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03 August 2009

白居易 Bai Juyi: 大林寺桃花 Peach Blossoms at the Dalin Temple

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POSTSCRIPT 6.6.2011, LATEST REVISION: My English rendition of this Bai Juyi poem was first posted here in August 2009. It was revised and ...
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02 July 2009

劉禹錫 Liu Yuxi: 烏衣巷 Lane of Black-Gown Mansions

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What follows is my latest translation in which I can be accused of trying to "naturalized" Chinese poetry into English by the omis...
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08 June 2009

杜牧 Du Mu: 泊秦淮 Moored on River Qinhuai

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I have been to Nanjing twice recently, both in May, and visited River Qinhuai where I imbibed no wine but tea. A little secret, the Nanjing...
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20 May 2009

杜牧 Du Mu: 贈別 2首 其2 (1- 多情卻似...) Given on Parting 2 of 2 (1- Fond are my feelings yet...)

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What follows is my latest work. Please note that I have used 2 words which are not in good currency, viz. "merry-make" and "...
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28 April 2009

劉禹錫 Liu Yuxi: 竹枝詞 二首 其一 Song of Bamboo Twigs, I of Two [*Green, O green is the willow...]

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Here is another love-song from another great Tang master. Hope you enjoy it. Liu Yuxi (772-842): Song of Bamboo Twigs, I of Two [*Green, ...
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20 March 2009

崔護 Cui Hu: 題都城南莊 At a Homestead South of the Capital City

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What follows is my latest translation. I hope you will enjoy it. Cui Hu (circa 796): At a Homestead South of the Capital City/Reminiscen...
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18 February 2009

王昌齡 Wang Changling: 芙蓉樓送辛漸 At the Lotus Inn to Bid Adieu to Xin Jian

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I hope you will enjoy this rendition, particularly "My heart is ice immaculate, abiding in a vessel pristine" to translate "一...
02 January 2009

李白 Li Bai: 黄鶴樓送孟浩然之廣陵 At the Yellow Crane Tower to Bid Meng Haoran Bon Voyage

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Happy New Year! This is the 2nd day of 2009 and I am posting 2 renditions of Li Bai's "Yellow Crane Tower" so as to report to ...
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04 December 2008

李白 Li Bai: 夜思 Night Thoughts

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POSTSCRIPT 3 (10.11.2017):  Thanks to my friend John Lau who recently urged me to reconsider my interpretation of  床 as "well railings...
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20 November 2008

賀知章 He Zhizhang: 詠柳 An Ode to the Willow

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Below is my latest translation, a quatrain by an early Tang poet He Zhizhang. He Zhizhang (659-744): An Ode to the Willow 1  Up to your...
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