Winding River (1)
Du Fu
Du Fu
曲江二首 (一)
一片花飞减却春
风飘万点正愁人
且看欲尽花经眼
莫厌伤多酒入唇
江上小堂巢翡翠
花边高冢卧麒麟
细推物理须行乐
何用浮名绊此身
一片花飞减却春
风飘万点正愁人
且看欲尽花经眼
莫厌伤多酒入唇
江上小堂巢翡翠
花边高冢卧麒麟
细推物理须行乐
何用浮名绊此身
qū jiāng èr shǒu (yī)
yī piàn huā fēi jiǎn què chūn
fēng piāo wàn diǎn zhèng chóu rén
qiě kàn yù jìn huā jīng yǎn
mò yàn shāng duō jiǔ rù chún
jiāng shàng xiǎo táng cháo fěi cuì
huā biān gāo zhǒng wò qí lín
xì tuī wù lǐ xū xíng lè
hé yòng fú míng bàn cǐ shēn
yī piàn huā fēi jiǎn què chūn
fēng piāo wàn diǎn zhèng chóu rén
qiě kàn yù jìn huā jīng yǎn
mò yàn shāng duō jiǔ rù chún
jiāng shàng xiǎo táng cháo fěi cuì
huā biān gāo zhǒng wò qí lín
xì tuī wù lǐ xū xíng lè
hé yòng fú míng bàn cǐ shēn
One petal blossom fly reduce but spring
Wind flutter ten thousand points now sorrow person
Now watch soon exhaust flower pass eyes
Not satisfied much wine enter lip
River on little hall nest halcyon bird
Decorative border high tomb lie unicorn
Careful investigate natural law must seek joy
What use undeserved reputation trip up this body
Wind flutter ten thousand points now sorrow person
Now watch soon exhaust flower pass eyes
Not satisfied much wine enter lip
River on little hall nest halcyon bird
Decorative border high tomb lie unicorn
Careful investigate natural law must seek joy
What use undeserved reputation trip up this body
Each piece of flying blossom leaves spring the less,
I grieve as myriad points float in the wind.
I watch the last ones move before my eyes,
And cannot have enough wine pass my lips.
Kingfishers nest by the little hall on the river,
Unicorns lie at the high tomb's enclosure.
Having studied the world, one must seek joy,
For what use is the trap of passing honour?
I grieve as myriad points float in the wind.
I watch the last ones move before my eyes,
And cannot have enough wine pass my lips.
Kingfishers nest by the little hall on the river,
Unicorns lie at the high tomb's enclosure.
Having studied the world, one must seek joy,
For what use is the trap of passing honour?
View Chinese text in traditional characters.
Other Chinese poems about Nature, Spring and Age.
Note: This poem probably dates from around 758, after the government had recaptured Chang'an (Owen p. 424).
This poem is volume (juàn) 225, no. 16 in the Complete Tang Poems (quán táng shī). It is translated as poem CIII in Hung, p.129, and on p. 34 of Hinton and p. 424 of Owen.
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.
Owen, S. (1996) An Anthology of Chinese Literature: Beginnings to 1911. New York/London, W. W. Norton.
