Jué Jù
绝句
Dù Fǔ（Táng ）
杜甫（唐）
Liǎng gè huáng lí míng cuì liǔ, yì háng bái lù shàng qīng tiān.
两 个 黄 鹂 鸣 翠柳，一行 白 鹭 上 青 天。
Chuāng hán xī lǐng qiān qiū xuě, mén bó dōng Wú wàn lǐ chuán.
窗 含 西 岭 千 秋 雪，门 泊 东 吴 万 里 船。
A Quatrain
Du Fu( Tang )
A pair of golden orioles twitter in the greenish willow,
A line of white herons flutter on their blue-bound way.
The window frames the western mountain’s thousand-year snow,
By the door moor ships from Eastern Wu ten thousand li away.
Comment:
This poem describes the picturesque surroundings around the thatched hut where the poet lived. The four lines make four separate, lifelike color paintings: the golden orioles are singing merrily in the green willow trees; they are standing gracefully against the bright, blue sky; the window commands the distant view of the snow-capped mountain; near the door moor the ships from afar. The poem well conveys the poet’s light heart and broad mind.
