宿雲門寺閣 孫逖

宿雲門寺閣      孫逖(696-761)

香閣東山下， 煙花象外幽，

懸燈千嶂夕， 卷幔五湖秋。
畫壁餘鴻雁， 紗窗宿斗牛，
更疑天路近， 夢與白雲遊。

Putting Up at the Cloud Gate Temple Chamber for the Night

Sun Ti (696-761)

Beneath the East Mountain the Chamber is nestled,

Graciously and serenely shrouded in brumes and dense foliage it’s particularly tranquil,
Under the lamplights at dusk it is thrown into relief against the countless mountain ranges and pinnacles,
Beyond rolled up curtains in the day come the Five Lakes autumnal chills,
Only wild geese are left on the faded fresco,
Through the casement stars pave a heavenly trail,
How tantalizing is such a ready path empyreal,
So in my dreams amidst the clouds I can air my heels.

 

題淮南寺 程顥

題淮南寺        程顥(1032 - 1085)

南去北來休便休， 白蘋吹盡楚江秋。  

道人不是悲秋客， 一任晚山相對愁。   

A Poem on the Huainan Temple   Cheng Hao (1032 - 1085)

Wayfarers shuttling north and south should be able here to respire,

White water-weed on the river has been by the autumnal gale swept clear,
Far from being a chronic autumnal melancholy moaner,
I sit idling in glum facing the mountain in the vesper.

 

 

 

題北謝碑 李白

題北謝碑          李白  (701- 762)

一為遷客去長沙， 西望長安不見家。  

黃鶴樓中吹玉笛， 江城五月落梅花。

 

A Poem Written on the North Plateau Stone Plate of the Yellow Crane Tower
Li Bai (701- 762)

To far-off Changsha I am relegated,

Espying from the Yellow Crane Tower trying to find the whereabouts of my home in Chang’an but to no avail,
Up here I could only play my fife in dismay,
The Falling Plum Blossoms in May is the right tune this instant of the day.

 

 

七夕 楊朴

七夕    楊朴 (宋)

未會牽牛意若何，   須邀織女弄金梭。  

年年乞與人間巧，   不道人間巧幾多。  

The Seventh Night of the Seventh Month (The Chinese Valentine’s Day)

Yang Pu (Song Poet)

What’ll be the Cowherd’s intent before their rendezvous?

Supposedly engaging the Girl Weaver to ply on her trade with her loom in use,
Every year on this day dexterity for the mankind they adjure,
How dexterous is the mankind can now be construed?

 

再遊玄都觀 劉禹錫

再遊玄都觀     劉禹錫  (772-842)

百畝庭中半是苔， 桃花淨盡菜花開。  

種桃道士歸何處， 前度劉郎今又來。  

Xuan Dou Temple Revisited        Liu Yuxi (772-842)    

Half of the hundred acre courtyard is covered with only mosses,

Peach blossoms are all gone leaving only wild flowers making the most,
What has become of the Taoist monk who first planted the peach blows,
Here returns the Liu Chen who has been exiled and demoted.

玄都觀桃花 劉禹錫

玄都觀桃花    劉禹錫  (772-842)

紫陌紅塵拂面來， 無人不道看花回。  

玄都觀裡桃千樹， 盡是劉郎去後栽。  

The Peach Blossoms of the Xuan Dou Temple    

Liu Yuxi (772-842)    

The red dust along the purple lane puff into my face,

Everybody on the way returns after having the peach blossoms to savour,
The thousand trees of peach blossoms flourishing in the temple today,
Are all planted after this Liu Chen has been alienated.

 

婕妤怨 皇甫冉

婕妤怨      皇甫冉(714-767)

花枝出建章，鳳管發昭陽。    

借問承恩者，雙蛾幾許長。    

An Imperial Concubine’s Grievance     Huangfu Ran (714-767)

Glamorous belles from the Jian Zhang Palace retire,

While tunes of the phoenix pipes from the Palace of the Glowing Sun blare,
All those who have the Emperor’s favour I wonder
Do they have a pair of eye brows longer?