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Down Mt. Zhongnan (Translation-Chinese)
By Li Bai.
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暮從碧山下 Down the blue mountain, into evening's dale,
山月隨人歸 Escorted homeward by the beaming moon.
卻顧所來徑 At times I looked back, just to see my trail
蒼蒼橫翠微 Sink into layers of gloom and darken soon.
相攜及田家 I passed the farm then of a friend I knew,
童稚開荊扉 Heard children call me from a gate of thorn.
綠竹入幽徑 They led me by the arm through jade bamboo
青蘿拂行衣 That caught my clothing, left it ripped and torn,
歡言得所憩 So glad! So glad I was to loll in peace,
美酒聊共揮 So glad to drink to goodness with my friend,
長歌吟松風 We sang a song of wind among the trees
曲盡河星稀 With starlight our song faded to its end.
我醉君復樂 As I lay drunk, and she in bliss, then we
陶然共忘機 Forgot the world, and reeled in ecstasy.
You'll need Unicode Kanji to view these Chinese characters. (The text contains a few old characters that don't exist in Apple's Unicode Character key such as 橫)
暮從碧山下 Down the blue mountain, into evening's dale,
山月隨人歸 Escorted homeward by the beaming moon.
卻顧所來徑 At times I looked back, just to see my trail
蒼蒼橫翠微 Sink into layers of gloom and darken soon.
相攜及田家 I passed the farm then of a friend I knew,
童稚開荊扉 Heard children call me from a gate of thorn.
綠竹入幽徑 They led me by the arm through jade bamboo
青蘿拂行衣 That caught my clothing, left it ripped and torn,
歡言得所憩 So glad! So glad I was to loll in peace,
美酒聊共揮 So glad to drink to goodness with my friend,
長歌吟松風 We sang a song of wind among the trees
曲盡河星稀 With starlight our song faded to its end.
我醉君復樂 As I lay drunk, and she in bliss, then we
陶然共忘機 Forgot the world, and reeled in ecstasy.
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Down Mt. Zhongnan (Translation-Chinese)
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