Category: The Selected and Best of Yang Wanli

Yang Wanli: Levee Partitioned Fields: Ten Poems: No. 6

Levee Partitioned Fields: Ten Poems: No. 6

圩 丁 词 十 解
年 年 圩 长 集 圩 丁
不 要 招 呼 自 要 行。
万 杵 一 鸣 千 畚 土
大 呼 高 唱 总 齐 声。

 

Wei Ding Ci Shi Jie

Nian nian wei chang ji wei ding
Bu yao zhao hu zi yao sing.
Wan chu yi ming qian ben tu
Da hu gao chang zong qi sheng.

 

Levee Partitioned Fields: Ten Poems: No. 6

Every year the long levees have to be repaired
Do not have to beckon the workers, they naturally want to help.
Thousands of large pestles cry out when packing down the earth
The farm workers and them chant and sing great sounds uttered in unison.

 

Notes:

These pestles are large and heavy cylinders of wood, manned by two people who have to raise and lower this tool together.

 

Yang Wanli: Third Month Third Day Go To the Grave of Zhong Xiang: No. 6

 

Third Day of the Third Month Go to the Grave of Zhong Xiang, Followed His Transitory and Fractured Life to Obtain These Ten Poems: No. 6

 

三 日 三 月 上 忠 襄 坟 因 之 行 散 得 十 绝 句
女 唱 儿 歌 去 踏 青
阿 婆 笑 语 伴 渠 行。
只 亏 郎 罢 忧 轻 杀
櫑 子 双 担 挈 酒 瓶。
San Yue San Ri Shang Zhong Xiang Fen Yi Zhi Xing San De Shi Jue Ju

Nu chang er ge qu ta qing
E po xiao you ban qu xing.
Zhi kui lang ba you qing sha
Lei zi shuang dan qie jiu ping.

Third Day of the Third Month Go to the Grave of Zhong Xiang, Followed His Transitory and Fractured Life to Obtain These Ten Poems: No. 6

Daughters singing their songs go out for a walk
Mothers laugh at their words, stay close to them for safety.
Lone government official father carrying all of the snacks
His pole carries the wine bottles and food containers.