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江雪，柳宗元

千山鳥飛絕， 萬徑人蹤滅。
孤舟簑笠翁， 獨釣寒江雪。


English Translation

River Snow by Liu Zongyuan

A thousand mountains
Where no birds fly.
Ten thousand paths
Where human footprints are no more.

A solitary boat,
An old man in reed cloak, bamboo hat –
Fishing alone
In the cold river snow.
_________________
Don't imitate me;
it's as boring
as the two halves of a melon.

[[FAFAFA]]

江雪，柳宗元

千山鳥飛絕， 萬徑人蹤滅。
孤舟簑笠翁， 獨釣寒江雪。


English Translation

River Snow by Liu Zongyuan

A thousand mountains
Where no birds fly.
Ten thousand paths
Where human footprints are no more.

A solitary boat,
An old man in reed cloak, bamboo hat –
Fishing alone
In the cold river snow.
_________________
Don't imitate me;
it's as boring
as the two halves of a melon.

[fanfan]

River Snow is Liu Zongyuan’s most famous poem. The scene unrolls like a Chinese painting, revealing one layer at a time: silent mountains – empty paths – solitary boat – old man fishing – snowy river.
_________________
Don't imitate me;
it's as boring
as the two halves of a melon.

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River Snow is Liu Zongyuan’s most famous poem. The scene unrolls like a Chinese painting, revealing one layer at a time: silent mountains – empty paths – solitary boat – old man fishing – snowy river.
_________________
Don't imitate me;
it's as boring
as the two halves of a melon.

[ericcoliu]

A Chinese critic once wrote, "The twenty words (Chinese words) make twenty layers, yet the poem is all of one piece."

More importantly, hidden in the poem is Liu's view of himself as a lonely outcast, frozen out in a cold world.
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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

[[ericcoliu]]

A Chinese critic once wrote, "The twenty words (Chinese words) make twenty layers, yet the poem is all of one piece."

More importantly, hidden in the poem is Liu's view of himself as a lonely outcast, frozen out in a cold world.
_________________
Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

[戴玨]

Great poem, good translation.
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[[Edgar]]

Great poem, good translation.
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[fanfan]

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[robarts]

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[fanfan]

Good suggestion.

Here is Witter Bynner's Translation:

RIVER-SNOW

A hundred mountains and no bird,
A thousand paths without a footprint;
A little boat, a bamboo cloak,
An old man fishing in the cold river-snow.
_________________
Don't imitate me;
it's as boring
as the two halves of a melon.

[[FAFAFA]]

Good suggestion.

Here is Witter Bynner's Translation:

RIVER-SNOW

A hundred mountains and no bird,
A thousand paths without a footprint;
A little boat, a bamboo cloak,
An old man fishing in the cold river-snow.
_________________
Don't imitate me;
it's as boring
as the two halves of a melon.

[dundas]

[[dundas]]

[fanfan]

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[fanfan]

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[东西]

Good translation.

What follows is my poetic response growing out of my fishing experience:

The dark forest
where no birds fly by

The winding paths
where human tracks are gone

A boad floating on the lake

A man in raincoat fishing alone
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East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.

[[东西]]

Good translation.

What follows is my poetic response growing out of my fishing experience:

The dark forest
where no birds fly by

The winding paths
where human tracks are gone

A boad floating on the lake

A man in raincoat fishing alone
_________________
East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.

[fanfan]

Thanks for reading and your poetic response.

What follows is another translation by Burton Watson:

From a thousand hills, bird flights have vanished;
one ten thousand paths, human traces wiped out:
lone boat, an old man in straw cap and hat,
fishing alone in the cold river snow.
_________________
Don't imitate me;
it's as boring
as the two halves of a melon.

[[FFFFFF]]

Thanks for reading and your poetic response.

What follows is another translation by Burton Watson:

From a thousand hills, bird flights have vanished;
one ten thousand paths, human traces wiped out:
lone boat, an old man in straw cap and hat,
fishing alone in the cold river snow.
_________________
Don't imitate me;
it's as boring
as the two halves of a melon.

[fanfan]

I've revised my translation again.
_________________
Don't imitate me;
it's as boring
as the two halves of a melon.

[[FAFAFA]]

I've revised my translation again.
_________________
Don't imitate me;
it's as boring
as the two halves of a melon.