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泊秦淮，杜牧


煙籠寒水月籠沙， 夜泊秦淮近酒家。
商女不知亡國恨， 隔江猶唱後庭花。



English Translation: Mooring on Qin Huai River


Mists veil cold water while moonlight bathes the sandbanks.
We moor near a line of river-taverns
on Qin Huai River
where singing girls know nothing
about the bitterness of a kingdom ruined
and merrily echo Flower of the Inner Court.
_________________
Don't imitate me;
it's as boring
as the two halves of a melon.

[[FAFAFA]]

泊秦淮，杜牧


煙籠寒水月籠沙， 夜泊秦淮近酒家。
商女不知亡國恨， 隔江猶唱後庭花。



English Translation: Mooring on Qin Huai River


Mists veil cold water while moonlight bathes the sandbanks.
We moor near a line of river-taverns
on Qin Huai River
where singing girls know nothing
about the bitterness of a kingdom ruined
and merrily echo Flower of the Inner Court.
_________________
Don't imitate me;
it's as boring
as the two halves of a melon.

[川生]

Nicely done. I love your translation.

[[川生]]

Nicely done. I love your translation.

[fanfan]

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[christine]

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[fanfan]

Yes, you're right. "Singing-girl" is a better translation.

"商女" was a contemporary slang for "singing-girl." In fact, many singing-girls were the daughters of merchants.
_________________
Don't imitate me;
it's as boring
as the two halves of a melon.

[[FAFAFA]]

Yes, you're right. "Singing-girl" is a better translation.

"商女" was a contemporary slang for "singing-girl." In fact, many singing-girls were the daughters of merchants.
_________________
Don't imitate me;
it's as boring
as the two halves of a melon.

[clair]

[[clair]]

[fanfan]

[[FAFAFA]]

[fanfan]

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

[[FFFFFF]]

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

[christine]

Below is another poem by Du Mu:

A NIGHT AT A TAVERN

Solitary at the tavern,
I am shut in with loneliness and grief.
Under the cold lamp, I brood on the past;
I am kept awake by a lost wildgoose.
...Roused at dawn from a misty dream,
I read, a year late, news from home --
And I remember the moon like smoke on the river
And a fisher-boat moored there, under my door.

[[christine]]

Below is another poem by Du Mu:

A NIGHT AT A TAVERN

Solitary at the tavern,
I am shut in with loneliness and grief.
Under the cold lamp, I brood on the past;
I am kept awake by a lost wildgoose.
...Roused at dawn from a misty dream,
I read, a year late, news from home --
And I remember the moon like smoke on the river
And a fisher-boat moored there, under my door.

[fanfan]

I love this poem.

Below is the original poem text:

旅宿，杜牧

旅館無良伴，
凝情自悄然。
寒燈思舊事，
斷雁警愁眠。
遠夢歸侵曉，
家書到隔年。
滄江好煙月，
門繫釣魚船。
_________________
Don't imitate me;
it's as boring
as the two halves of a melon.

[[FFFFFF]]

I love this poem.

Below is the original poem text:

旅宿，杜牧

旅館無良伴，
凝情自悄然。
寒燈思舊事，
斷雁警愁眠。
遠夢歸侵曉，
家書到隔年。
滄江好煙月，
門繫釣魚船。
_________________
Don't imitate me;
it's as boring
as the two halves of a melon.

[fanfan]

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

[[FAFAFA]]

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