Autumn Meditations (6)
Du Fu
Du Fu
秋兴八首 (六)
瞿唐峡口曲江头
万里风烟接素秋
花萼夹城通御气
芙蓉小苑入边愁
朱帘绣柱围黄鹤
锦缆牙樯起白鸥
回首可伶歌舞地
秦中自古帝王州
瞿唐峡口曲江头
万里风烟接素秋
花萼夹城通御气
芙蓉小苑入边愁
朱帘绣柱围黄鹤
锦缆牙樯起白鸥
回首可伶歌舞地
秦中自古帝王州
qiū xìng bā shǒu (liù)
Qú táng xiá kǒu qū jiāng tóu
wàn lǐ fēng yān jiē sù qiū
huā è jiá chéng tōng yù qì
fú róng xiǎo yuàn rù biān chóu
zhū lián xiù zhù wéi huáng hè
jǐn lǎn yá qiáng qǐ bái ōu
huí shǒu kě líng gē wǔ dì
qín zhōng zì gǔ dì wáng zhōu
Qú táng xiá kǒu qū jiāng tóu
wàn lǐ fēng yān jiē sù qiū
huā è jiá chéng tōng yù qì
fú róng xiǎo yuàn rù biān chóu
zhū lián xiù zhù wéi huáng hè
jǐn lǎn yá qiáng qǐ bái ōu
huí shǒu kě líng gē wǔ dì
qín zhōng zì gǔ dì wáng zhōu
Qutang gorge mouth bend river bank
10,000 li wind mist join pale autumn
Calyx secret wall through imperial energy
Lotus little park enter border sorrow
Pearl curtain embroider pillar surround yellow crane
Brocade hawser ivory mast rise white gull
Turn head can regret sing dance place
Qin middle from old emperor place
10,000 li wind mist join pale autumn
Calyx secret wall through imperial energy
Lotus little park enter border sorrow
Pearl curtain embroider pillar surround yellow crane
Brocade hawser ivory mast rise white gull
Turn head can regret sing dance place
Qin middle from old emperor place
The mouth of the Qutang Gorge, the bank of the Bending River,
Ten thousand miles of wind and mist join them in pale autumn.
Through Calyx Hall's hidden passage the imperial aura passed,
Now the little Lotus Park is filled with border sorrows.
Pearls on curtains, embroidery on pillars, around the yellow cranes,
From brocade hawsers and ivory masts rise the white gulls.
I turn my head, sad now for the place of song and dance,
Qin has been since olden days the land of emperors.
Ten thousand miles of wind and mist join them in pale autumn.
Through Calyx Hall's hidden passage the imperial aura passed,
Now the little Lotus Park is filled with border sorrows.
Pearls on curtains, embroidery on pillars, around the yellow cranes,
From brocade hawsers and ivory masts rise the white gulls.
I turn my head, sad now for the place of song and dance,
Qin has been since olden days the land of emperors.
View Chinese text in traditional characters.
Other Chinese poems about Autumn.
Notes: This poem dates from 766 (Watson p. 129). The western mouth of the Qutang Gorge was at Kuizhou(Owen p. 434). The Bending River was an imperial park in Chang'an; beside it was Lotus Park, connected to the emperor's Calyx Hall by a private passage (Owen p. 437). Qin was the area around Chang'an (Watspm p. 9).
This poem is volume (juàn) 230, no. 2 in the Complete Tang Poems (quán táng shī). It is translated on pp. 437-8 of Owen and p. 83 of Hinton, and as poem 114 in Watson, pp. 137-8 and poem CCLXXXVI in Hung, p. 235.
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.
Watson, B. (2002) The Selected Poems of Du Fu. New York, Columbia University Press.
