Author Bai Juyi, Tang Dynasty,
Translation comparison
In a piece of autumn grass that was grayed by frost, insects were whispering, and everyone around the mountain village disappeared.
Looking at Noda from the front door alone, the moon is in the sky and the flowers are like snow.
Vernacular translation
In a gray autumn grass beaten by frost, insects are whispering, and pedestrians around the mountain village are extinct. I came to the front door alone and looked at the fields. I saw the bright moon shining on the endless buckwheat field. The buckwheat flowers on the ground are like a dazzling snowflake.
2. Lack of problems
Liu Yuxi, a poet in Tang Dynasty
The old friend is far away, and the dust under the window is full of piano.
Sitting on a bottle of wine, I wish I could pour it.
The curtain is sparse and bright, and the dew is heavy and deep.
The world and the public, at this time, no responsibility.
Vernacular translation
After a long separation, the guqin under the window has not been played for a long time, and it has already been covered with dust. I pour my own wine and drown my sorrows. I didn't expect it to be boring to drink alone, and my sorrows are hard to disappear. I can't pour wine, but my heart is unbearable. At this time, the night is deep, people are awake, and the cold invades the room through the sparse curtains.
Looking into the distance, I saw fireflies flickering in the night, and the night was quiet and wide; Get up and wander in the courtyard, revealing more cold and wet clothes. All images and sounds between heaven and earth have touched feelings. At this time, the loneliness and depression in my heart are gradually piling up, and my heart seems unbearable.
3. Gushan Mountain in northern Jiangsu
Wang Wan, a poet in Tang Dynasty
Under the blue mountain, my boat and I meandered along the green water.
Until the river bank widens at low tide, and no wind blows my lonely sail.
... night gives way to the ocean of the sun, and the old year melts in freshness.
Finally, I can send my messenger, Wild Goose, back to Luoyang.
Vernacular translation
Travelers pass through the desolate Gubei Mountain, and ships follow the blue river. At high tide, the banks of the river are flush with the river and very open. Sail before the wind just hung the sail high.
The night is not over, a red sun has risen from the sea, spring is early on the river, and the old year has not passed the New Year. How to convey a letter sent to my hometown? Goose returning to the north, please help me take it home and bring it back to Luoyang.
4. Tomb-Sweeping Day wine
Song Dynasty: Gaozu
There are many tomb fields in the north and south hills, and the Qingming sweeps each other.
Paper ashes fly into white butterflies, and tears are dyed into red azaleas.
When the sun goes down, the fox sleeps in front of the grave, and the children smile at the lights when the night returns.
As long as you are alive, enjoy your wine and indulge yourself. In the grave after your death, you can't taste a drop.
Vernacular translation
On Qingming Day, people are busy sweeping graves and offering sacrifices to sweep the south and north of Nanshan. Burned paper ash flies around like a white butterfly and cries sadly, just like a cuckoo will spit out blood when it cries. At dusk, the silent cemetery is desolate, and only the fox sleeps on the grave. At night, the children who came back from the grave laughed and laughed in front of the lights.
Therefore, people should drink when they are alive, and enjoy when they are blessed. After death, how could a drop of wine from a child's grave ever flow to the underworld?
5. Spring outing
Song Dynasty: Mausoleum
Children in Spring City went for a spring outing and went upstairs drunk and laughing.
How much meaning do you have in your eyes? Why don't you understand your spring worries?
Vernacular translation
In spring, the children in the city indulge in spring outing, lean on the high platform when they are slightly drunk, and climb up the tall building with a smile. Eyes full of falling flowers, people give birth to many feelings of cherishing spring, why no one knows the sadness of spring leaving and spring coming!