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Written at My Wang River Retreat after a Steady Rain

Wang Wei 701-761 Steady rain deserted woods and finally kitchen smoke Steamed greens and millet for those in the eastside fields Snowy egrets fly above a sea of flooded fields Golden orioles sing in the shadows of summer trees Sitting in the mountains I regard the day's hibiscus And cut dewy mallow leaves for a meal below the pines Living in the country I've stopped fighting over seats Why then do the seagulls still suspect me

Jī Yǔ Wǎngchuān Zhuāng Zuò

Wáng Wéi 701-761 Jī yǔ kōng lín yān huǒ chí， Zhēng lí chuī shǔ xiǎng dōng zī. Mòmò shuǐtián fēi bái lù， Yīnyīn xià mù zhuǎn huánglí. Shān zhōng xí jìng guān zhāo jǐn， Sōng xià qīng zhāi zhé lù kuí. Yělǎo yǔ rén zhēng xí bà， Hǎi'ōu hé shì gèng xiāng yí？

Translator:

Red Pine-Bill Porter 赤松

Notes: From Poems of the Masters, one of the best books of general translations of Chinese poems into English. 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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