[updated September 2022]
Write About the Hermit Mr. Zhang: Two Poems
题 张 氏 隐 居 ： 二 首
之 子 时 相 见
邀 人 晚 兴 留。
霁 潭 鱣 发 发
春 草 鹿 呦 呦。
杜 酒 偏 劳 劝
张 梨 不 外 求。
前 村 山 路 险
归 醉 每 无 愁。
Ti Zhang Shi Yin Ju: Er Shou
Zhi zi shi xiang jian
Yao ren wan xing liu.
Ji tan zhan fa fa
Chun cao lu you you.
Du jiu pian lao quan
Zhang li bu wai qiu.
Qian cun shan lu xian
Gui zui mei wu chou.
Write About the Hermit Mr. Zhang: Two Poems
We have often seen each other over the years
I have been invited to stay over for the night.
Clearing after the rain, deep pool of many Zhan fish
Wow! And we even have deer among the spring grasses.
Express my appreciation for your encouragement to drink your pear wine
Mr. Zhang self-sufficient, cultivates the land without any outside workers.
Difficult to get here over the roads in front of the mountain villages
Without sorrows or worry, I can return here to get drunk.
Notes:
Zhan: A large, bottom-feeding river fish. They are without scales, and native to the Changjiang (Yangzi River).