BOOKMARK
To bookmark this poem:
Press Ctrl + D (Windows) or ⌘ + D (Mac).
Press Ctrl + D (Windows) or ⌘ + D (Mac).
Jade Butterfly: Where Rain Clears and Clouds Part
English Poetic Translation
Where clearing rains have parted autumn skies,
I lean upon the balustrade alone,
And watch the fading daylight sink and wane.
This desolate evening stirs the ancient sighs
Of Song Yu's sorrow in the marrow bone.
A crisp wind sweeps the lake where duckweed dies;
Cold moon-dews chill the sterculia leaves to gold.
My heart is pierced with grief untold:
Where now my distant friend, across the vast and misty plain?
Hard to erase the past!
The brilliant gatherings of wine and song,
The moonlight nights and vernal breezes past,
While fleeting frosts and starry spheres moved on.
Now mountains loom and boundless oceans swell,
Nor can I guess where Xiaoxiang waters flow.
Twin swallows bring no tidings from afar;
I watch the dusk-filled heaven rise and go,
Spotting returning sails beneath a lonely star.
In dim despair I gaze into the setting light,
While cries of straying geese dissolve in falling night.
I lean upon the balustrade alone,
And watch the fading daylight sink and wane.
This desolate evening stirs the ancient sighs
Of Song Yu's sorrow in the marrow bone.
A crisp wind sweeps the lake where duckweed dies;
Cold moon-dews chill the sterculia leaves to gold.
My heart is pierced with grief untold:
Where now my distant friend, across the vast and misty plain?
Hard to erase the past!
The brilliant gatherings of wine and song,
The moonlight nights and vernal breezes past,
While fleeting frosts and starry spheres moved on.
Now mountains loom and boundless oceans swell,
Nor can I guess where Xiaoxiang waters flow.
Twin swallows bring no tidings from afar;
I watch the dusk-filled heaven rise and go,
Spotting returning sails beneath a lonely star.
In dim despair I gaze into the setting light,
While cries of straying geese dissolve in falling night.
Classical Chinese & Pinyin
望處雨收雲斷，憑闌悄悄，目送秋光。
晚景蕭疏，堪動宋玉悲涼。
水風輕、蘋花漸老，月露冷、梧葉飄黃。
遣情傷。
故人何在，煙水茫茫。
難忘。
文期酒會，幾孤風月，屢變星霜。
海闊山遙，未知何處是瀟湘。
念雙燕、難憑遠信，指暮天、空識歸航。
黯相望。
斷鴻聲裏，立盡斜陽。
晚景蕭疏，堪動宋玉悲涼。
水風輕、蘋花漸老，月露冷、梧葉飄黃。
遣情傷。
故人何在，煙水茫茫。
難忘。
文期酒會，幾孤風月，屢變星霜。
海闊山遙，未知何處是瀟湘。
念雙燕、難憑遠信，指暮天、空識歸航。
黯相望。
斷鴻聲裏，立盡斜陽。
Philological Direct Translation
Where gazing rain clears clouds break, leaning on balustrade quietly, eye escorts autumn light.
Evening scene desolate, able to stir Song Yu sorrow.
Water wind light, duckweed flowers gradually grow old, moon dew cold, phoenix-tree leaves drift yellow.
Prompting emotion grief.
Old friend where is, smoke water boundless.
Difficult to forget.
Literary gatherings wine meetings, how many times isolated wind moon, repeatedly changed stars frost.
Sea wide mountains distant, not knowing what place is Xiaoxiang.
Thinking of pair swallows, difficult to rely on distant message, pointing at twilight sky, vainly recognizing returning boats.
Dimly looking at each other.
Broken swan cries within, standing until exhausted slanting sun.
Evening scene desolate, able to stir Song Yu sorrow.
Water wind light, duckweed flowers gradually grow old, moon dew cold, phoenix-tree leaves drift yellow.
Prompting emotion grief.
Old friend where is, smoke water boundless.
Difficult to forget.
Literary gatherings wine meetings, how many times isolated wind moon, repeatedly changed stars frost.
Sea wide mountains distant, not knowing what place is Xiaoxiang.
Thinking of pair swallows, difficult to rely on distant message, pointing at twilight sky, vainly recognizing returning boats.
Dimly looking at each other.
Broken swan cries within, standing until exhausted slanting sun.