Pass By In Front of the Xianji Temple, Bumping Into Projecting Rock Outcrops, Sounds Like the Ancient Zhu Music
过 显 济 庙 前 石 矶 竹 词 并 石 矶： 二 首
大 矶 愁 似 小 矶 愁
篙 稍 宽 时 船 即 流。
撑 得 篙 头 都 是 血
一 矶 又 复 在 前 头。
Guo Xian Ji Miao Qian Shi Ji Zhu Ci Bing Shi Ji: Er Shou
Da ji chou si xiao ji chou
Gao shao kuan shi chuan ji liu.
Cheng de gao tou dou shi xie
Yi ji you fu zai qian tou.
Pass By in Front of the Xianji Temple, Bumping Into Projecting Rock Outcrops, Sounds Like the Ancient Zhu Music
Daji River boulders bring sorrows unlike the small outcroppings
The season when punt poles struggle to stay with the river flows.
These poles and their holder’s hands have bloody tops
They cannot stop before another dangerous situation comes by again.
Notes:
Ancient Zhu music: Ritual music from the Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC-256 BC) that began by the playing of a Zhu. This was a percussion instrument where a stick was struck against a box, signaling the beginning of a piece of music.