On the Height
Fantastic China | 2023-11-06 | Views:4852
On the Height
by Du Fu
translated by Xu Yuanchong
The wind so swift, the sky so wide, apes wail and cry;
Water so clear and beach so white, birds wheel and fly;
The boundless forest shed its leaves shower by shower;
The endless river rolls its waves hour after hour.
A thousand miles from home, I'm grieved at autumn's plight;
Ill now and then for years, alone I'm on this height.
Living in times so hard, at frosted hair I pin;
Cast down by poverty, I have to give up wine.
登高
[唐]杜甫
风急天高猿啸哀,渚清沙白鸟飞回。
无边落木萧萧下,不尽长江滚滚来。
万里悲秋常作客,百年多病独登台。
艰难苦恨繁霜鬓,潦倒新停浊酒杯。