Su Dongpo: From Danying, Send This Letter, a Narration About Old Times: (Travel to the Fragrant)

 

From Danyang, Send This Letter, a Narration About Old Times: (Travel to the Fragrant)

 

行 香 子:丹 阳 寄 述 古
携 手 江 村
梅 雪 飘 裙。
情 何 限 处 处 消 魂。
故 人 不 见
旧 曲 重 闻。
向 望 湖 楼
孤 山 寺 涌 金 门。
寻 常 行 处
题 诗 千 首。
绣 罗 衫 与 拂 红 尘。
别 来 相 忆
知 是 何 人。
有 湖 中 月
江 边 柳 陇 头云。
Dan Yang Ji Shu Gu: (Xing Xiang Zi)

Xie shou jiang cun
Mei xue piao qun.
Qing he xian chu chu xiao hun.
Gu ren bu jian
Jiu qu chong wen.

Xiang wang hu lou
Gu shan si yong jin men.
Xun chang xing chu
Ti shi qian shou.

Xiu luo shan yu fu hong chen.
Bie lai xiang yi zhi shi he ren.
You hu zhong yue
Jiang bian liu long tou yun.

 

From Danyang, Send This Letter, a Narration About Old Times: (Travel to the Fragrant)

Together hand in hand along the river and village
Chinese plum blossoms like floating snow stuck to our clothes.
Emotions without limit, everywhere we go our souls dissipate.
Drunk with beauty, do not see old friends
Songs of the past are heard again.

Near the Wanglu Tower across the lake in the distance.
Gushan Temple and Yong Jinmen.
Wherever we go, can write a thousand poems.
(One for each different view)

Surrounded by the temptation of finely embroidered skirts.
After I left, who can recall each other:
The moon on the middle of the lake
Riverside willow trees and clouds around the temples.

 

Notes:

Dan Yang: Located inside the province of Jiangsu.

Wanglu Tower, Gushan Temple, Yong Jinmen: All located near the famous West Lake of Hangzhou.