Ancient poems about three old and cold friends.

Author Wang Wei? the Tang Dynasty

The empty mountains are bathed in a new rain, and feel the early autumn at night.

The bright moon shed clear light from the cracks and cleared the fountain on the rocks.

The bamboo forest is sonorous, the washerwoman returns, and the lotus leaves are swaying to get on the canoe.

Spring spring might as well give it a rest, and the autumn sun can stay on the hills for a long time.

Vernacular translation:

The empty mountain is bathed in a new rain, and the arrival of night makes people feel that it is early autumn.

The moon is clear and clear, and the clear spring is flowing.

The bamboo forest was noisy until the washerwoman came back, and the lotus leaves swayed like canoes.

The wheat straw in spring might as well let it rest, and the prince and grandson in the mountains can stay in autumn.

2. Huanxisha Right Banner Water Qingquan Temple

Author Su Shi? Song dynasty

The buds just growing at the foot of the mountain are soaked in the stream, and the sand road between the pine trees is washed away by the rain. In the evening, the rain began to trickle down, and cuckoo calls came from the pine forest.

Who says life can't go back to adolescence? The water in front of the door can also flow west! Don't bemoan the passage of old age!

Vernacular translation:

The newly sprouted buds at the foot of the mountain were soaked in the stream, and the sand road between the pine forests was washed spotless by the rain. In the evening, it began to rain lightly, and cuckoo calls came from the pine forest.

Who says life can't go back to adolescence? The stream in front of the door can still flow westward! Don't sigh how time flies when you are old!

3. Plum blossom/plum

Author Wang Anshi? Song dynasty

Translation comparison

There are some plums in the corner, and cold ling opens them alone.

I knew from a distance that it wasn't snow, because there was a smell coming.

Vernacular translation:

Several plum blossoms in the corner are blooming alone in the cold.

Why do you know from a distance that Bai Meihua is not snow? Because there is a faint plum blossom fragrance.

4. "Xuemei No.1"

Author Lu Meipo? Song dynasty

Xue Mei refused to surrender for spring, and the poet pavilion commented on the pen fee.

The snow in Mei Xu Xun is three points white, but the snow has lost a kind of plum fragrance.

Vernacular translation:

Both plum blossom and snowflake think that they have occupied all the spring scenery, and no one will give up.

It is difficult for poets to write critical articles. To be fair, plum blossoms make snowflakes crystal white, but snowflakes lose to plum blossoms.

5. Zhulou

Author Wang Wei? the Tang Dynasty

I leaned alone in the dense bamboo, playing the piano and humming a song.

It's too light for anyone to hear, except my partner, Mingyue.

Vernacular translation:

Sitting alone in a quiet bamboo forest, sometimes playing the piano and sometimes whistling.

Who knows I'm here in the jungle? Only a bright moon accompanied me quietly.

6. Bamboo stone

Author Zheng Xie? Ching Dynasty

Bamboo is not relaxed at all, its roots are firmly embedded in the cracks in the rocks.

After thousands of tortures and blows, it is still strong, whether it is the southeast wind or the northwest wind in winter, it can bear it and will still be tough and straight.

Vernacular translation:

Firmly adhere to the castle peak and not relax, originally deeply rooted in the crevices.

After many trials and tribulations, the bones are still strong and can blow the east and west and the north and south winds.