"Lantian's over there"...but an army base makes it Off Limits

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At Mister Cui's Villa in Lantian on the Ninth

Du Fu 712-770 An old man mourning fall I try to console myself Happy to have shared this day with friends Thinking my hair too short or my headgear insecure I laughed and asked someone to fix my hat Blue water falls from a thousand distant streams Jade mountain is high and its two peaks are cold This time next year who will still be healthy Let's find some prickly ash after we get drunk

Jiǔrì Lántián Cuīshì Zhuāng

Dù Fǔ 712-770 Lǎo qù bēi qiū qiáng zì kuān， Xìng lái jīnrì jìn jūn huān. Xiū jiāng duǎn fà hái chuī mào， Xiào qiàn pángrén wéi zhèngguàn. Lán shuǐ yuǎn cóng qiān jiàn luò， Yù shān gāo bìng liǎng fēng hán. Míngnián cǐ huì zhī shuí jiàn？ Zuì bǎ zhūyú zǐxì kàn.

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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