Stay Overnight in Hua Shishu
宿 花 石 戍
午 辞 空 灵 岑
夕 得 花 石 戍。
岸 疏 开 辟 水
木 杂 古 今 树。
地 蒸 南 风 盛
春 热 西 日 暮。
四 序 本 平 分
气 候 何 回 互？
茫 茫 天 地 间
理 乱 岂 恒 数？
系 舟 盘 藤 轮
杖 策 古 樵 路。
罢 人 不 在 村
野 圃 泉 自 洼；
柴 扉 虽 芜 沒
农 器 尚 牢 固。
山 东 残 逆 气
吴 楚 守 王 度。
谁 能 叩 君 门
下 令 减 征 赋？
Su Hua Shi Shu
Wu ci kong ling cen
Xi de hua shi shu.
An shu kai pi shui
Mu za gu jin shu.
Di zheng nan feng sheng
Chun re xi ri mu.
Si xu ben ping fen
Qi hou he hui hu?
Mang mang tian di jian
Li luan qi heng shu?
Xi zhou pan teng lun
Zhang ce gu qiao lu.
Ba ren bu zai cun
Ye pu quan zi wa;
Chai fei sui wu mo
Nong qi shang lao gu.
Shan dong can ni qi
Wu chu shou wang du.
Shei neng kou jun men
Xia ling jian zheng fu?
Stay Overnight in Hua Shishu
Mid-day leave from the cliffside shores of Kong Ling
By sunset I am in Hua Shishu.
From the riverbank, waters arrive from many and scattered places
From ancient times to today, many and various trees.
Vigorous southern winds blow warmth from wet earth evaporation
Till the sun sets in the west, spring heat radiates.
All four seasons seem the same
So why does this air now feel so different from the spring?
Between heaven and earth boundless and vast
Will our domestic tranquility ever return from this chaos?
My boat tethered to a part of a waterwheel mill, now covered with coiled vines
With a bamboo cane I walk on an ancient road with people gathering firewood.
Banished people appear no longer in the village
Natural spring waters create wetlands to take over uncultivated gardens.
Yet the bramble doors and weeds have been tended to
Farm implements and animal pens still strong.
Government rebel strongholds still in the eastern mountains
However, Wu and Chu areas are within imperial control.
Who can knock on their doors?
I am not a bandit or government agent here to recruit or harm you.
Notes:
Hua Shishu: Small town outside of Changsha
Wu: (12th century BC-473 BC) Located in the regions around the mouth of the Changjiang (Yangzi River) in the modern day province of Zhejiang.
Chu : (ca. 1030 BC-223 BC) Located mostly in the modern provinces of Hubei and Hunan.