1. Plum Blossoms/Plums
Song Dynasty: Wang Anshi
There were several plums in the corner, and Ling Han opened them alone.
I know from afar that it is not snow, because there is fragrance coming.
2. seeing friends off
Tang dynasty: Li Bai
with a blue line of mountains north of the wall, and east of the city a white curve of water.
here you must leave me and drift away, like a loosened water-plant hundreds of miles.
I shall think of you in a floating cloud, so in the sunset think of me.
we wave our hands to say good-bye, and my horse is neighing again and again.
3. bidding a friend farewell at jingmen ferry
Tang Dynasty: Li Bai
sailing far off from Jingmen Ferry, soon you will be with people in the south.
where the mountains end and the plains begin, and the river winds through wilderness.
the moon is lifted like a mirror, sea-clouds gleam like palaces.
and the water has brought you a touch of home, to draw your boat three hundred miles.
4. Thinking on a quiet night
Tang Dynasty: Li Bai
so bright a gleam on the foot of my bed, could there have been a frost already?.
lifting myself to look, I found that it was moonlight, sinking back again, I thought suddenly of home.
5. Midnight Wu Ge Qiu Ge
Tang Dynasty: Li Bai
a slip of the moon hangs over the capital, ten thousand washing-mallets are pounding.
and the autumn wind is blowing my heart, for ever and ever toward the Jade Pass.
oh, when will the Tartar troops be conquered, and my husband come back from the long campaign!.