Showing posts with label classical poems. Show all posts
Showing posts with label classical poems. Show all posts

Sunday, January 18, 2009

红豆(Love Pea)

Hóng dòu shēng nán guó, chūn lái fā jǐ zhī?
红 豆 生 南 国, 春 来 发 几 枝?
Yuàn jūn duō cǎi jié, cǐ wù zuì xiāng sī.
愿 君 多 采 撷, 此 物 最 相 思。
General meaning:
Love peas live in south China, how many buddsappear on the trees in spring?
May you pick more, for it´s exactly for love.

春晓(a Spring Dawn)

Chūn mián bù jué xiǎo, chù chù wén tí niǎo。春 眠 不 觉 晓, 处 处 闻 啼 鸟。Yè lái fēng yǔ shēng, huā luò zhī duō shǎo。夜 来 风 雨 声, 花 落 知 多 少。A spring dawn (Mèng Hàorán, a poet live in the Tang dynasty)When enjoying a sweet sleep in spring, I even can’t feel the dawn has come, but the time I hear the cry of birds.Remembering the storm yesterday, I wonder how many flowers have dropped.

静夜思(Long for my hometown in a quiet night)

Chuáng qián míng yuè guāng, yí shì dì shàng shuāng.
床 前 明 月 光, 疑 是 地 上 霜。
Jǔ tóu wàng míng yuè, dī tóu sī gù xiāng.
举 头 望 明 月, 低 头 思 故 乡。
General meaning:
White and luminous moonlight shine on my bed, but I take it as the frost on the earth.
The time I raise my head and see the moon in the sky, I can’t help being homesick.

草(the Weeds)

Lí lí yuán shàng cǎo, yí suì yì kū róng. 离 离 原  上   草, 一  岁 一 枯 荣。The luxuriant weeds in the vast and open plain, bear and die year by year.Yě huǒ shāo bú jìn, chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng.野 火  烧  不 尽,  春 风   吹 又  生。But the wild fire can’t burn them out, for every year they renascence in the spring breeze.

咏鹅(Ode to the Goose)

é, é, é, qū xiàng xiàng tiān gē.鹅, 鹅, 鹅, 曲 项 向 天 歌。Bái máo fú lǜ shuǐ , hóng zhǎng bō qīng bō.白 毛 浮 绿 水, 红 掌 拨 清 波。General meaning:Goose, goose, goose, bend its neck to sing a song.While white feather floating on the surface of the green water,red palms push the clear waves.

送友人Seeing Off My Friend, a poem from li bai(李白),who lived in Tang Dynasty

qīng shān héng běi guō
青山横北郭,
bái shuǐ rào dōng chéng
白水绕东城。
cí dì yì wéi bié
此地一为别,
gū péng wàn lǐ zhēng
孤蓬万里征。
fú yún yóu zǐ yì
浮云游子意,
luò rì gù rén qíng
落日故人情。
huī shǒu zì zī qù
挥手自兹去,
xiāo xiāo bān mǎ míng
萧萧班马鸣。