Desolate poet at Xingqinggong in Xi'an

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Autumn Longing in Chang'an

Zhao Gu 815-856 Desolate cloud shaples brush past the dawn The full force of autumn descends on the palace A few fading stars and migrating geese Leaning from a tower I hear a flute Chrysanthemums are silently starting to turn purple Without their pink robes lotuses look sad Sea perch are in season but I can't go home A prisoner from Chu I wear a strange hat

Cháng'ān Qiū Wàng

Zhào Gǔ 815-856 Yún wù qī liáng fú shǔ liú， Hànjiā gōngquè dòng gāo qiū. Cán xīng jǐ diǎn yàn héng sāi， Cháng dí yì shēng rén yǐ lóu. Zǐ yàn bàn kāi lí jú jìng， Hóng yī luò jìn zhǔ lián chóu. Lúyú zhèng měi bù guī qù， Kōng dài nánguàn xué Chǔ qiú.

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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