Du Mu: Mt. Shang City Waterfall

 

[updated October 2022]

 

Mt. Shang City Waterfall

 

商 山 麻 涧
云 关 岚 彩 四 面 合
柔 柔 垂 柳 十 馀 家。
雉 飞 鹿 过 芳 草 远
牛 巷 鸡 埘 春 日 斜。
秀 眉 老 父 对 樽 酒
茜 袖 女 儿 簪 野 花。
征 车 自 念 尘 土 计
惆 怅 溪 边 书 细 沙。
Shang Shan Ma Jian

Yun guan lan cai si mian he
Rou rou chui liu shi yu jia.
Zhi fei lu guo fang cao yuan
Niu xiang ji shi chun ri xie.

Xiu mei lao fu dui zun jiu
Qian xiu nu er zan ye hua.
Zheng che zi nian chen tu ji
Chou chang xi bian shu xi sha.

Mt. Shang City Waterfall

From four sides, the clouds join the mountain mist colors
More than ten houses surrounded by very soft and gentle drooping willows.
Pheasants fly, deer pass by remote and fragrant grasses
Oxen in the lanes, chickens roost on a wall as the spring sun sets.

Elegant eyebrows of an old man opposite wine vessels and their wine.
Daughters wear home-dyed crimson sleeves and countryside hairpins.
Those making a long carriage ride naturally think of mud and dust
Disappointed, I write sayings into the fine sand of stream banks.