Pipashan at Longmen near Bai Juyi's home in Luoyang

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Going to the Mountains with a Little Dancing Girl, Aged Fifteen

Bai Juyi 772-846 Two top-knots not yet plaited into one. Of thirty years--just beyond half. You who are really a lady of silk and satins Are now become my hill and stream companion! At the spring fountains together we splash and play; On the lovely trees together we climb and sport. Her cheeks grow rosy, as she quickens her sleeve-dancing: Her brows grow sad, as she slows her song's tone. Don't go singing the Song of the Willow Branches, When there's no one here with a heart for you to break!

Shān Yóu Shì Xiǎo Jì

Bái Jūyì 772-846 Shuāng huán chuí wèi hé， Sānshí cái guò bàn. Běn shì qíluó rén， Jīn wéi shānshuǐ bàn. Chūn quán gòng huī nòng， Hǎo shù tóng pān wán. Xiàoróng gòng dǐ mí， Jiǔ sī fēng qián luàn. Hóng níng wǔ qiù jí， Dài cǎn gēshēng huǎn. Mò chàng Yángliǔzhī， Wú cháng yǔ jūn duàn.

Translator:

Arthur Waley 亞瑟·魏黎

Notes: Written when the poet was about sixty-five

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