Translation of Chinese Poems (2)

Candi's English Translation 
of Chinese Poems

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8. 登鸛雀楼

王之渙

Translated by Candi C. P. Liu (劉振蘋)

登鸛雀楼

Climbing the Stork Tower

Wang Zhihuan*

白日依山盡，黃河入海流；

The sun dips into the mountains

when the Yellow River keeps flowing into the sea.

欲窮千里目，更上一層樓。

To see things a thousand li* away

we need to climb up to a higher floor.

7. 江雪

柳宗元

Translated by Candi C. P. Liu (劉振蘋)

江雪

Snowy River

Liu Zongyuan*

千山鳥飛絕，萬徑人蹤滅.

All the birds have flown away from the mountains,

in which no human tracks can be seen on any path.

孤舟蓑笠翁，獨釣寒江雪.

Only an old man wearing a straw cape and a bamboo hat

is fishing alone in a boat on the snowy river.

6. 下江陵

李白

Translated by Candi C. P. Liu (劉振蘋)


下江陵

Sailing Down to Jiangling

Li Bai*

朝辭白帝彩雲間，千里江陵一日還。

I left Baidi* in the morning

when the sky was filled with colored clouds.

I will reach Jiangling* by evening, 
a thousand li* away.

兩岸猿聲啼不住，輕舟已過萬重山。

As I hear the incessant calls of gibbons*

from the banks of the Yangtze River,

my little boat has passed countless mountains.

5. 登樂遊原

李商隱

Translated by Candi C. P. Liu (劉振蘋)

登樂遊原

A Carriage Ride to Le You Yuan

Li Shangyin*

向晚意不適，驅車登古原

Feeling blue and down at dusk,

I went up to the ancient highland in a carriage.

夕陽無限好，只是近黃昏

The sunset was so beautiful,

but, alas, it would be gone very soon.

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