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On the Lake

Xu Yuanjie 1196-1245 Orioles chatter madly in trees of red blossoms Egrets converge on a lake of tall grass Everyone loves a clear mild day Boats return at dusk on waves of flutes and drums

Hú Shàng

Xú Yuánjié 1196-1245 Huā kāi hóng shù luàn yīng tí， Cǎo cháng píng hú bái lù fēi. Fēng rì qíng hé rén yì hǎo， Xī yáng xiāo gǔ jǐ chuán guī.

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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