[updated October 2022]
Kaifeng River With Frozen Obstructions
汴 河 阻 冻
千 里 长 河 初 冻 时
玉 珂 瑶 佩 响 参 差。
浮 生 恰 似 冰 底 水
日 夜 东 流 人 不 知。
Bian He Zu Dong
Qian li chang he chu bian shi
Yu ke yao pei xiang cen ci.
Fu sheng qia si bing di shui
Ri ye dong liu ren bu zhi.
Kaifeng River With Frozen Obstructions
A long three hundred mile river in the season of freezing
Jade-like irregular and uneven ice floes echo the sounds of palace lady’s jewelry.
This brief and illusory life like the flowing river water under the ice
Day and night people not aware of these eastern flowing currents.
Notes:
Kaifeng: River in Jiangsu Province flowing into the Huai River.