银烛秋光冷画屏
轻罗小扇扑流荧
天阶夜色凉如水
坐看牵牛织女星

Her candle-light is silvery on her chill bright screen.
Her little silk fan is for fireflies....
She lies watching her staircase cold in the moon,
And two stars parted by the River of Heaven.

This poem was one of Du Mu's poems and was written during the Tang period. It describes the beauty of an autumn night and the weather under the glitter of the stars, representing the romance of the Weaving Lady and the Cowherd.

Although not in the field of ancient poetry this is my definite favourite poem ! By a contemporary poet whose name is Sheng Zhao. It is long and should be recited with strong emotions. Read it for yourself!

●圣兆（瑞典）


活 本

上帝“创造”了一个伟大的儿子
这个儿子又拥有了无限的子孙
待人类都成为了他的孩子
天堂就和我们相见了
－－圣兆

1
地平线因大地的腐烂而默默远去
遗留下伟大的孤子
以羔羊的圣洁
讴歌自然 默守黑夜
万星俯首……

精神－－
永恒的烈焰
我再一次导读你
漆黑的血色黄昏

2
世界孕育了这样一批
伟大的多情种
为人类彻夜拚杀
置感情于首位

奉献出的不是诗歌
是鲜血
出售的不是语言
而是心灵

我们能认定－－
他（她）是一个好诗人
曾将热血慷慨地释放
效仿万物
之
生
机……

3
刚劲之骨
上乘之风
独道之韵
汇合成一种特质－－
在流水的世界
筑堤
在生浪的海域
竖
旗

烈火中长大的儿子
生命的孝子……

4
端坐在灵魂废墟上的智者
一切的构思都显得那么平庸
迟缓 如死

精神高到极处就要粉碎
概（盖）定永恒
或预备重生
再一次贡献火红


………
5
血雨腥空
糜烂四伏
仍以很美的姿态静坐
以冲天的激情畅说

这个可敬的老者
面向大海抒情
华发胜过塞北的雪

这个天真的少年
以理想和虔诚祭奠
如少女般飘向
自由的美国－－


6
天才就在我们中间
却不为我们所识
音乐从她的梦境中飘逝
生命在流……

希望的原野上映着金光
覆盖着默默而伟大的思想
十分华贵的意志
安然的身亡－－

永恒的沉睡者
不朽的光芒

7
坐在地球的表面
观看人类的内核

独立独芳的天空
运动纷繁的城市
我不知道命运的参数

世界上能否读到天国的光辉……


8
我要说在那飘香的三月
梦幻是我的宝地
我曾将青春潇洒地放逐
并伴有智慧的宝剑

生命象花
理想 磐石
那张骄傲灿烂的脸
音乐般的气质

有这样一群人
躺卧在芬芳的夜色中
看星星－－
向梦幻国盗火
抛下一文不值的快乐
投身苦难
那先天的其乐无穷的世界……


9
读着蓝天的宽广
读着大海的精深
读着绿色的希望

我们将离谁而去？


………
10
世界继续沉睡……


11
冰冷夹进怀里
想一件伤心的事
竟仍在微笑
笑容充满魅力

灵魂静如水
热血却在烈焰中镜检
脚下的碎石
也演变为
生命－－

12
那里曾是美好安身的屋宇
那里曾是精神的发祥地

13
有一个古老的故事
被艺术家镀金
拿去做成戏剧

世界需要舞台和掌声……


14
在一个死亡黑夜
一些血淋淋的诗句
涌上大地的皮肤

克制伟大的欲望
摒弃最微量的邪恶

事物以狰狞的面目重复
善者无力……

15
揭开孤独者的血衣
谛听良心的真谛（啼）

世界的麻木不足为奇


16
笑代表一种力量
就像沉默表达一种境界
许多钟情的人们
在心里埋下奇异的笑……

还有酒杯 灯盏 咒语


17
在那里遇见可怕的红色
一个伟大的灵魂在哭泣
去追踪飞逝的生命
他背着很重的东西
往目的地走
途中空无一人……

随我而来吧
自由安居于我之华巅
我非属一切隶属

自然之神－－


18
爱荡进每一处张开的毛孔
用眼睛述说语言

让我走吧
为了永久的相爱
永久的记忆

－－为了忘却的纪念


19
秋天的局面萧条
仁者抒怀
宁可选择悲剧
也不要谎言下的赞歌

那些略去戒命的圣人
用和谐立法

那些追崇善德的天才
以创造谋生……


20
闻听祈祷者的声音
世界如梦……

理性不断跳跃
灵魂展翅
爱随梦飞舞……


21
一切有关爱的宣言
一切挣脱桎梏的枷锁
人间万类不定向的内容

笑容更多地开在暖昧之地
真实的面孔丑陋
真理不由分说
良心恐怖
罪恶的形式委婉动人

哲学是一个无底深渊－－


22
一群人谈论世界的中心
世界的中心－－
却永远缺少一类人
这个四面环水的世界
从来不根植任何理论

与夜同葬的志士
美好跨越世纪

你将是若干年后
人们刻骨铭记的
－－豪华碑文
人类咏读的壮
丽
诗
篇


23
拥抱太阳
与不幸联姻……

冬天开始长长的思恋
眼前掠过最优美的景象

万物－－
洁白如雪
彩蝶翻飞
天使朦胧的影像降临
大地醉歌 ……

给我一只手
触摸天堂的形象
给我一种力
横贯天苍－－

我为爱的狂王……



24
月光 悬崖 深不可测的湖
什么是天国的光荣

相信宿命的人在啼哭
认识永恒的人
使生命－－
极早结束

打动人的莫过于悲剧
深入人心的莫过于恋情

人类周而复始……



25
仰望神圣的光芒
拟定超人的学说
百般聆听星光下的羊圈
再现一副副迷人的笑靥

栖息于大地的生者
到天堂去摘取玫瑰
领受爱的圣果
品尝美味的
醇酒－－

基督万岁 ……


90.10.21 圣兆(Shengzhao)作于北京

上帝“创造”了一个伟大的儿子
这个儿子又拥有了无限的子孙
待人类都成为了他的孩子
天堂就和我们相见了
－－圣兆

The genesis of the son of God
blessed with generations of son and daughter;
When man is brought to the logos
he walks on the step of the temple of Babel.

My God!!!!! There are toooooo many. How can one possibly choose one favorate. I will just choose one by Li Bai 李白, one by Du Fu 杜甫 and one by Li He 李贺 that I like very much. There are tons of others I like a lot by other poets

李白 - 送友人

青山横北郭，白水绕东城。
此地一为别，孤蓬万里征。
浮云游子意，落日故人情。
挥手自兹去，萧萧班马鸣。



春夜喜雨--杜甫

好 雨 知 时 节，当 春 乃 发 生。
随 风 潜 入 夜，润 物细 无 声。
夜 径 云 俱 黑，江 船 火 独 明。
晓 看 红 湿 处，花 重 锦 官 城。

金铜仙人辞汉歌并序--李贺

魏明帝青龙元年八月，诏宫官牵车西取汉孝武捧露盘仙人，欲立置前殿。宫官既拆盘，仙人临载，乃潸然泪下。唐诸王孙李长吉遂作《金铜仙人辞汉歌》。

茂陵刘郎秋风客， 夜闻马嘶晓无迹。
画栏桂树悬秋香， 三十六宫土花碧。
魏官牵车指千里， 东关酸风射眸子。
空将汉月出宫门， 忆君清泪如铅水。
衰兰送客咸阳道， 天若有情天亦老。
携盘独出月荒凉， 渭城已远波声小。

My favorite lyrics are mostly by Su Shi 苏轼 and Li Yu 李煜. Other lyricists like Li Qing Zhao 李清照 and Xin Qi Ji 辛弃疾，I like a lot too.

just one example from each lyricist

定 风 波
 三月七日，沙湖道中遇雨。雨具先去，同行皆狼狈，余独不觉。已而遂晴，故作此。

 莫听穿林打叶声，何妨吟啸且徐行。竹杖芒鞋轻胜马，
 谁怕？一蓑烟雨任平生。

 料峭春风吹酒醒， 微冷，
 山头斜照却相迎。回首向来萧瑟处，
 归去，也无风雨也无晴。

李煜《乌夜啼》

无言独上西楼, 月如钩。
寂寞梧桐深院锁清秋。

剪不断,理还乱, 是离愁。
别是一般滋味在心头。

蝶恋花 无题
半挽湘帘迎鸟语，景暖风薰，花底莺轻舞。愁绪自消独漫步，依依软絮眉尖抚。
斜倚阑干思巧句，裁剪新词，谁有这闲趣？暗把花间飞蝶妒，沉眠也在芬芳处！

wrote it myself...lol

遣香洞主果然是才女也，老夫十分仰慕。I like your poems very much.

This is my favorite poem:

隐士遁人间，
多向山中眠，
青萝疏麓麓，
碧涧响连连，
腾腾且安乐，
悠悠自清闲，
免有染世事，
心净如白莲。

(But not written by me)

呵呵，先生是清高之人？非我等凡夫俗子。^_^

《云竹》
桌前幽拢千团云，纤管萦绕滴翠莹。
窗外满园皆秋色，屋中一盆独自青。

：）

here's another one by su shi. found a link with a great explanation, but unfortunately, no translation.

念奴嬌 赤壁懷古
蘇軾 (東坡)

大江東去，浪淘盡，千古風流人物。
故壘西邊，人道是，三國周郎赤壁。
亂石崩雲，驚濤裂岸，捲起千堆雪；
江山如畫，一時多少豪傑。
遙想公瑾當年，小喬初嫁了，雄姿英發，
羽扇綸巾，談笑間，強虜灰飛煙滅。
故國神遊，多情應笑我，早生華發。
人生如夢，一尊還酹江月。

da4 jiang1 dong1 qu4, lang4 tao2 jin4, qian1 gu3 feng1 liu2 ren2 wu4
gu4 lei3 xi1 bian1, ren2 dao4 shi4, san1 guo2 zhou1 lang2 chi4 bi4
luan4 shi2 beng1 yun2, jing1 tao1 lie4 an4, juan3 qi3 qian1 dui1 xue3
jiang1 shan1 ru2 hua4, yi1 shi2 duo1 shao3 hao2 jie2
yao2 xiang3 gong1 jin3 dang1 nian2, xiao3 qiao2 chu1 jia4 le5, xiong2 zi1 ying1 fa1
yu3 shan4 lun2 jin1, tan2 xiao4 jian1, qiang2 lu3 hui1 fei1 yan1 mie4
gu4 guo2 shen2 you2, duo1 qing2 ying4 xiao4 wo3, zao3 sheng1 hua2 fa3
ren2 sheng1 ru2 meng4, yi1 zun1 huan2 lei4 jiang1 yue4.


(not my translation)

The endless river eastward flows;
With its huge waves are gone all those
Gallant heroes of bygone years.
West of the ancient fortress years
Red Cliff where General Zhou Yu won his early fame
When the Three Kingdoms were in flame.
Jugged rocks tower in the air
And swashing waves beat on the air
Rolling up a thousand heaps of snow.
To match the hills and the river so fair,
How many heroes brave of yore
Made a great show!

OR

The Yangtze flows east
Washing away
A thousand ages of great men
West of the ramparts --
People say --
Are the fables Red Cliffs of young Chou of the Three Kingdoms
Rebellious rocks pierce the sky
Frightening waves rip the bank
The backwash churns vast snowy swells --
River and mountains like a painting
how many heroes passed them, once ...

Think back to those years, Chou Yu --
Just married to the younger Chiao --
Brave, brilliant
With plumed fan, silk kerchief
Laughed and talked
While masts and oars vanished to flying ash and smoke!
I roam through ancient realms
Absurdly moved
Turn gray too soon --
A man's life passes like a dream --
Pour out a cup then, to the river, and the moon

【譯文】

長江朝東流去，千百年來，所有才華橫溢的英雄豪傑，都被長江滾滾的波浪沖洗掉了。那舊營壘的西邊，人們說：那是三國時周郎大破曹兵的赤壁。陡峭不平的石壁插入天空，驚人的巨浪拍打著江岸，卷起千堆雪似的層層浪花。祖國的江山啊，那一時期該有多少英雄豪傑！遙想當年周公瑾，小喬剛剛嫁了過來，周公瑾姿態雄峻。手裏拿著羽毛扇，頭上戴著青絲帛的頭巾，談笑之間，曹操的無數戰船在濃煙烈火中燒成灰燼。神遊於故國（三國）戰場，該笑我太多愁善感了，以致過早地生出白髮。人的一生就象做了一場大夢，還是把一杯酒獻給江上的明月，和我同飲共醉吧！



全詞賞析：

大江東去，浪淘盡，千古風流人物——起句寫長江給人以雄奇壯麗之感，“大江東去”是眼前江景，用以起興。日夜江聲，滾滾滔滔，使人感到歷史的流逝，對往昔英雄人物無限懷念。

這句是作者觸景生情，面對滾滾波濤，感到歷史的流逝，有如東去的江水，不禁引起對歷史英雄人物的緬懷。這兩句既寫江景，又點明懷古，從大處落筆，寫得氣勢磅礴，感情飽滿。“浪淘盡”三字，把作者憑吊古戰場的心情含蓄有力地表達出來。這樣開頭也爲下面描繪赤壁和緬懷周瑜做了環境的烘托和氣氛的渲染。

故壘西邊，人道是：三國周郎赤壁——此一句除要達到點明題意之目的，其根本則在於通過對赤壁地理位置和歷史人物周瑜的述說，引出對三國戰事的回憶，而自然聯想到赤壁之戰宏偉的戰鬥場面。“故壘西邊”兩句，指明懷古的特定時代、人物和地點，引入對古戰場的憑吊。作者這樣寫，是通過聯想自然而巧妙地把讀者引到這段歷史的回顧中去了。

亂石穿空，驚濤拍岸，卷起千堆雪——正面描寫赤壁的景色。從中不難想象出當時戰鬥的激烈和周瑜統領水軍英勇善戰的戰鬥風姿。山勢險峻、參差錯落的山岩直指天空，狂奔的巨流洶湧澎湃，猛烈地衝擊著岩石。這是何等的雄奇景觀！這裏只用十三個字，便從形、聲、色幾方面生動地勾畫出這個古戰場的壯麗雄奇的圖景，表達了作者熱愛祖國江山的感情，同時也爲下面歌頌周瑜做了鋪墊和蓄勢。

江山如畫，一時多少豪傑——作者從神遊中又回到現實。英雄人物已經隨著長江水而流去了，只剩下如畫的江山和無所建樹的“我”。

此兩句，一承上，一啓下，由描景過渡到寫人，十分自然。“一時多少豪傑”是虛寫，既照應開頭“千古風流人物”，也爲下闋寫周瑜作了鋪墊。

上闕即景抒懷，通過描寫古戰場，引起對古代英雄人物的緬懷。

遙想公瑾當年，小喬初嫁了，雄姿英發。羽扇綸巾，談笑間，檣櫓灰飛煙滅——這一段具體描寫千古風流人物中的周瑜。作者沒有直接寫周瑜的胯下馬、掌中槍，而是武官文寫：周瑜年輕英俊、氣概俊偉、雍容嫻雅、指揮若定的儒將風度。這充分顯示出周瑜的傑出指揮才幹和蔑視強敵的英雄氣概。作者著力寫周瑜其目的全在於憑吊古人以抒自己大志難酬的鬱悶愁苦的情懷。周瑜年輕有爲，建功立業名垂青史，而自己年近半百，功業無成卻又遭貶。如此之磨難自然會哀愁的。他也只有借古來自我排遣了。

故國神遊，多情應笑我，早生華髮——此句表達了作者極其矛盾和苦悶的心情。面對大好河山，緬懷周瑜少年得志，又深受孫權信賴，年輕時便建功立業，而自己雖有抱負，但有志難伸，毫無作爲，相比之下，無限感慨。心情由激昂奮發轉入消極苦悶。

人生如夢，一尊還酹江月——結尾句，一方面表現出作者消極悲觀的情緒，這是作者階級局限性和時代局限性的反映。在封建社會裏一旦人們主宰不了自己的命運，卻常常用達觀來解決理想和現實之間的矛盾。作者也不例外。同時也應看到另一面，那就是還不失追求功業的豪邁心情。

下闕著重寫人，借對周瑜的仰慕，抒發自己功業無成的感慨。

《念奴嬌》中的周瑜形象爲何與《三國演義》中的大不相同？蘇軾筆下的周瑜年輕有爲，文采風流，江山美人兼得，春風得意，且有儒將風度，指揮若定，膽略非凡，氣概豪邁 。《三國演義》中的周瑜形象既有聰明能幹的一面，又有狹隘嫉妒的一面，且無“羽扇綸巾” 儒將風度。兩部作品對同一人物的刻劃各有其妙，且都已深入人心。不必追究誰更接近歷史真實。但一定要理解，蘇軾詞中如此刻劃周瑜、讚頌周瑜，意在懷古傷今，抒發自己年將半百而功業無成的感慨。



《念奴嬌·赤壁懷古》是蘇軾的代表作品之一，被後人譽爲“千古絕唱”。此詞意境高遠，氣勢磅礴，格調雄渾，其境界之宏大，前所未有。作品以空前的氣魄和藝術力量塑造出一個英氣勃發的人物形象，表達了作者的昂奮的豪情和曠達的思緒。

1、結構嚴謹：開頭寫赤壁的景色，中間寫周瑜的戰功，最後寫作者的感歎。這幾部分的聯繫很密切，過渡很自然，用“遙想”過渡到第二部分，用“故國神遊”過渡到第三部分，前後很巧妙地串成一片。

2、成功地描寫了赤壁戰場雄奇的景色。

3、塑造出一位“雄姿英發”的英雄人物——周瑜。這樣的英雄形象在文人詞裏還是首創，開拓了詞的境界。

豪放的風格：

詞風飄逸豪放。創作視野較爲廣闊，反映的社會生活較寬闊、深刻；氣象恢弘雄放，格調高昂、健康；喜用詩文的手法、句法寫詞，語詞宏博，用事較多；不拘守音律，然而有時失于粗疏平直。

《木蘭辭》

唧 唧 復 唧 唧 ji1 ji1 fu4 ji1 ji1
木 蘭 當 戶 織 mu4 lan2 dang1 hu4 zhi1
不 聞 機 杼 聲 bu4 wen2 ji1 zhu4 sheng1
唯 聞 女 嘆 息 wei2 wen2 nuu3 tan4 xi2
問 女 何 所 思 wen4 nuu3 he2 suo3 si1
問 女 何 所 憶 wen4 nuu3 he2 suo3 yi4
女 亦 無 所 思 nuu3 yi4 wu2 suo3 si1
女 亦 無 所 憶 nuu3 yi4 wu2 suo3 yi4
昨 夜 見 軍 帖 zuo2 ye4 jian4 jun1 tie3
可 汗 大 點 兵 ke3 han4 da4 dian3 bing1
軍 書 十 二 卷 jun1 shu1 shi2 er4 juan3
卷 卷 有 爺 名 juan3 juan3 you3 ye2 ming2
阿 爺 無 大 兒 a1 ye2 wu2 da4 er2
木 蘭 無 長 兄 mu4 lan2 wu2 zhang3 xiong1
願 為 市 鞍 馬 yuan4 wei2 shi4 an1 ma3
從 此 替 爺 征 cong2 ci3 ti4 ye2 zheng1

東 市 買 駿 馬 dong1 shi4 mai3 jun4 ma3
西 市 買 鞍 韉 xi1 shi4 mai3 an1 jian1
南 市 買 轡 頭 nan2 shi4 mai3 pei4 tou2
北 市 買 長 鞭 bei3 shi4 mai3 chang2 bian1
朝 辭 爺 孃 去 chao2 ci2 ye2 niang2 qu4
暮 宿 黃 河 邊 mu4 su4 huang2 he2 bian1
不 聞 爺 孃 喚 女 聲 bu4 wen2 ye2 niang2 huan4 nuu3 sheng1
但 聞 黃 河 流 水 鳴 濺 濺 dan4wen2 huang2 he2 liu2 shui3 ming2 jian4 jian4
旦 辭 黃 河 去 dan4 ci2 huang2 he2 qu4
暮 至 黑 山 頭 mu4 zhi4 hei1 shan1 tou2
不 聞 爺 孃 喚 女 聲 bu4 wen2 ye2 niang2 huan4 nuu3 sheng1
但 聞 燕 山 胡 騎 聲 啾 啾 dan4 wen2 yan4 shan1 hu2 qi2 sheng1 jiu1 jiu1
萬 里 赴 戎 機 wan4 li3 fu4 rong2 ji1
關 山 渡 若 飛 guan1 shan1 du4 ruo4 fei1
朔 氣 傳 金 柝 shuo4 qi4 chuan2 jin1 tuo4
寒 光 照 鐵 衣 han2 guang1 zhao4 tie3 yi1
將 軍 百 戰 死 jiang1 jun1 bai3 zhan4 si3
壯 士 十 年 歸 zhuang4 shi4 shi2 nian2 gui1

歸 來 見 天 子 gui1 lai2 jian4 tian1 zi3
天 子 坐 明 堂 tian1 zi3 zuo4 ming2 tang2
策 勳 十 二 轉 ce4 xun1 shi2 er4 zhuan3
賞 賜 百 千 強 shang3 ci4 bai3 qian1 qiang2
可 汗 問 所 欲 ke3 han4 wen4 suo3 yu4
木 蘭 不 用 尚 書 郎 mu4 lan2 bu4 yong4 shang4 shu1 lang2
願 借 明 駝 千 里 足 yuan4 jie4 ming2 tuo2 qian1 li3 zu2
送 兒 還 故 鄉 song4 er2 hai2 gu4 xiang1

爺 孃 聞 女 來 ye2 niang2 wen2 nuu3 lai2
出 郭 相 扶 將 chu1 guo1 xiang1 fu2 jiang1
阿 姐 聞 妹 來 a1 jie3 wen2 mei4 lai2
當 戶 理 紅 妝 dang1 hu4 li3 hong2 zhuang1
阿 弟 聞 姐 來 a1 di4 wen2 jie3 lai2
磨 刀 霍 霍 向 豬 羊 mo2 dao1 huo4 huo4 xiang4 zhu1 yang2
開 我 東 閣 門 kai1 wo3 dong1 ge2 men2
坐 我 西 閣 床 zuo4 wo3 xi1 ge2 chuang2
脫 我 戰 時 袍 tuo1 wo3 zhan4 shi2 pao2
著 我 舊 時 裳 zhao2 wo3 jiu4 shi2 chang2
當 窗 理 雲 鬢 dang1 chuang1 li3 yun2 bin4
對 鏡 貼 花 黃 dui4 jing4 tie1 hua1 huang2
出 門 見 伙 伴 chu1 men2 jian4 huo3 ban4
伙 伴 皆 驚 惶 huo3 ban4 jie1 jing1 huang2
同 行 十 二 年 tong2 xing2 shi2 er4 nian2
不 知 木 蘭 是 女 郎 bu4 zhi1 mu4 lan2 shi4 nuu3 lang2

雄 兔 腳 撲 朔 xiong2 tu4 jiao3 pu1 shuo4
雌 兔 眼 迷 離 ci2 tu4 yan3 mi2 li2
兩 兔 傍 地 走 liang3 tu4 bang4 di4 zou3
安 能 辨 我 是 雄 雌 an1 neng2 bian4 wo3 shi4 xiong2 ci2





唧唧又唧唧，木蘭對著門織布，沒有聽到織布機的聲音，只聽到她的嘆息聲。問她想什麼？問她想起什麼？「我也沒有想什麼，我也沒有想起什麼，昨晚看到徵兵的文書，可汗大規模徵募兵源，一卷又一卷的召集令中都有父親的名字，父親沒有大兒子，木蘭沒有兄長，願意去買鞍馬，從此替父親出征。」


到東市買駿馬、到西市買座墊和墊褥、到南市買馬籠頭、到北市買長鞭。早晨告別父母離開，晚上住在黃河旁邊，沒有聽到爺娘呼喚女兒的聲音，只聽到黃河濺濺的流水聲；沒有聽到爺娘呼喚女兒的聲音，只聽到燕山敵人馬匹啾啾的叫聲。

趕赴萬里機密性的軍事行動，像飛一樣度過重重關口與山嶺。北方的寒氣傳來打更的梆子聲，寒冷的月光照在鐵甲戰袍上。身經百戰的將軍戰死了，經過十年的征戰，壯士終於凱旋歸來。

回來見天子，天子高坐明堂。依照所記的功勳升到極高的職位，賞賜成千成百。可汗問她想要什麼？「木蘭無意作尚書郎，希望借我日行千里的精壯駱駝，送我回故鄉。」

爺娘聽到女兒回來，出城迎接。姊姊聽到妹妹回來，對著門急急化妝。弟弟聽到姊姊回來，趕緊磨刀宰殺豬羊。打開我東閣的門，坐我西閣的床。脫我戰時的衣袍，穿上舊時的衣裳。對著窗整理鬢髮，對著鏡子貼上花黃。出門看同袍，同袍都驚訝道：「一同生活了十二年，不知木蘭是女郎？」


雄兔雌兔腳步一樣跳躍，目光一樣模糊。當兩兔靠近在地面奔跑時，又如何能夠辨別雄雌？


《木蘭辭》的體裁介紹

樂府民歌的風格是樸質爽朗而又剛健，而膾炙人口的就是其中的表表者。《木蘭辭》 主要以五言為主，也夾雜少量七言、九言的句子，所以是一首雜言詩。


《木蘭辭》是北方民間敘事詩的傑作，許多家誦戶曉的木蘭從軍故事，都是根據木蘭辭改編來的。原詩文字創造了木蘭這位女英雄的形象。作者在刻畫這形象時，用現實生活的描寫來烘托，同時採用了濃厚的民歌情調。


《木蘭辭》敘事明瞭，語言淺白，娓娓道出了一個女孩兒的傳奇故事，一個女孩子，在年邁的父親接到從軍令後，毅然女扮男裝替父從軍，奔赴沙場，多年的戎馬生涯漫長而艱苦，“將軍百戰死，壯士十年歸”，當告別九死一生的疆場，得到了天子的獎勵，非常意外而動人的事情發生了，木蘭辭去了一切官爵與利祿，唯一願望是回家鄉。終於回家了，欣見久別重逢的親人。最戲劇性的場面出現了，當木蘭脫去戰袍，穿上自己的女兒裝，出門招呼送她回故里的伙伴，伙伴個個驚呆了，原來他們朝夕相處的木蘭是個女孩兒！

有很多人上戰場是因為宏大的理想或野心，諸如建立功名，發財升官等等，木蘭不是，她上戰場的動機非常簡單，就是替父親盡一份應盡的義務，自己為雙親盡一份孝心，如母親般地呵護年幼的弟弟。然而她的純真善良，勇敢與吃苦的犧牲精神，淡泊名利的超凡脫俗品格，使她成為中國傳統和文化中完美的女孩子的形象，也是後世傳誦她的根本原因。

自漢代起，民間開始修建木蘭祠，每年四月初八木蘭生日致祭，謂木蘭祠。歷經各代，香煙不絕。祠祀木蘭的廟宇遍布神州，較為遠古而著名的有安徽亳州木蘭祠、河北完縣木蘭祠、河南虞城木蘭祠、湖北黃陂木蘭祠、陝西延安萬花山木蘭祠等。

木蘭，這個因善良和孝心而勇敢的女孩兒，終因其傳奇的經歷和高貴品格而超越了人類本身，成為女性的典範，並散發著經久的神性的光彩。

found these, finally. not my translations:



bai juyi
The grass is spreading out across the plain,
Each year, it dies, then flourishes again.
It's burnt but not destroyed by prairie fires,
When spring winds blow they bring it back to life.
Afar, its scent invades the ancient road,
Its emerald green overruns the ruined town.
Again I see my noble friend depart,
I find I'm crowded full of parting's feelings.





du fu
To north and south of my hut, all is spring water,
A flock of gulls is all I see come each day.
The floral path has never been swept for a guest,
Today for the first time the rough gate opens for the gentleman.
Far from the market, my food has little taste,
My poor home can offer only stale and cloudy wine.
Consent to have a drink with my elderly neighbour,
At the fence I'll call him, then we'll finish it off.

I am not a cultured person.

Poems by Zhang Zongchang is truly inspirational, IMO.

天上闪电 (Lightning in the Sky)
忽见天上一火链，好像玉皇要抽烟。
如果玉皇不抽烟，为何又是一火链。
(A fiery chain appeared in the skies all of a sudden, it looks as if the Jade Emperor wants a cigarette. If not, then why would there be a chain fo fire?)

Glad you liked it. One day I'll be able to translate it into Chinese
KeJia Sista

No favorites, as there are simply too many wonderful poems, but here are an old and a new. Both are simple, but poignant, and these poor translations don't begin to do them justice:

---

天净沙·秋思

马致远 （元）

枯藤老树昏鸦
小桥流水人家
古道西风瘦马
夕阳西下
断肠人在天涯

"Sky Clear Sand - Autumn Reflections"
Ma Zhiyuan (Yuan dynasty)

Withered vine, old tree, returning crow
Small bridge, flowing water, someone’s home
Ancient road, west wind, thinning horse
The evening sun sinks into the west
A broken-hearted man at heaven’s edge.

*"broken-hearted" = homesick

---

繁星
冰心

七一

这些事--
是永不漫灭的回忆；
月明的园中，
藤萝的叶下，
母亲的膝上。

"A Myriad Stars"
Bing Xin

-71-

These matters --
Are forever inextinguishable memories;
Within a bright moon's garden,
Beneath the vine leaves,
Upon mother's knee.

This one is my favourit at the momment:

詩經-周南-關雎

關關雎鳩，在河之洲。窈窕淑女，君子好逑。
參差荇菜，左右流之。窈窕淑女，寤寐求之。
求之不得，寤寐思服。悠哉悠哉！輾轉反側。
參差荇菜，左右采之。窈窕淑女，琴瑟友之。
參差荇菜，左右芼之。窈窕淑女，鍾鼓樂之。

I found an English translation is here: http://www.iselong.com/english/0001/1180.htm



I can almost feel what the gentleman in the poem felt.

lol... ^_~

My favourite poem at the moment:

《题西林壁》苏轼
横看成岭侧成峰，远近高低各不同。
不识庐山真面目，只缘身在此山中

As if a mountain across or peaks sideways
The view at every angle differs
Unable to recognise the real appearance of Lu Mountain
Merely that one is inside this mountain

the one when Li Po talks about getting drunk:



"Drinking Along by the Moon" (version 1?)


花間一壺酒。 Amongst the flowers is a pot of wine;
獨酌無相親。 I pour alone but with no friend at hand;
舉杯邀明月。 So I lift the cup to invite the shining moon;
對影成三人。 Along with my shadow, a fellowship of three.
月既不解飲。 The moon understands not the art of drinking;
影徒隨我身。 The shadow gingerly follows my movements;
暫伴月將影。 Still I make the moon and the shadow my company;
行樂須及春。 To enjoy the springtime before too late.
我歌月徘徊。 The moon lingers while I am singing;
我舞影零亂。 The shadow scatters while I am dancing;
醒時同交歡。 We share the cheers of delight when sober;
醉後各分散。 We separate our ways after getting drunk;
永結無情遊。 Forever will we keep this unfettered friendship;
相期邈雲漢。 Til we meet again far in the Milky Way.


^Can't read characters but I found a translation...

《白马篇》

白马饰金羁，连翩西北驰。

借问谁家子，幽幷游侠儿。

少小去乡邑，扬声沙漠垂。

宿昔秉良弓，楛矢何参差。

控弦破左的，右发摧月支。

仰手接飞猱，俯身散马蹄。

狡捷过猴猿，勇剽若豹螭。

边城多警急，胡虏数迁移。

羽檄从北来，厉马登高堤。

长驱蹈匈奴，左顾陵鲜卑。

弃身锋刃端，性命安可怀。

父母且不顾，何言子与妻。

名编壮士籍，不得中顾私。

捐躯赴国难，视死忽如归。

James Liu's translation:

A white steed decked with a golden halter
Galloped past towards the north west.
'Who is the rider?' I enquired from a by-stander.
'A knight errant from the north' was the reply.
'He left his native district when he was young,
And spread his fame across the distant desert.
He always carries a fine sturdy bow
With arrows of bramble wood, long and short.
Pulling the string, he hits the target on the left;
Shooting from the right, he hits it again.
Looking up, he shoots an ape in flight;
Bending down, he hits the bull's-eye once more.
He is more agile than a monkey,
And as fierce as a leopard or dragon.
When alarms came from the frontier
That barbarian troops had made repeated raids,
And when a call to arms was heard from the north,
He mounted his steed and reached the frontier fort.
He rode on right into the land of the Huns [Xiongnu],
Holding the Mongol [Xianbei] tribes in high disdain.
He threw himself before the pointed swords
Without giving a thought to his own life.
He did not even worry about his parents,
Let alone his children and his wife.
His name entered the register of heroes;
His heart had no room for personal feelings.
He risked his life at a time of national disaster,
And regarded death merely as coming home.'

- Cao Zhi (AD 192-232)

星使追还不自由，
双童捧上绿琼輈
九枝灯下朝金殿，
三素云中侍玉楼。
凤女颠狂成久别，
月娥孀独好同游。
当时若爱韩公子，
埋骨成灰恨未休。

This is my favorite poem at the moment . However I can't get the meanings especially the first 4 lines very well .
Thank you for helping

昔我往矣,杨柳依依。
今我来思,雨雪霏霏。
行道迟迟,载渴载饥。
我心伤悲,莫知我哀。


a poem i favourite though i dont know the exact meaning of it. I just like the message it conveys to me. A kinda of sorrow not strong but lasting.

I like Na Lan Xing De's poems and Li Yi's poems. Na Lan lived in Qing Dynasty. Though he is a Manchurian, he absorbed Han's culture, and developed his own style. Li Yi is the last king of Southern Tang, he was so famous of his poems. The same as Li Yi, Chen Shubao is also an emperor, but he is a poet rather than a good politician, for his vulnerable Chen Dynasty was defeated by Sui Dynasty. When refer to the emperors who are not well known for their political contributions, I can list some below:

1. Chen Shubao: Chen Dynasty, poem
2. Li Yi: Southern Tang kingdom, poem
3. Song Huizong: Northern Song Dynasty, Chinese painting
4. Zhu Houcong: Ming Dynasty, Taoism
5. Zhu Youxiao: Ming Dynasty, Chinese Architect

"Li Yi" = Li Yu (李煜)?
Yes, I love his writing! Although I think his lyrics are more famous than his poems?

yes I like the 2 lines in the beginning, it expresses a kind of melancholy and sorrowful mood...
The comparison between "past 昔" and "today 今" really creates a lonely scene.

Hi! I'm from Russia and I like poems by Sun Bu-er.

A springlike autumn's balmy breeze reaches afar,
The sun shines on the house of a recluse
South of the river;
They encourage the December apricots
To burst first into bloom:
A simplehearted person
Faces the simplehearted flowers.
(translated by Tomas Cleary)

I need the chinese version poems by Sun Bu-er, I want to translate this poems bu my selth.

I'll repost when I find the original Chinese poem.

yup, after I was broke up with my girlfriend whom I had relationship with for the past four years, and occationally passed through the place where we had great joyness before, I had exactly the same feeling of the author who wrote down these lines three thousand years ago.

Jake, you will find the split topic here: http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php...view=getnewpost

If you don't like the title I've chosen, please let me know your preference and I'll edit it accordingly. Cheers!

- Mok

A poem by Matteo Ricci, dated 1601, and most certainly sung in the Ming court (accompanied on a harpsichord)

牧童遊山

牧童忽有憂，
即厭此山，
而遠望彼山之如美，
可雪憂焉。

至彼山，近彼山，近不若遠矣。

牧童、牧童，易居者寧易已乎？

汝何往而能離已乎？
憂樂由心萌，
心平隨處樂，
心幻隨處憂，
微埃入目，
人速疾之，
而爾寬於串心之錐乎？

已外尊已，
固不及自得矣，
奚不治本心，
而永安於故山也？ 古今論皆指一耳。
遊外無益，
居內有利矣！



Here's a modern english translation

The shepherd and the hill

A shepherd boy fell sad one day,
Hating the hillside on which he stood;
He thought a distant hill he saw
More beautiful by far,
And that going there would wipe away his sorrows.

So he set off to that distant hill,
But as he drew near to it
It looked less good than it had from afar.

O shepherd boy, shepherd boy,
How can you expect to transform yourself
By changing your dwelling place?

If you move away can you leave yourself behind?
Sorrow and joy sprout in the heart.
If the heart is peaceful, you'll be happy everywhere,
If the heart is in turmoil, every place brings sorrow.
A grain of dust in your eye
Brings discomfort speedily;
How can you then ignore this sharp awl
That pierces your heart?

If you yearn for things outside yourself
You will never obtain what you are seeking.
Why not put your own heart in order
And find peace on your own hillside? Old and new writers alike give this advice:
There's no advantage to roaming outside,
Keep the heart inside, for
That brings the profit.

For an example of how a musical realisation of this (and thus the first contact between western music and chinese verse) might sound like, here : http://fcharton.multiply.com/music/item/9

Francois

Thank you for that poem, Francois. I have always found the subject of the interaction between east and west fascinating.

Again...

李白

怨情
美人捲珠簾， 深坐蹙蛾眉。
但見淚痕濕， 不知心恨誰。
Li Bai

A BITTER LOVE
How beautiful she looks, opening the pearly casement,
And how quiet she leans, and how troubled her brow is!
You may see the tears now, bright on her cheek,
But not the man she so bitterly loves.



It is from The Jade Mountain: A Chinese Anthology (Being 300 Poems of the T'ang Dynasty, 618-906), translated by Kiang Kang-hu and Witter Bynner. The book was first published in 1929 and has been reprinted many times since. Bynner was also a fairly well-known poet at the time. Many consider The Jade Mountain to be his best verse.

Ah, new favourite:

摊破浣溪沙--李璟

菡萏香销翠叶残，西风愁起绿波间。还与韶光共憔悴，不堪看。
细雨梦回鸡塞远，小楼吹彻玉笙寒。多少泪珠何限恨，倚阑干。

Li Jing

The lotus blooms fades its fragrance asits emerald leaves wither,
Autumn's west wind melancholily spreads across the ripples.
Together they languishes with the beautiful times,
How can one bear?

The dizzling rain makes one dream to the time way back,
And the small chamber is penetrated with the melody of the jade "sheng"*
So many tears and how much regrets,
one leans on the railing...

*a flute like instrument

Some of my favourite poems:

菩提本无树，
明镜亦非台。
本来无一物，
何处惹尘埃。

春有百花秋有月，
夏有凉风冬有雪。
若无闲事挂心头，
便是人间好时节。

知世如梦无所求，
无所求心普空寂。
还似梦中隨梦境，
成就河沙梦功德。

This is my new favorite translation of a Chinese poem, just found it, thanks to Google automatic translation:


Li Dong Qi listen to harp Xiaodong and words to get the thing

1. Cai Xi female voice said Xiaodong
2. 10 is a missile shoot 8
3. Drafting rebels tears telling the truth!
4. Han made Heartbroken right to the customer
5. Shu-haired old cold war :
6. Yin Fei Shen stories of the whitest
7. First brush away business Strings horn plume
8. Suburbs and even frightened Mimi
9. Dong An
10. Link gods
11. Deep-tapping to genie
12. The latest statement should have more hand speed
13. Reciprocating rotation will be if intelligence
14. Powder Mountain also a aviary
15. Wanli floating clouds, overcast and sunny
16. Hiss acid underage wild-night loss
17. Hu sever abuse Oedipal Voice
18. Sichuan to net its wave
19. Bird also stop its Wong
20. Wu Chu Yuan tribal hometown
21. Actually loose dust plaintive Health
22. You ignored her former Music : special
23. Lin Yu-long wind fell watts
24. Labor Luk Sasa flying wood end
25. Lifescape Sculpture go wild deer appear under
26. East Chang'an even tuck woon
27. Phoenix pool of young Suo doors
28. Slightly from a high fame and fortune
29. Jun day and hope to have Guoqin


Here is the original:

李頎

聽董大彈胡笳聲兼寄語弄房給事


1. 蔡女昔造胡笳聲，
2. 一彈一十有八拍。
3. 胡人落淚沾邊草，
4. 漢使斷腸對歸客。
5. 古戍蒼蒼烽火寒，
6. 大荒沈沈飛雪白。
7. 先拂聲絃後角羽，
8. 四郊秋葉驚摵摵。
9. 董夫子，
10. 通神明，
11. 深山竊聽來妖精。
12. 言遲更速皆應手，
13. 將往復旋如有情。
14. 空山百鳥散還合，
15. 萬里浮雲陰且晴。
16. 嘶酸雛雁失群夜，
17. 斷絕胡兒戀母聲。
18. 川為靜其波，
19. 鳥亦罷其鳴；
20. 烏孫部落家鄉遠，
21. 邏娑沙塵哀怨生。
22. 幽音變調忽飄灑，
23. 長風吹林雨墮瓦；
24. 迸泉颯颯飛木末，
25. 野鹿呦呦走堂下。
26. 長安城連東掖垣，
27. 鳳凰池對青瑣門，
28. 高才脫略名與利，
29. 日夕望君抱琴至。


Wow, I didn't know the Tang poets were so avant-garde!
I think my favorite couplet is:

Hiss acid underage wild-night loss
Hu sever abuse Oedipal Voice

If this is what Li Qi looks like in computer translation, I wonder what the computers can do with Li Shangyin?

There is one chinese peom about 满城尽带黄金甲... anyone know the whole peom?

锦瑟无端五十弦,一弦一柱思华年。
庄生晓梦迷蝴蝶,望帝春心托杜鹃。
沧海月明珠有泪,蓝田日暖玉生烟。
此情可待成追忆,只是当时已惘然
李商隐

ok i got it from one of the threads here..... thanks

待到秋來九月八
我花開後百花殺
沖天香陣遍長安
滿城盡帶黃金甲

Oh,where have you got these words from?
I am shamed to know these words for my first time...It's really Mao's saying...

Below Chinese words are checked from internet,
I think they are perhaps the original chinese...
(It's not a poem...But in an ancient official written chinese format.(文言文))
The english translation that you quoted seems well....
(Do you know DiaoChan貂蝉?
She was considered as 1 of the 4 most beauty in Chinese history..hehe..)
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毛泽东评《三国》曰：Mao's comment on Three Kingdom

“十八路诸侯，不能杀董卓，而一貂蝉足以杀之；刘、关、张三人不能胜吕布，而貂蝉一女子能胜之。以衽席为战场，以脂粉为甲冑，以眄睐为戈矛，以颦笑为弓矢，以甘言卑词为运奇设伏，女将军真可畏哉！”

Oh,My god...This poem is known by me at the first time,too. ..shame twice...

Please see below chinese(searched from Internet) for your reference:
Sun Bu-er(孙不二) was an Taoist(道士) in Yuan dynasty(元朝).

The english translation is not too bad,but part of it is not very exactly..

I am eager to see your translation,hehe..
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孙 不 二 元 君 法 语

七言绝句(7 charactors poem)


小春天气暖风赊，日照江南处士家，催得腊梅先迸蕊，素心人对素心花。

清平乐。六盘山
---毛泽东

天高云淡
望断南飞雁
不到长城非好汉。
屈指行程二万。

六盘山上高峰，
红旗漫卷西风，
今日长缨在手，
何时缚住苍龙？

岳飛——滿江紅

Rage bristling under the cap,
I lean against the railing;
The rushing rain has ceased.
Lifting my eyes,
Towards the sky I let out a battle cry;
My blood is boiling.
Thirty years: rank and honour, just so much dust;
Eight hundred leagues: travelling with the moon and clouds.
Do not let it slip away;
When a young man"s head turns grey,
Regret will be too late.

The national insult
Is yet to be avenged;
Your servants" shame:
When will it be erased?
Let us ride the long chariots
To crush those mountain strongholds.
Glorious quest: to feast on the flesh of the invaders.
We laugh and chat and quench our thirst with Tartar blood.
Let us start
To take back our rivers and mountains,
And report to the Heavenly Palace.

I like this poem and it includes a reference to jade. I thought it would be worth translating. Please add comments and suggestions to improve translation.

Magpie bridge Immortal

Delicate clouds drift fleetingly,
Shooting star reluctantly (grudgingly) fades (departs),
Silver virtue (Han character) is very remote and obscure.
Gold wind (Feng Huang) and jade dew drop, a fortuitous (chance) meeting,
Convenient rendezvous, but the world is insecure.

Soft emotions flow like water,
Celestial (Excellent) interlude would be like a dream
Patient caution (consideration) is like a magpie bridge that provides a way out.
Strong emotions if a long relationship is desired,
Then again it could mean I must face twilight forever.

General_ZHaoyun's favourite poem is also my favourite! Li Bai (Li Po) is my favourite poet! His great genius and his good appetite for drinking really conquer me. Poet-fairy or poet immortal can only be given to him.

Hi guys,

my first post on CHF. Here's my favourite Chinese poem, from Li Bai

明月出天山，蒼茫雲海間。
長風幾萬里，吹度玉門關。
漢下白登道，胡窺青海灣。
由來征戰地，不見有人還。
戍客望邊色，思歸多苦顏。
高樓當此夜，嘆息未應閒。

The bright moon lifts from the Mountain of Heaven
In an infinite haze of cloud and sea,
And the wind, that has come a thousand miles,
Beats at the Jade Pass battlements....
China marches its men down Baideng Road
While Tartar troops peer across blue waters of the bay....
And since not one battle famous in history
Sent all its fighters back again,
The soldiers turn round, looking toward the border,
And think of home, with wistful eyes,
And of those tonight in the upper chambers
Who toss and sigh and cannot rest

I find it one of the most amazing pieces of poetry I've ever heard...

This is the poem referring to the legend of the Weaving Girl and the Cowherd and also one of my favorites. I will also try to translate it.

鹊桥仙 （词牌名）
Fairies (Immortals) of the Magpie Bridge (The name of the song/tune)

纤云弄巧，
Delicate clouds played tricks.

飞星传恨，
Shooting stars delivered their regrets.

银汉(1)迢迢暗度。
The Milky Way is too far to pass.

金风玉露一相逢，
Golden wind and jade dews met just once,

便胜却人间无数。
and it was far better than meeting many times in the human world. (2)

柔情似水，
Tender passions are like water,

佳期如梦，
and the good time is like dreams.

忍顾鹊桥归路。
(I/we) couldn't bear to look at the Magpie Bridge, the road to return home (to leave).

两情若是长久时，
When the love between two people could last forever,

又岂在朝朝暮暮。
to be together day in and day out is not necessary.

(1) 银汉 is another term for the Milky Way. Chinese term for the Milky Way is the Silver River.
(2) 金风玉露一相逢，便胜却人间无数。 I think it refered to one of the legend about the meeting of the Weaving Girl and the Cowherd in Heaven when the Cowherd was the Golden Boy (金童). Also, it means just one meeting in a long while between the two lovers are better than many human couples who are together every day, but whose heart do not belong to each other.