The Changjiang from the West Hill, across the river from Huangzhou

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Passing Huangzhou

Zhang Wentao 1764-1814 Returning in a lone boat, Spring clothes soaked with cold         night waters gloomy. Like a west flying crane         over the Great River, Under a bright moon         in a dream                 I pass Huangzhou.

Guò Huángzhōu

Zhāng Wèntáo 1764-1814 Qīng líng yī yè dú guī zhōu, Hán jìn chūn yī yè shuǐ yōu. Wǒ sì Héngjiāng xī qù hè, Yuè míng rú mèng guò Huángzhōu.

Translator:

Dongbo 東波

Notes: Zhang Wenzhou's home town was in Sichuan. He wrote this poem as he was returning up river on the Changjiang to his home in Sichuan. In a way river travel was pleasant, but on a cold damp spring morning, he must have been dreaming of a warm fire at home.

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