[updated September 2022]
Send This Letter to Hubei For Mr. Zhu Shouchang: (Full River Needlework)
寄 鄂 州 朱 使 君 寿 昌： 满 江 红
江 汉 西 来，高 楼 下
蒲 萄 深 碧。
犹 自 带，岷 峨 雪 浪
锦 江 春 色。
君 是 南 山 遗 爱 守
我 为 剑 外 思 归 客。
对 此 间，风 物 岂 无 情
殷 勤 说。
“江 表 传”，君 休 读。
狂 处 士，真 堪 惜。
空 洲 对 鹦 鹉
苇 花 萧 瑟。
不 独 笑 书 生 争 底 事
曹 公 黄 祖 俱 飘 忽。
愿 使 君，还 赋 谪 仙 诗
追 黄 鹤。
Ji E Zhou Zhu Shi Jun Shou Chang: (Man Jiang Hong)
Jiang han xi lai, gao lou xia
Pu tao shen bi.
You zi dai, min e xue lang
Jin jiang chun se.
Jun shi nan shan yi ai shou
Wo wei jian wai si gui ke.
Dui ci jian, feng wu qi wu qing
Yin qin shuo.
“Jiang biao zhuan“, jun xiu du.
Kuang wai shi, zhen kan xi.
Kong zhou dui ying wu
Wei hua xiao se.
Bu du xiao shu sheng zheng di shi
Cao gong huang zu ju piao hu.
Yuan shi jun, huan fu zhe xian shi
Zhui huang he.
Send This Letter to Hubei For Mr. Zhu Shouchang: (Full River Needlework)
From the west, the Changjiang and Han Rivers flow down below
Deep green like grapes
Emei Mountain snowmelt from my native region
Produces a wide variety of spring scenery.
You are doing good things to preserve your city
I want to return home, no longer be a visitor
Hear it said, my current posts have typical scenery without feeling
But I can talk at length about my hometown.
“River Surface Biography”: you do not read it anymore
Wild, arrogant intellectuals may come to regrets
Empty islet opposite Yingwu city
Only have reed flowers remain.
Not one happy educated person, we do not need to compete with the simple-minded
General Caogong and the famous warriors have all floated away with nothing left
Wish to send to you, bestow this poem
Forget fame, write immortal poems, such as Yellow Crane, better than Li Bai.
Notes:
[The description at the end of the title identifies the name of the music which these lines are to be sung to.]
Mt. Emei: One of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China. The first Buddhist temple in China was founded here in the first century AD.
River Surface Biography: A book compiled during the Three Kingdoms period (220-280 AD) of historical stories from the nation of Wu.
General Caogong: Army General during the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
Yellow Crane: Famous poem written by Li Bai as a farewell to fellow poet Meng Haoran.