Nocturnal Reflections While Travelling
Du Fu
Du Fu
旅夜書懷
細草微風岸
危檣獨夜舟
星垂平野闊
月湧大江流
名豈文章著
官應老病休
飄飄何所似
天地一沙鷗
細草微風岸
危檣獨夜舟
星垂平野闊
月湧大江流
名豈文章著
官應老病休
飄飄何所似
天地一沙鷗
lǚ yè shū huái
xì cǎo wēi fēng àn
wēi qiáng dú yè zhōu
xīng chuí píng yě kuò
yuè yǒng dà jiāng liú
míng qǐ wén zhāng zhù
guān yìng lǎo bìng xiū
piāo piāo hé suǒ sì
tiān dì yī shā ōu
xì cǎo wēi fēng àn
wēi qiáng dú yè zhōu
xīng chuí píng yě kuò
yuè yǒng dà jiāng liú
míng qǐ wén zhāng zhù
guān yìng lǎo bìng xiū
piāo piāo hé suǒ sì
tiān dì yī shā ōu
Gently grass soft wind shore
Tall mast alone night boat
Stars fall flat fields broad
Moon rises great river flows
Name not literary works mark
Official should old sick stop
Flutter flutter what place seem
Heaven earth one sand gull
Tall mast alone night boat
Stars fall flat fields broad
Moon rises great river flows
Name not literary works mark
Official should old sick stop
Flutter flutter what place seem
Heaven earth one sand gull
Gentle breeze on grass by the shore,
The boat's tall mast alone at night.
Stars fall to the broad flat fields,
Moon rises from the great river's flow.
Have my writings not made any mark?
An official should stop when old and sick.
Fluttering from place to place I resemble,
A gull between heaven and earth.
The boat's tall mast alone at night.
Stars fall to the broad flat fields,
Moon rises from the great river's flow.
Have my writings not made any mark?
An official should stop when old and sick.
Fluttering from place to place I resemble,
A gull between heaven and earth.
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Other Chinese poems about Age.
Note: The date of this poem is uncertain; most commentators date it to 765, while Hung and Hawkes prefer 767 (Hawkes p. 201).
This poem is volume (juàn) 229, no. 9 in the Complete Tang Poems (quán táng shī). It is translated as poem 32 in Hawkes, pp. 200-202, poem CCCXXXVIII in Hung and poem 100 in Watson, p. 118, and on p. 105 of Hinton.
Hawkes, D. (1967) A Little Primer of Tu Fu. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Hinton, D. (1990) The Selected Poems of Tu Fu. London, Anvil Press Poetry.
Hung, W. (1952) Tu Fu: China's Greatest Poet. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press.
Watson, B. (2002) The Selected Poems of Du Fu. New York, Columbia University Press.
Other Chinese poems about Age.
Note: The date of this poem is uncertain; most commentators date it to 765, while Hung and Hawkes prefer 767 (Hawkes p. 201).
This poem is volume (juàn) 229, no. 9 in the Complete Tang Poems (quán táng shī). It is translated as poem 32 in Hawkes, pp. 200-202, poem CCCXXXVIII in Hung and poem 100 in Watson, p. 118, and on p. 105 of Hinton.
Hawkes, D. (1967) A Little Primer of Tu Fu. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Hinton, D. (1990) The Selected Poems of Tu Fu. London, Anvil Press Poetry.
Hung, W. (1952) Tu Fu: China's Greatest Poet. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press.
Watson, B. (2002) The Selected Poems of Du Fu. New York, Columbia University Press.