1. "Wang Lushan Waterfall" Tang Dynasty: Li Bai
The sun shines on the incense burner and produces purple smoke, and you can see the waterfall hanging in front of the river in the distance.
Flying down three thousand feet, it is suspected that the Milky Way has fallen into the sky.
Translation:
Purple haze rises from Xianglu Peak under the sunlight. From a distance, you can see the waterfall hanging like white silk in front of the mountain.
The plummeting waterfall on the high cliff seems to be thousands of feet long, making people feel as if the Milky Way is falling from the sky to the earth.
2. "Encouraging Learning" Tang Dynasty: Yan Zhenqing
The lights are on at three o'clock and the chickens are on at five o'clock, which is when men are studying.
Black-haired people don’t know how to study diligently early, and white-haired people regret studying late.
Translation: The best time for boys to study is between midnight and the time when the rooster crows. When I was young, I only knew how to play and didn't know how to study hard. When I get older, I regret why I didn't know how to study hard when I was young.
3. "Quequatrains" Tang Dynasty: Du Fu
Two orioles sing in the green willows, and a row of egrets ascends to the blue sky.
The window contains Qianqiu snow of Xiling, and the door is docked with a ship thousands of miles away from Dongwu.
Translation:
Two orioles sang gracefully among the green willow trees, and a neat group of egrets rushed straight into the blue sky.
I sit in front of the window and can see the snow that never melts all year round on the west ridge, and the ships that have traveled thousands of miles away from Soochow are moored in front of the door.