Poems related to the Double Ninth Festival:
1. "Remembering Shandong Brothers on September 9th"
Author: Wang Wei of Tang Dynasty
Being a stranger in a foreign land, I miss my family even more during the festive season.
I know from afar that my brothers have climbed to a high place, and there is one less person planting dogwood trees everywhere.
Translation: Being a guest in a foreign land alone, I miss my loved ones even more during every festive season. Thinking back to the place where the brothers climbed up today, when planting dogwood trees everywhere, I will think that one person is missing.
2. "Climbing High in Nine Days with the Imperial Doctor"
Author: Tang Cen Shen
Nine-day yellow flower wine, I have heard it in the past when climbing high.
The power of frost drives away the inferior prime minister, and the murderous spirit approaches the central army.
The horizontal flute frightens the geese, and the sweet songs fall into the clouds.
Fortunately, everything is fine. I am drunk and dancing with you.
Translation: On the Double Ninth Festival, everyone drinks chrysanthemum wine and climbs mountains together. This is the same as the traditional custom. General Feng's command of the army is majestic and severe, which often makes people feel a chilling atmosphere.
The melancholy sound of the transverse flute frightened the geese flying south, and the beautiful singing made the clouds on the frontier descend intoxicated. At the border court, I am glad that there is no war. Thanks to your kindness, the people on guard can enjoy themselves and dance drunkenly in the army.
3. "Drinking from Longshan in Nine Days"
Author: Li Bai of Tang Dynasty
Drinking from Longshan in Nine Days, the yellow flowers smile and chase the ministers.
Drunk to watch the wind fall off the hat, dancing in love with the moon to keep people.
Translation: Nine days of feasting at Longshan, the yellow chrysanthemums in full bloom seem to be mocking me, the exiled minister. With my drunken eyes, I watched the autumn wind blow my hat off. I danced drunkenly under the moon, but the bright moon left people alone.
4. "Nine Days in Sichuan"
Author: Wang Bo of the Tang Dynasty
On September 9th, at the Wangxiang Terrace, he gave guests a cup to send off guests from a foreign land.
Human sentiment is tired of the suffering in the south, and the swan geese come from the north.
Translation: On the Double Ninth Festival, I climbed up to look back at my hometown. I was in a foreign country, setting up a banquet to see my friends off, and raising a glass, and I felt extremely sad. My heart is tired of all the sorrows of living in the south. I wonder why the swan geese still come from the north if they can't return to the north.
5. "White Chrysanthemums on the Double Ninth Festival"
Author: Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty
The garden is full of golden chrysanthemums, and there is a solitary bush in the middle that looks like frost.
It’s like today’s singing and drinking banquet, and the white-headed man enters the youth field.
Translation: The chrysanthemums in the yard are golden, but in the middle there is a cluster of flowers as white as frost, which is so lonely. Just like today's banquet, the old man went into the place where the young man went.