Chinese Poem- Meng Haoran and Li Bai-from Chinese-poems.com

To Zhang, Climbing Orchid Mountain on an Autumn Day
Meng Haoran and Li Bai

North mountain white cloud in Hermit self happy please Mutual see try climb high Heart like goose fly fade Sorrow reason dusk increase Desire be clear autumn cause Now see return villagers Sand walk crossing edge rest Heaven edge tree like grass River bank islet like moon When bring wine bring Together drunk near Yang festival

The northern mountain is hidden in white cloud, A happy place for hermits to retire. So we can meet, I try to climb the heights, My heart is fading like a goose in flight. My sorrow's prompted by the creeping dusk, But then clear autumn spurs on my desires. At length we see the villagers return, They walk the sand and rest at the river crossing. The trees against the sky are like shepherd's purse, An islet by the shore just like the moon. I hope you have some wine to celebrate, We'll spend the autumn festival drunk together.

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Viewing Heaven's Gate Mountains
Li Bai

Heaven gate middle cut Chu River open Green water east flow reach here turn Both banks blue mountain mutual face out Lonely sail one disc sun beside come

The River Chu cuts through the middle of heaven's gate, The green water flowing east reaches here then swirls. On either bank the blue hills face towards each other, The flatness of a lonely sail comes from by of the sun.

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