Du Mu: Rain

 

[updated October 2022]

 

Rain

 

连 云 接 塞 添 迢 递
洒 幕 侵 灯 送 寂 寥。
一 夜 不 眠 孤 客 耳
主 人 窗 外 有 芭 蕉。
Yu

Lian yun jie sai tian tiao di
Sa mu qin deng song ji liao.
Yi ye bu mian gu ke er
Zhu ren chuang wai you ba jiao.

 

Rain

Connected clouds near a strategic border stronghold, layer after layer of remoteness
Sunset drizzle approaching and a lantern dispatches isolation and loneliness.
One evening of no sleep for this solitary visitor and his ears
Outside my host’s windows there are banana leaves.