[updated October 2022]
Late Autumn, Want to See Recorder Yang the Seventeenth, Let’s Meet Soon at the Fan River
秋 晚 与 沈 十 七 舍 人 期 游 樊 川 不 至
邀 侣 以 官 解
泛 然 成 独 游。
川 光 初 媚 日
山 色 正 矜 秋。
野 竹 疏 还 密
岩 泉 咽 复 流。
杜 村 连 潏 水
晚 步 见 垂 钩。
Qiu Wan Yu Shen Shi Qi She Ren Qi You Fan Chuan Bu Zhi
Yao lu yi guan jie
Fan ran cheng du you.
Chuan guang chu mei ri
Shan se zheng jin qiu.
Ye zhu shu huan mi
Yan quan yan fu liu.
Du cun lian jue shui
Wan bu jian chui gou.
Late Autumn, Want to See Recorder Yang the Seventeenth, Let’s Meet Soon at the Fan River
Invite my friend to meet when I can get away from my official duties
It is okay to be so unattached and free, to be alone sometimes.
River scenery begins to attract the sunlight and it’s beauty
On time, mountain colors with the empathy for autumn.
Wild bamboo naturally dense and thin in places
Rock cliff springhead water again flows outside.
Du clan village joins up with the Jue River
Evening watch the fishing hooks in action.
Notes:
Jue River: Small river that flowed through the southwest corner of the capital city of Chang’an.