觀永樂公主入番 孫逖

觀永樂公主入番        孫逖(696-761)

邊地鶯花少，年來未覺新。

美人天上落，龍塞始應春。

On Princess Yongle Marrying Off to a Feudal State Out in the Borders                                    Sun Ti (696-761)

Orioles and blossoms are scarce in the borders,

There is no swing to vernal glamour even with the turn of the year,
Descends a devastating belle from the heavens high over
The borders are now teeming with vernal splendour.

 

獨坐敬亭山 李白

獨坐敬亭山   李白(701- 762)

眾鳥高飛盡，孤雲獨去閒。

相看兩不厭，只有敬亭山。

Sitting Solitarily at Mt. Jing Ting       Li Bai (701- 762)

Birds all highly soar,

Insouciantly the forlorn piece of cloud glides over,
Leaving me with Mt. Jing Ting solitarily to savour,
We take great pleasure in being naturally paired off as boon partners.

 

洛陽道 儲光羲

洛陽道        儲光羲(唐)

大道直如髮，春來佳氣多。

五陵貴公子，雙雙嗚玉珂。

The Luoyang Road       Chu Quangxi ( Tang Poet)

As straight as hair the boulevard sprawls,
Teeming with felicitous aura its spring enthralls,
Ride in pairs the noblesse of the Capital,
Bridle bells on their coursers resound in dingles.

 

送郭司倉 王禹偁

送郭司倉         王禹偁(954-1001)

映門淮水綠，留騎主人心。

明月隨良掾，春潮夜夜深。

Seeing Off Guo the Barn Officer           Wang Yucheng (954-1001)

The azure waters of River Huai gleam on our door,

Stalling his horse as his host and admirer,
Gone will be the bright moon with this great officer,
Leaving the spring floods of the river running deeper and deeper every vesper.

 

 

 

訪袁拾遺不遇 孟浩然

訪袁拾遺不遇        孟浩然(689-740)

洛陽訪才子，江嶺作流人。

聞說梅花早，何如此地春。

Visiting Remembrancer Yuan In Vain     
Meng Haoran (689-740)  

Hoping to visit the bard in Luoyang but to no avail,

To the Daiyu Range in Jiangxi my versatile friend has been exiled,
There spring comes early so plum blossoms blow ahead of usual,
But how can the vernal scenes there be compared to the spring of our homeland in its enchanting appeals.

 

 

望秦川 李頎

望秦川       李頎(690-751)

秦川朝望迥，日出正東峰，

遠近山河淨，逶迤城闕重。
秋聲萬戶竹，寒色五陵松，
有客歸歟歎，淒其霜露濃。

Espying Qin Chuan       Li Qi (690-751)

Qin Chuan looks very very remote amidst the morning glow,

The rising sun is right over the east pinnacle,
Landscape far and near lies brisk and tranquil,
Tortuously one after another fall in line are numerous city walls,
From the bamboos in thousands and thousands of households comes rustling autumnal gale,
Autumnal tints dye deep on the pines over the Five Tombs Imperial,
Amidst such aura farers are anguished and anxious to hit their home trail,
Their angst aggravated by the heavy dews amidst autumnal chills.

 

 

 

送鄭侍郎謫閩中 高適

送鄭侍郎謫閩中     高適(700-765)

謫去君無恨，閩中我舊過，

大都秋雁少，只是夜猿多。
東路雲山合，南天瘴癘和，
自當逢雨露，行矣順風波。

Seeing Deputy Chancellor Zheng Off on His Relegation to Central Fujian                               Gao Shi (700-765)

For your relegation harbour no rancor,

Once I was also stranded thither,
In autumn wild geese there are rare,
Only ape wails rage in the vesper,
To the east of it brumes and mountains become boon partners,
To the south it’s plagued by miasma,
With the Emperor’s grace you’ll soon be restored,
All your troubles will be gone forever.