Li Bai: Accompany Li Hua With Mid-Level Official Jia: No. 5

 

Accompany Li Hua With Mid-Level Official Jia, Travel to Dongting Lake: Five Poems: No. 5

 

陪 族 叔 刑 部 侍 郎 哗 及 中 书 贾 舍 人 至 游 洞 庭: 五 首
帝 子 潇 湘 去 不 还
空 馀 秋 草 洞 庭 间。
淡 扫 明 湖 开 玉 镜
丹 青 画 出 是 君 山。
Pei Zu Shu Xing Bu Shi Lang Hua Ji Zhong Shu Gu She Ren Zhi You Dong Ting: Wu Shou

(5)
Di zi xiao xiang qu bu huan
Kong yu qiu cao dong ting jian
Dan sao ming hu kai yu jing
Dan qing hua chu shi jun shan.

 

Accompany Li Hua With Mid-Level Official Jia, Travel to
Dongting Lake: Five Poems: No. 5

Two palace ladies who jumped into the confluence of the Xiao and Xiang rivers will not come back
All that remains are empty Dongting autumn grasses.
They sweep the lake clean to open up a clarity, a jade mirror
Small lake islet suitable for a red and green painting.

 

Notes:

Xiao and Xiang: The Xiao feeds into the Xiang, which is a large tributary to the Changjiang in Henan Province.