Su Dongpo: Classmate Mr. Dan, In Dexing: Three Poems: No. 3

 

[updated September 2022]

 

Classmate Mr. Dan, In Dexing, Asked Me to Compose This Poem For the Yu Family and Their Juyuan Tower: Three Poems: No. 3

 

单 同 年 求 德 兴 俞 氏 聚 远 楼 诗: 三 首
(3)
闻 说 楼 居 似 地 仙
不 知 门 处 有 尘 寰。
幽 人 隐 几 寂 无 语
心 在 飞 鸿 灭 没 间。
Dan Tong Nian Qiu De Xing Yu Shi Ju Yuan Lou Shi: San Shou

(3)

Wen shuo lou ju si di xian
Bu zhi men shi you chen huan.
You ren yin ji ji wu yu
Xin zai fei hong mie mei jian.

 

Classmate Mr. Dan, In Dexing, Asks Me to Compose This Poem For the Yu Family and Their Juyuan Tower: Three Poems: No. 3

They say living here is like living with the immortals
Ignore the mortal world outside this door.
Secluded people hidden, calm without words
Heart-mind flies with migrating geese, disappeared and removed.

 

Notes:

Dexing: City in Jiangxi Province, northeast of Zhejiang.