Jueju Free Mood, No. 3 of 9 (I Know Well That My Thatched Hut)
Du Fu
Du Fu
漫兴
熟知茅斋绝低小
江上燕子故来频
衔泥点污琴书内
更接飞虫打著人
熟知茅斋绝低小
江上燕子故来频
衔泥点污琴书内
更接飞虫打著人
màn xìng
shú zhī máo zhāi jué dī xiǎo
jiāng shàng yàn zǐ gù lái pín
xián ní diǎn wū qín shū nèi
gèng jiē fēi chóng dǎ zháo rén
shú zhī máo zhāi jué dī xiǎo
jiāng shàng yàn zǐ gù lái pín
xián ní diǎn wū qín shū nèi
gèng jiē fēi chóng dǎ zháo rén
Know well thatched building very low small
River on swallows therefore come often
Hold in mouth mud bit dirt zither books inside
Furthermore catch flying insects hit person
River on swallows therefore come often
Hold in mouth mud bit dirt zither books inside
Furthermore catch flying insects hit person
I know well that my thatched hut is very low and small,
Because of that, the swallows on the river often come.
The bits of mud they bring in their mouths get into my zither and books,
And trying to catch the flying insects, they drive them into me.
Because of that, the swallows on the river often come.
The bits of mud they bring in their mouths get into my zither and books,
And trying to catch the flying insects, they drive them into me.
View Chinese text in traditional characters.
Other Chinese poems about Nature.
This poem is volume (juàn) 227, no. 6 in the Complete Tang Poems (quán táng shī). It is translated as poem CC in Hung, p. 176, and on p. 63 of Hinton.
Hinton, D. (1990) The Selected Poems of Tu Fu. London, Anvil Press Poetry.
Hung, W. (1952) Tu Fu: China's Greatest Poet. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press.
