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Traveling South of the Yangtze

Zu Yong 699-746 The Mountains of Chu never end The only road home is bleak Rain appears from a clear blue sky Floodwaters roar all night My sword remains by the Southern Dipper My letters buffet the distant North Wind I would send gifts of Changsha oranges But who will take them to Luoyang bridge

Jiāngnán Lǚ Qíng

Zǔ Yǒng 699-746 Chǔshān bù kě jí， Guīlù dàn xiāo tiáo. Hǎi sè qíng kàn yǔ， Jiāng shēng yè tīng cháo. Jiàn liú Nándǒu jìn， Shū jì Běifēng yáo. Wèi bào kōng tán jú, Wú méi jì Luò qiáo.

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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