Samuel coleridge
Suddenly, Khan came to the capital.
Ordered the construction of a magnificent palace of happiness;
There is a sacred river in this place, Aphrodite.
Through the unfathomable entrance,
Direct current flows into the ocean without sunlight.
Fiona Fang has five miles of fertile soil,
Surrounded by towers and walls:
There are gardens where winding streams and rivers shine.
The flowers in the branches of the garden are in full bloom and fragrant;
There are forests as old as mountains here,
Surrounded by patches of grassland and sun-covered grassland.
But, ah! That deep and strange huge valley.
Inclined along the green hills, across the cypress trees under the umbrella cover!
Savage places, sacred and occupied-
In the dim moonlight, it seems that there are women haunting.
Cry for her devil lover!
Under the huge ravine, endless noise is boiling and surging,
It seems that the earth is beating rapidly and violently.
From this huge ravine, a fierce underground spring keeps spewing out;
Between intermittent bursts,
Stones jump like jumping hail,
Or like a rice picker patting a pinch of new rice;
From these dancing stones, all the time
Flowing from the sacred stream.
Moving wildly, winding for five miles,
Sacred streams flow through canyons and forests,
So he came to the unfathomable cave gate,
Sinked into the dead sea in the noise;
From that voice, I will hear it from a distance.
The cry of ancestors heralds war!
The palace of happiness has a reflection
Wandering in the middle of water waves;
You can hear the harmonious rhythm here.
From springs and caves.
This is a miracle, a rare skill,
A sunny and comfortable palace, together with a snow cave and an ice room!
Once I saw it in a vision.
A girl with a desima piano;
That's an Abyssinia girl,
She plays music on the piano,
Singing Mount Abercrombie.
If I can have it again
Her music and singing,
I will feel deep joy,
I want to use loud and long music.
Build a palace of happiness in the air,
Sunshine courtyard, snow cave ice room!
Anyone who hears music can see the palace.
They will all shout: Look out! Watch out!
His fluttering hair, his shining eyes!
Weave a circle, surround him three times,
Close your eyes, with sacred fear,
Because he has been eating nectar like honey,
I have been drinking the nectar of heaven.
(translated by Tu An)
Xanadu-Kublai Khan
Author: samuel taylor coleridge
Kublai Khan in Xanadu
Solemn happy dome decree:
Where the sacred Alf River passes.
Through caves that humans can't measure
Run to the ocean without sunshine.
So twice five miles of fertile land
Walls and towers surround:
There are gardens, winding streams shining,
There are many fragrant trees there;
There are forests as old as hills,
Embrace the green sunshine.
But oh! That deep romantic gap
Through the cedar-covered green hills!
A savage place! Sacred and charming
Because it was haunted under the waning moon.
A woman cries for her demon lover!
From this abyss, accompanied by endless turmoil,
As if the earth in thick pants were breathing,
A powerful fountain was forced for a moment:
In his rapid semi-intermittent burst
Huge fragments arched like rebounding hail,
Or wheat grains under flail of thresher:
Among these dancing stones, forever.
It instantly set off a sacred river.
Five miles winding.
Sacred rivers run through trees and valleys,
And then reach caves that humans can't measure,
Sinked into the lifeless ocean in the chaos;
In this confusion, Kublai Khan heard from a distance
The voice of ancestors heralds war!
The shadow of the happy dome
Floating in the middle of waves;
Where do you hear about mixed measures?
From fountains and caves.
This is a miracle of rare devices,
A happy dome full of sunshine, with an ice cave inside!
A girl with a dulcimer
In an illusion, I saw:
That's a Abyssinian maid,
She played her dulcimer,
Singing Apollo Mountain.
Can I be resurrected inside?
Her symphonies and songs,
Such deep joy will win me.
Accompanied by loud and long music
I'll build a dome in the air,
That sunny dome! Those ice caves!
Everyone who hears them should see them there,
Everyone should shout, look out! Look out!
His twinkling eyes, his fluttering hair!
Go around him three times,
Close your eyes with sacred fear,
Because he lives on nectar.
Drink the milk from heaven.