Su Dongpo: Proud Unyielding Fishing Specialist

 

[updated September 2022]

 

Proud Unyielding Fishing Specialist

 

渔 家 傲
千 古 龙 蟠 并 虎 踞
从 公 一 吊 兴 处.
渺 渺 斜 风 吹 细 雨。
芳 草 渡
江 南 父 老 留 公 住。
公 驾 飞 车 凌 彩 雾
红 鸾 骖 乘 青 鸾 驭。
却 讶 此 洲 名 白 鹭。
非 吾 侣
翩 然 欲 下 还 飞 去。
Yu Jia Ao

Qian gu long pan bing hu ju
Cong gong yi diao xing chu.
Miao miao xie feng chui xi yu.
Fang cao du
Jiang nan fu lao liu gong zhu.

Gong jia fei che ling cai wu
Hong luan can cheng qing luan yu.
Que ya ci zhou ming bai lu.
Fei wu lu,
Pian ran yu xia huan fei qu.

 

Proud, Unyielding Fishing Specialist

Thousand ancient dragon coils side by side with brave crouching tigers
I follow you, and together we see this Nanjing palace that has, over the centuries, developed and declined several times
Very distant, slanting wind blows light rainfall.
Fragrant grasses at the Fangcao ferry crossing
Jiangnan elders remain, do not want you to leave.

Your carriage like a chariot approaching colorful mists
With a team of two red luans, and a green one as driver
Very surprised this river islet has so many white egrets
These meat-eating, low-flying birds are not my companions
I see you have to fly away and depart from this lowly place.

 

Notes:

Jiangnan: Literally means south of the river. It is the area within Zhejiang Province south of the Changjiang mouth.

Luans: Mythological birds similar to peacocks. Noted for singing spontaneously while in paradise.