Original works:
Mujiangyin (Bai Juyi)
A sunset gradually sank into the river, half green and half green.
The loveliest thing is the ninth day of September. The bright pearl's bright crescent moon is shaped like a bow.
Vernacular translation:
A sunset gradually sank into the river, and the river was half green and half brilliant red.
The loveliest thing is the night on the third day of September, with dew like beads and crescent like a bow.
Basic information of Ode to Mujiang:
Ode to Mujiang is a poem written by Bai Juyi, a poet in Tang Dynasty. This is a masterpiece of landscape writing. The poet chose two groups of scenes from sunset to the rising of the new moon to describe them, used novel and ingenious metaphors to create a harmonious and peaceful artistic conception, and expressed his deep feelings and love for nature through chanting.
The whole poem has beautiful and fluent language, fresh style, vivid, meticulous and true painting style, and its subtlety has always been praised.