Chinese Lessons
Experiencing Chinese
Chinese Poems
Reflections on a Quiet Night
Li Bai(Tang)
Before my bed shine bright the silver beams
It seems the autunm frost on the ground so gleams
I gaze upwards toward the moon in the skies
And downwards look when a nostalgia does arise
The Ancient Prairie--Farewell to My Friend
Bai Juyi (Tang)
The prairie overflows with the grass' s rolling billows,
As the year comes and goes, it withers and grows.
The wild fire can never bum it out of view,
When the vernal breeze arises, it appears anew.
Its balmy odors drifts across the path time-worn,
Its luster of green extends to the town forlorn.
Again as I see my friend along the road depart,
I feel the grass is deep in sorrow as my heart.
On the Stork Tower
Wang Zhihuan(Tang)
Along the mountains sink the last rays of sun,
Towards the sea the Yellow River does forward go.
If you would fain command a thousand miles in view,
To a higher storey you are expected to go.
Leaving Baidi Town in Early Morning
Li Bai(Tang)
In early morn I startwhen Baidi is amid the rosy cloud
For Jianglingand travel a thousands li within a day
As the riverbanks echo still with the monkey's cry aloud
Before a myriad mountains the swift boat has glided away.
Spring Morning
Meng Haoran(Tang)
Into my slumber in spring steal beams of morning light,
And now to my ears come the voices of birds all around.
Yet I heard the sounds of winds and rains in the night,
I wonder how many flowers are fallen down to the ground.