1. Original poem:
Spring Journey to Qiantang Lake
Bai Juyi
To the west of Jia Pavilion in the north of Gushan Temple, the water surface is flat at the feet of clouds. Low.
Early orioles are vying for warmth in several places, and new swallows are pecking at the spring mud.
The wild flowers are becoming more and more charming, and only in Asakusa can there be no horse hooves.
My favorite lake is the east side of the lake, with its green poplar shade and white sand embankment.
2. Translation:
From the north of Gushan Temple to the west of Jia Ting, the spring water on the lake has just reached the level of the embankment, and the white clouds hang low, connecting with the waves on the lake.
In several places, the early orioles are vying to fly to the trees warmed by the sun, and the newly arrived swallows are building nests with mud in their mouths.
The numerous and colorful spring flowers are gradually enchanting people's eyes, and the shallow spring grass can just cover the horse's hooves.
I love the beautiful scenery on the east side of West Lake the most. I can’t get enough of it, especially the white sand embankment under the shade of green willows.
3. About the author:
Bai Juyi (772-846), also known as Xiangshan layman in his later years, was born in Xinzheng, Zhengzhou, Henan. He was a great realist poet in the Tang Dynasty of my country. His poems have a wide range of themes, diverse forms, and simple and popular language. He is known as the "Poetry Demon" and the "Poetry King". He became a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and a doctor of Zuo Zanshan. There is "Bai's Changqing Collection" handed down from generation to generation, and his representative poems include "Song of Everlasting Sorrow", "Charcoal Seller", "Pipa Play" and so on. Bai Juyi's ancestral home is Shanxi and Shaanxi. He was born in Xinzheng, Zhengzhou, Henan, and was buried in Luoyang. The Bai Juyi Former Residence Memorial Hall is located in the suburbs of Luoyang. Baiyuan (Bai Juyi's Tomb) is located at Pipa Peak in Xiangshan Mountain, south of Luoyang City.