Both poems have 42 words.
The fisherman Liu Zongyuan
The fisherman stayed near the west rock at night, and at dawn he burned the bamboos in clear water.
The cigarettes were sold out and no one was seen at sunrise. Alas, the mountains and rivers were green.
Looking back at the middle stream under the sky, the unintentional clouds are chasing each other on the rocks.
Translation
The fisherman rested against the Western Mountain at night, drank the clear Xiang River in the morning, and used Chu bamboo as firewood for cooking.
The sun came out, the clouds and mist cleared away, and no one could be seen. The sound of oars came from the green mountains and waters.
Looking back, the fishing boat has drifted downwards on the horizon, and the white clouds on the mountains are floating freely, chasing each other.
Creative background
Liu Zongyuan wrote this landscape poem in Yongzhou (now Lingling, Hunan). In 806 AD (the first year of Yuanhe of Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty), Liu Zongyuan was demoted to Yongzhou for participating in the Yongzhen Reform. His ambitions turned into smoke. He suffered a heavy political blow and devoted himself to the mountains and rivers of a foreign land. He wrote the famous "Eight Years of Yongzhou". """, and wrote many poems praising the lakes and mountains of Yongzhou area, "The Fisherman" is one of the representative works.
"Farewell at Jinling Wine Shop"
Author: Li Bai
The wind blows the willow flowers and fills the shop with fragrance, and Wu Ji presses wine for guests to taste.
The disciples of Jinling came to see each other off, and everyone drank wine if they wanted to do it or not.
Please ask me about the flowing water in the east. I don’t know who is good or bad with it.
Translation
The spring breeze blew catkins, the hotel room was filled with fragrance, and the maid brought out the fine wine and urged me to taste it carefully.
Young friends from Jinling came to see him off one after another. Whether they want to leave or stay, they all enjoy their joys and sorrows.
Please ask me, which one is more long-term, eastward flowing river, farewell or flowing water?
Creative background
This poem is dated to the 14th year of Kaiyuan (726) of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. In the autumn of the year he left Shu, Li Bai traveled to Jinling (today's Nanjing, Jiangsu Province) and stayed there for about half a year. In the spring of the fourteenth year of Kaiyuan, the poet went to Yangzhou. Before leaving, his friends bid farewell to him in the hotel. Li Bai wrote this poem to say goodbye.