Poems of Tang and Song DynastieP

I love Chinese classical poems very much．As we know，China is the hometown of poetry．Poetry is the treasure of Chinses literature．Since 3000 yeas ago Chinese have had our own poems，Tang and Song Dynasties saw the prosperous times．We all have read a lot of poems in Chinese，maybe few people have read them in English，now I＇introduce four poems of Tang and Song Dynasties．

Farewell to Meng Haoran in Guangling

Li Bai

Leaveing the Yellow Crane Pavilion，

you set out to the east to Yangzhou，

the mist covering the water，

the flowers making a blaze of March colors

against a single sail fading into the blue distant skies…

Only waves of the Yangtze River

Come in sight rolling toward the horizon．

Seeing off Xin Jian near Furong

Wang Changling

The chilly rain keep falling

all night on the Wu River…

The dawn comes with me

seeing off my friend

against the Wu mountains

which of all a sudden，

appear solitary

“If my folks and friends

ask about me in Luoyang，tell them:

An ice-pure heart，a jade vase．

Ten Years (To the Tune of Jiangchengzi)

Su Shi

Ten years，ten years:

notingness

between life and death．

I try not to think，but I forget not．

The solitary grave，thousands of miles away．

where else can I tell the sorrow of my heart?

You would not recognize me if we met:

my face dust-covered，

my temples frost white．

Last night , the dream brought me back

to our old home ,

where , by the small window，

you were applying your make-up

we gazed at each other in silence，

our tears flowing，

It must be the same heart-breaking scence，

year after year ,

the bright moon night，

the short pine hill．

Meeting across the Milky Way ( To the Tune of Queqiaoxian )

Qin Guan

Through the varying shapes of delicate clouds,

the sad message of the shooting stars,

a silent journey across the Milky way,

one meeting of the cowherd and weaver,

amidst the golden autumn wind and jade-glistening dew,

eclipses the countless meetings,

in the mundane world.

The feeling soft as water ,

the ecstatic moment unreal as a dream,

how can one have the heart to go back

on the bridge of magpies?

If the two heart are united forever,

why do the two person need to stay

together——day after day,

night after night.