. 李白
Parallel to the wall by the north
The green mountains line.
To the east of town
A clear river winds.
It's here that we must say good bye!
And like the rootless punta,
You'll journey ten thousand miles!
While the setting sun is our sadness,
25. Floating clouds would sail your mind!
We come apart at the waves of hands,
Bitterly the horse that leaves its herd
whines!
Li Bai
渭城朝雨浥輕塵，
27. Refreshes its green, this gentle day!
More wine, man?
West of Pass Yang,
Never are we to meet,
Never again,
Oh, dear friend!
Wang Wei
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昔人已乘黄鶴去，此地空餘黄鶴樓
。黄鶴一去不復返，白雲千載空悠
悠。晴川歷歷漢陽樹，芳草萋萋鸚
鵡洲。日暮鄉關何處是？煙波江上
使人愁！
28. The old master had departed
On the back of his yellow crane!
What's left here,
Empty Tower Yellow Crane!
Yellow crane had since returned
no more.
For thousands of years,
White clouds set their sails
B'twixt heaven's vast empty
shores!
On any fine day on the stream,
Far-away trees of Han Yang
Are visible in the sun's beam.
Aromatic plants everywhere,
29. So luxuriant on Parrot Island
there!
Whose hometown now will the sun
set on?
Verily I wonder who?
An answer not forthcoming,
Misty waves on the river
Can surely, surely sadden you!
Cui Hao
近寒食雨草萋萋
著麥苗風柳映堤。
等是有家歸不得，
杜鵑休向耳邊啼。
30. 無名氏
Grass has grown in such
exuberance...
Profuse is the rain near Memorial
Day!
Mirrored in the dam are the
willows,
This wheat- seedlings- wind really
makes them sway!
But look! With homes they can
ne'er go back to,
This throng of abject miserable!
Oh, cuckoo, please,
Please leave me too!
Weep thou with such ebullient
sorrow!
32. 蜀僧抱綠绮，西下峨眉峰;為我一揮
手，如聽萬壑松。客心洗流水，餘響
入霜鐘。不覺碧山暮，秋雲暗幾重？
李白
Master Jun with Lu Yee harp in his
arms
Descended Mount Emei.
Down the west slope descended he!
With one stroke he made such sound
As wondrous magic came to be!
His music can blow your mind, like a
wind
That combed through ten thousand
33. pines!
The languishing stream thus created
Washed away all desires in my heart.
Desires utterly detached,
And desires became unrelated!
Then came the Finale,
Unto which frost-chimes gained entry.
Lost in this music most divine, found I
On the emerald mountain, last beam
die!
Thereupon I wondered,
“How many layers now,
Are formed of the dimming autumn
clouds ?”
Li Bai
35. This stream has flowed
For ten years,- oh well,
Ever since floating clouds -
Bade each other farewell!
United again today,
Albeit with no changes -
In our old joyous ways!
Looking at our own hair,
So much whiter and rarer,
We all are!
Why this return for the north,
gentle friend?
Leaving me behind, as alone as
one can?
Here on River Huai,
So blankly staring am I!
36. Ah, here on Huai River,
Stare I into autumn hills forever!
WEI YINWU
古臺揺落後，秋日望鄉
心。野寺人來少，雲峰水隔深。
夕陽依舊壘，寒磬滿空林。惆悵南
朝事，長江獨至今。
劉長卿
37. Ascending, on an autumn
day
This ancient tower of
desertion,
Is truly a sure way
To rouse your homesick
emotions!
Here a remote temple
With few visitors stands.
There, a deep river
divides
Cloud-capped mountains.
The setting sun is
attached
To the citadel ruins
still,
While cold temple chimes
38. The empty forest fill!
South Dynasty's sad tales
are no more,
Yet the great Yangtze
Is still roaring along the
shores!
Liu Changqing
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海上生明月, 天涯共此時。情人怨
遙夜，竟夕起相思。滅燭憐光滿，
披衣覺露滋。不堪盈手贈，還寢夢
隹期。
39. 張九齡
7/4/16, 11:30 AM - Ben Lau 劉大城:
A bright moon is born of
the sea.
From here till land's end,
This beauteous moment share we!
Lovers must hate lying awake,
Missing each other through the night!
Loving the full moon,
She blows out the light.
She puts on the gown,
As she feels the heavy dew around.
Gifting this moon to him
With both hands she can't.
She hopes to step into dreams,
Wherein they can meet again!
Zhang Jiu Ling
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40. 西陸蟬聲唱，南冠客思侵。那堪玄鬢影，
來對白頭吟。露重飛難進，風多響易沉。
無人信高潔，誰為表予心？
駱賓王
From the west wing, thou cicada,
I hear thee sing!
And this prisoner's
Home-sickness is aroused!
Can I be so unmoved by thee,
Thou glimpse of jet-black
cloud?
Crying out thy heart,
High up in the air,
Plaintively whispering to me,
One of greying hair!
"So hard to fly!-
41. "When heavy dew presses on wings!"
"As wind turns noisy,
"My voice’s just drowned out!"-- you
sing.
Since no one can believe
Thou possess nobility,
Would they understand though,
My admiration for thee ?
LUO BIN WANG
久為簪组累，幸此南夷謫。閑依農圃鄰，
偶似山林客。暁耕翻露草，夜榜響溪石。
來往不逢人，長歌楚天碧。
柳宗元
Superb calligraphic master, also a great poet...
Long had I been burdened
By my officialdom!
Thus I'm so glad
With this south-bound demotion!
Whenever I'm free,
42. Socialize would I
With nearby peasantry!
A forest dweller occasionally
Myself I turn out to be!
At dawn I plough,
And I turn over the dewy grass.
At dusk I create such noise,
As my moving boat
With the brook stones crash!
Not a single soul
Do I see coming or going.
So full-throated praise I
The blue of the southern sky
Solo in my singing!
Liu Zong Yuen
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44. As far as the ancient road
leads,
It keeps up its invasion.
For dotty citadel ruins,
It provides gleeful
connections!
Now that we say farewell
again,
The lush grass fully
displays
Such departure emotion!
BAI JU YI
46. Night of east wind:
Fireworks explode.
Flowering a thousand trees in all,
Stars plummet,
Like a profusion of rainfall!
Treasured horses drawing wagons
Of sculpted elegance loom,
Leaving the streets fully perfumed!
Phoenix flutes carry such fine tunes-
That hold your heart in swoon!
Jade pots swirl,
Wildly, wildly reflecting the moon!
Night then becomes a dance
Of fish and glorious dragons.
And the night magic's on!
Lovely dames pass me by,
In their jackets of golden threads,
Gleefully chatting and laughing,...
And their light-footed treads,
Behind with a perfume trail leaving!
47. A thousand times sought her-- I,
Amidst the crowd of bodies and heads,
But have I so lost track, alas!
Suddenly with a turn of my head,
And behold: there she's,-- my lass!
A rather dark corner that,--
There, a dark corner's
Where my love's at!
Xin Qi Ji
流落征南將，曾驅十萬師。罷歸無
舊業，老去戀明時。獨立三邊靜，
輕生一劍知。茫茫江漢上，日暮何
所之？
劉長卿
48. Behold this poor migrant,
Who once conquered
The southern lands!
A hundred thousands
Was he put in command.
After the war,
He's no longer
A commander of men.
Now in his old age,
Cherishes he still
The enlightened days!
He stands alone with peace
On all three sides.
Only his sword knows
He's not afraid to die!
Ah, on the vast river wide,
With the sun setting,
49. Where will he go?
Wherefore he wanders,-- why?
LIU CHEUNG QING
清平樂 晏殊
紅箋小字，説盡平生意，鴻雁在雲
魚在水，惆悵此情難寄。斜陽獨倚
西樓，遙山恰對簾鉤。人靣不知何
處，綠波依舊東流。
Qing Ping Le Yan Shu
50. With small characters
Written on red letter pad.
Nothing in my bosom
Is left unsaid.
With hong yan in cloud
And fish within water,
I fear though,
My feeling for thee
Are ne'er delivered!
Alone at sunset
I look out from Tower West.
Oh, alone do I look! --
Distant hills happen to face
The curtain hook!
Where gone are thou,
Dream girl lil ?--
Ne'er was I told!
51. Flowing eastward still
Are these currents emerald!
鳯凰臺上鳯凰遊，
鳯去臺空江自流。
吴宮花草埋幽徑，
晉代衣冠成古丘。
三山半落靑天外，
二水中分白鷺州。
總為浮雲能蔽日，
長安不見使人愁。
李白
52. On Phoenix Tower,
There dwelled a true Phoenix once.
When Phoenix departed,
Tower was deserted!
Of wondrous Phoenix--
There is none!
Undeterred though,
Is the great river in its run!
A quiet path's buried in full
By growing plants and flowers
From out the Palaces of Wu!
Jin Dynasty's many notables,--
An ancient mound's formed
From countless state funerals.
There stands three mountains,
Half of whose forms,--
Are found beyond green heaven!
Here flow the two streams,
53. As river was divided midway
By Egret Island to this day!
Floating clouds always
Block the sun brilliant.
Ah, much sadden am I,
Not being in sight of Chiang An--
The Capitol Magnificent!
Li Bai
54. 清川帶長薄，車馬去閑閑。流水如
有意，暮禽相與還。荒城臨古渡，
落日滿秋山。迢遞嵩高下，歸來且
閉闗。
王維
Oh, what carefree art!
Along a clear brook,
In the deep forest,--
What cruise on horse-drawn cart!
The gushing stream
Senses my feeling,
And home-bound birds
Do fly with me-- it seems,
In this wondrous evening!
Ancient dock by a deserted town,
Autumn hills,
55. See how they are filled,--
With dying beam at sundown!
Farther away is home,
At the foot of magnificent Song,
Coming home,
Gladly will I close my gate,
Just too glad to be alone!
Wang Wei
56. 一路經行處，莓苔見履痕。白雲依
靜渚，春草閉閒門。過雨看松色，
隨山到水源。溪花與禪意，相對亦
忘言。
劉長卿
Along the way can be seen
All over the moss my foot-
prints.
White clouds linger by the quiet shore.
Spring grass blocks a restful door!
To view the after-rain
Freshness of the pines
I follow the mountains
Where the water-source I find.
Brook flowers in this Zen moment,
Render me speechless,--
They are such exuberance!
Liu Chang Qing--
57. 高閣客竟去，小園花亂飛。參差連曲陌，
迢遞送斜暉。腸斷未忍掃，眼穿仍欲歸。
芳心向春盡，所得是沾衣。
李商隱
Departed is the stranger
Who dwelled in the tower high...
Petals from his small garden wildly fly!
Crooked paddy paths,--
They randomly land upon.
Waving their farewell last
To the setting sun beyond.
Too heartbroken to sweep them away!
Seeing how they wish
They can come back some other days!
Ah, wondrous hearts of
noble fragrance!
58. Thou has set me in dismay.
The death of Spring already saddens,
I must also shed tears for
thy fate!
Li Shang Yin
北山白雲裏，隱者自娛悦。
相望始登高，心隨雁飛滅。
愁因薄霧起，興是清秋發。
時見歸村人，沙行渡頭歇。
60. So scaled I the stiff cliff
high.
Trailing the yans in flight
All my desires died.
Yet sadness did linger
With the light mist's rise...
While my passion was
inspired
By a clear Autumn sky!
Resting by the dock,
Home-bound villagers saw
I,
As walking on sand
Had made them tired!
Far beyond were trees,
61. Looking like chestnut
grass.
Oh, they appeared so t-i-n-
y!
By the shore was an island
Shaping like the moon.
Shall we come here,- and
bring wine?
Oh, it'd better be soon!
We shall then get high,
In celebration of the
Double-nine!
Meng Hao Ran
(Double -nine is a festival that falls on the ninth day of the ninth month.
To celebrate it, people all over China leave their towns for the
mountains.)
63. 野老與人爭席罷，海鷗何事
更相疑？
8/14/16, 2:40 PM - Ben
Lau 劉大城: 王维
Prolonged rain with its
dampness
Has delayed the fire for
cooking
In the vast empty forest.
Being prepared are meals
64. For those laboring in the
east field.
Over the patterned paddy
I see an egret flying.
In summer wood's deep
shades
An oriole merrily sings.
Morning at the mountain
meditation
Hibiscus is in my
contemplation.
Under the pines,
I enjoy a vegetarian meal,
And I pluck a sunflower
with dew.
65. This old man of the wild is
done--
Worldly competition he
has with none.
Why then- oh, gull from
the sea!
Remains thou so
suspicious of me?
WANG WEI
