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Climbing Yueyang Tower

Du Fu 712-770 I heard long ago about Dongting Lake Here I am climbing Yueyang Tower Where Wu and Chu divide South from East Where Heaven and Earth and day and night drift Of family and friends I have no news Old and sick I live on a boat Warhorses block the northern passes My tear fall on the railing

Dēng Yuèyáng Lóu

Dù Fǔ 712-770 Xī wén Dòngtíng shuǐ， Jīn shàng Yuèyáng Lóu. Wú Chǔ dōng nán chè， Qián kūn rì yè fú. Qīn péng wú yí zì， Lǎo bìng yǒu gū zhōu. Róng mǎ Guānshān běi， Píng xuān tìsì liú.

Translator:

Red Pine-Bill Porter 赤松

Notes: From the book Poems of the Masters, China's Classic Anthology of Tang and Song Dynasty verse. One of the best, if not "the best", books of general translations of Chinese poetry. Wonderfully detailed notes on each poem and all poems are displayed in the original Chinese. Translated by Red Pine, published by Copper Canyon Press.

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