1. Ode on the River
Tang Dynasty: Li Bai
Mulan's Tangsha Tang Boat, with jade flutes and golden tubes sitting at both ends.
Put a thousand dendrobiums in a bottle of fine wine, and carry prostitutes wherever they go.
The immortal wants to ride on the yellow crane, but the sea traveler has no intention of following the white gull.
Qu Ping's poems and poems hang over the sun and the moon, and the King's Terrace of Chu is empty of hills.
The five mountains are shaken when I write in high spirits, and the poem becomes the smiling and proud Ling Cangzhou.
If fame, wealth and honor last forever, the Han River should also flow northwest.
Translation
On the boat with Mulan as the oar and Shatang as the boat, the music of flutes and pipes was played at both ends of the boat. The boat was loaded with fine wine and beautiful singing girls, and was allowed to drift with the current in the river. The immortals on the Yellow Crane Tower are still waiting to ride on the yellow crane to immortality, but I, a sea traveler, have no intention of hanging out with the white gulls. Qu Yuan's poems and poems still hang with the sun and the moon, but the hills where the king of Chu built the pavilions are now empty.
When I am in high spirits, I can shake the five mountains when I write. After the poem is completed, the roar of my proud voice reaches across the sea. If fame and wealth could last forever, the Han River would probably flow back to the northwest.
2. Inscribed with red leaves
Tang Dynasty: Xuanzong’s palace people
Why is the running water so fast? The palace is full of leisure.
Thank you Hong Ye diligently so that you can go to the human world.
Translation
Why does the flowing water go so quickly, but the deep palace is so peaceful all day long. I bid farewell to this red leaf diligently, leaving here so that I can go to a free home.
3. Ode to the Oriole in the Cage
Qing Dynasty: Nalan Xingde
Where is the guest in golden clothes, living in the green curtain.
If you have the intention to startle the dawn dream, but have no intention of singing the spring breeze.
The swallows wandering through the beams, whose nest is Tong on the well.
The sky will be full of clouds and wings, and the hatred will be hidden in the carved cage.
Translation
Huang Ying, where did you come from, and why were you imprisoned in this wealthy home? Your cry in the morning wakes up the owner, as if you are resisting the cage that shackles you, preventing you from singing freely in the spring breeze. The flying swallows play and fight among the beams, and the birds on the plane trees build nests freely, but you are no longer free. Flying in the sky is just a luxury wish in your heart. You can only spend a long life in a gorgeous birdcage.
4. Fisherman · The fallen phoenix pole shines red
Qing Dynasty: Nalan Xingde
The fallen phoenix pole shines red, and the autumn wind prefers shearing Hibiscus. The person is light and the water is misty, blowing into the reed piccolo.
Translation
As the sun sets, the fisherman puts away his fishing rod and prepares to go home. Even the autumn wind is gentle and refuses to let the lotus flowers wither. The misty water is misty, and the fishermen are leisurely and contented, listening to the melody of the piccolo, and being blown into the depths of the reed pond by the autumn wind.
5. Encountering a casual wind on Hehuai River
Song Dynasty: Su Shunqin
The mighty Qing Huaihe River flows, and the long wind sends the boat back home.
You should be worried about staying late at night in a noisy and humble place, and you will be free when you blow into the blue sky!
Translation
The clear Huai River is mighty and mighty, as if it merges with the Tianhe River, and the distant wind blows from thousands of miles away, blowing my little return boat. If I park my boat in a noisy and humid place at dusk, it will make me sad. May the strong wind blow my boat into the vast sea, where I can experience true freedom.