江南逢李龟年 jiāngnán féng lǐ guīnián 25 translations
歧王宅裏尋常見 Qí wáng zhái lǐ xún cháng jiàn, gèn L L e r L L d
崔九堂前幾度聞 Cuī jiǔ táng qián jǐ
dù wén. miən L r L L r d L
正是江南好風景 Zhèng shì jiāng
nán hǎo fēng jǐng, giæ̌ng d r L L r L r
落花時節又逢君 Luò huā shí jié yòu féng jūn! giuən e L L e d L L
Rhyme ABCB?
Chang, Edward C. (http://poetry-chinese.com/dufu7j-1b.htm) (literal)
Meeting Li Guinian
in Jiangnan
Prince Qi palace residence saw you often
Cui Jiu front hall listened to you several times
just in time south of river beautiful scenery
petals falling season meet you again
Hawkes, David A
Little Primer of Tu Fu (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1967) (literal)
On Meeting Li Kuei-nien in the South
Ch’i-prince’s home-in often see
Ts’ui Ninth’s hall-before several-times hear
truly Chiang-nan good scenery
falling flower
season again meet you
anonymous (www.chinese-poems.com) (literal)
Meeting Li Guinian South of the River
Qi prince house in ordinary see
Cui Jiu hall before several times listen
Real be river south good landscape
Fall blossom season again meet you
unknown
(titohost.itbdns.com/chinese-poet/chinese%20poem-1/1-4l7w.htm) (literal)
In Jiangnan, I meet Mr Liguinian
Qiwang residence inside frequently see
Cuijiu hall front how often hear
exactly indeed Jiangnan excellent scenery
fall flower season again meet you
Alley, Rewi Tu
Fu: Selected Poems (Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1964)
Meeting Li Kuei-Nien
in Kiangnan
Often you went to the palace
Of Prince Chi, and then you
Sang again and again for Tsui
Ti;
Kiangnan scenery is now at
Its best; as blossom falls,
So do we meet again!
Bradbury, Steven (uark.edu/~passport/archives/issue3/issue3dufu.htm)
On Meeting Li Guinian Again, South of the River
I often saw you at the palace of the prince,
And twice at Cui’s I heard you sing for hours.
This southern scenery seems colorful indeed,
When you are here among the fallen flowers.
Brownrigg, Ray (www.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/~ray/ChineseEssays)
Meeting Li Guinian in the South
At Prince Qi's palace I often saw you;
Before Cui Jiu's hall I sometimes heard you.
Southern scenery - is truly special;
As we meet again here in life's autumn.
Bynner, Witter The
On Meeting Li Guinian Down the River
I met you often when you were visiting
princes
And when you were playing in noblemen's
halls.
...Spring passes.... Far down the river now,
I find you alone under falling petals.
Chang, Edward C. (www.chinese-poems.com/d36.html)
Meeting Li Guinian South of the River
I often saw you in Prince Qi's residence.
Occasionally in the hall of Cui Jiu I watched your performance.
What a beautiful scenery right now in Jiangnan!
At the time of petals falling, I run into you once again.
Chung Yoon Ngan (www.asiawind.com/forums/read.php?f=2&i=5002&t=5000)
Meeting Li Guinian in Jiangnan
In the past, we often met at Prince Qi's official residence.
I had also heard your songs several times at Cui Jiu's house.
The scenery in the
region south of the
What a pity that I had to meet you again while you were in personal
misfortune. It was rather sad.
Cooper, Arthur R. V. Li Po and Tu Fu (Harmondsworth, Eng.:
Penguin Books, 1973)
On Meeting Li Kuei-Nien,
South of the River
Often we used to meet in Prince Ch’i’s Palace,
Or I would hear you sing at Ts’ui Chiu’s Mansion:
How fair the scene is here, South of the
River,
Where I meet you once more, the petals
falling!
“Dongbo” (www.mountainsongs.net/poem_.php?id=264)
Bumping Into Li Guinian South of the River
At the Lofty Palace
we sought each other out,
In the Nine Tower Hall
many times I heard you play.
This South of the River scenery
most certainly is grand,
Now in the autumn of our lives
again our paths cross.
Hawkes, David A
Little Primer of Tu Fu (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1967)
On Meeting Li Kuei-nien in the South
I often saw you in Prince Ch’i’s
house and heard you a number of times in the hall of Ts’ui
Ti. It’s true that the scenery in
Chiang-nan is very beautiful. And here, in the season of fallen blossoms, I
meet you once again.
He
Yefei (www.cs.uiowa.edu/~yefeihe/poetry/tu_fu_poems.html)
Meeting Li Kuei-nien
in Chiang-nan
I
often saw you in the
And many times I heard you play in the hall of Ts'ui
the ninth.
Just now in Chiang-nan, the scene is so lovely,
As blossoms fall, so do we meet again!
Hung, William Tu
Fu: China’s Greatest Poet (New York: Harvard University Press, 1952)
Meeting Li Kuei-Nien
in Chiang-nan
You were frequently seen in the mansion of
the Prince of Ch’i;
And a number of times you sang before the
hall of Ts’ui Ti.
Now when the landscape of Chiang-nan is at its best –
When flowers are falling, here we meet
again. Who could have guessed?
Jenyns, Soame A Further Selection from the Three Hundred
Poems of the T’ang Dynasty (London: J. Murray, 1944)
On Meeting Li Kuei-Nien
South of the River in the South Country
In the old days I saw you at the palace of the
Prince Ch’i,
And I often heard you before the halls of Tsui Chiu.
South of the Yangtze it is still peaceful and
the scenery is good,
And now in the time of falling blossoms I
meet you once again.
Kline, A. S. (www.tonykline.co.uk)
Meeting Li Kuei-nien South of the River.
Frequently meeting
in
Hearing you sing in
So lovely here, South of the River,
Meeting again where petals fall.
Lunde, David (www.chinapage.com/poet-e/dufu2e.html)
Meeting Li GuiNian in the South
At the home of the Prince of Qi I have often seen you,
and in the hall of Cui Jiu, I have heard you sing.
Truly these southlands boast unrivalled scenery-
to see you once again when the flowers are falling.
Watson,
On Meeting Li Guinian in the Region South of
the Yangzi
I always used to see you at Prince Qi's
mansion,
heard you how many times at Lord Cui's home?
Now when the scenery is finest here south of
the Yangzi,
that we should meet once more just as
blossoms are falling!
Xu Yuanchong 许渊冲 (www2.njnu.edu.cn/tangshi/group3.htm)
Coming across Li Gui-nian on the Southern Shore
At the palatial residence we often met ;
In Courtier’s Hall for many times I heard you sing.
The Southern scenery is now not to forget ,
But I meet you again when flowers part with spring.
Zhang, Shirley Yiping (www.ebridge.cn/new/languages/lan.php?chi=0&sno=1111)
Meeting Li Guinian South of the
I had often met you in the prince Qi's house
before the War started,
I had heard your songs front of Lord Cui's hall
before we escaped from Changan.
I meet you in the beautiful views
in the South of the
with much blossom dropping again...
anonymous (www.chinese-poems.com)
Meeting Li Guinian South of the River
In Prince Qi's mansion house, I met you often,
By Cui Jiu's hall, I heard you several times.
Truly the landscape south of the river is good,
I meet you again in the season of falling blossom.
unknown (dictionary.jongo.com/experience/detail/166.html)
Meet Li Guinian in Jiangnan
Ever met for seveal times in house of Qiwang,
and heard to your music in Cuijiutang before.
It is a good scenic of Jiangnan,
never know could meet you again in the season of flower falling.
unknown (titohost.itbdns.com/chinese-poet/chinese%20poem-1/1-4l7w.htm)
In Jiangnan, I meet Mr Liguinian
Inside the residence of King's brother Qiwang,
I met you frequently.
In front of the hall of Noble Cuijiu, I heard
your songs many times.
Just now Jiangnan has excellent scenery.
At the season when flowers are falling, I meet you again.
unknown (www.xinbaike.com/viewthread.php?tid=23461)
Coming Across Li Gui-Nian on the
Southern Shore of the
How oft in princely mansions did we meet!
As oft in lordly halls I heard you sing.
The south with flowers is no longer sweet;
We chance to meet again in parting spring.