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Climbing Xie Tiao's North Tower in Xuancheng in Autumn

Li Bai 701-762 This river town looks like a painting Mountains at dusk against a clear sky Two rivers frame an unblemished mirror Twin bridges form a rainbow Kitchen smoke and winter oranges Fall colors and leafless paulownias Who thinks of climbing North Tower  Of facing the wind and remembering Xie Tiao

Qiū Dēng Xuānchéng Xiè Tiào Běi Lóu

Lǐ Bái 701-762 Jiāngchéng rú huà lǐ, Shān xiǎo wàng qíng kōng. Liǎng shuǐ jiā míng jìng, Shuāng qiáo luò cǎihóng. Rén yān hán jú yòu, Qiū sè lǎo wútóng. Shuí niàn Běilóu shàng, Lín fēng huái Xiè Gōng.

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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