Category: Selected Poems: Quatrains

Yang Wanli: Third Month Third Day Go To the Grave of Zhong Xiang: No. 6

 

Third Day of the Third Month Go to the Grave of Zhong Xiang, Followed His Transitory and Fractured Life to Obtain These Ten Poems: No. 6

 

三 日 三 月 上 忠 襄 坟 因 之 行 散 得 十 绝 句
女 唱 儿 歌 去 踏 青
阿 婆 笑 语 伴 渠 行。
只 亏 郎 罢 忧 轻 杀
櫑 子 双 担 挈 酒 瓶。
San Yue San Ri Shang Zhong Xiang Fen Yi Zhi Xing San De Shi Jue Ju

Nu chang er ge qu ta qing
E po xiao you ban qu xing.
Zhi kui lang ba you qing sha
Lei zi shuang dan qie jiu ping.

Third Day of the Third Month Go to the Grave of Zhong Xiang, Followed His Transitory and Fractured Life to Obtain These Ten Poems: No. 6

Daughters singing their songs go out for a walk
Mothers laugh at their words, stay close to them for safety.
Lone government official father carrying all of the snacks
His pole carries the wine bottles and food containers.

 

Yang Wanli: Third Month Third Day Go To Grave of Zhong Xiang: No. 2

 

Third Day of the Third Month Go to the Grave of Zhong Xiang, Followed His Transitory and Fractured Life to Obtain These Ten Poems: No. 2

 

三 日 三 月 上 忠 襄 坟 因 之 行 散 得 十 绝 句
草 藉 轮 蹄 翠 织 成
花 围 苍 陌 锦 帏 屏。
早 来 指 点 游 人 处
今 在 游 人 行 处 行。
San Yue San Ri Shang Zhong Xiang Fen Yi Zhi Xing San De Shi Jue Ju

Cao ji lun ti xui zhi cheng
Hua wei xiang mo jin wei bing.
Zao lai zhi dian you ren chu
Jin zai you ren xing chu xing.

 

Third Day of the Third Month Go to the Grave of Zhong Xiang, Followed His Transitory and Fractured Life to Obtain These Ten Poems: No. 2

Wheel tracks tread upon green grasses to create a damask weaving
Flower blossoms along alleys and footpaths between the fields like a brocade curtain.
Arrive early, I give directions to the travelers on where to go
Soon overwhelmed with too many curious tourists.

Notes:

Zhong Xiang: Also known as Yang Ban, was an uncle of Yang Wanli.