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Jade Capital Autumn: Misty Waters Vast
English Poetic Translation
The misty waters stretch immense and wide.
Tall woods catch the last dying light of day,
While evening cicadas lament and sigh.
Green stone-blocks echo rhythmic washing-tunes;
The silver well-frame drops its fallen leaves.
Cold dew dampens robes beneath the paulownia shade;
Gathering cool blossoms, I chant of autumn snow.
I sigh for separations far too light.
My lapel brims with melancholy thoughts
That only courtyard crickets try to tell.
A traveler tuning Shang notes, hesitant and shy,
My sorrowed song drags on; the jade pitcher flaws in secret.
Kingfisher fans neglected by imperial grace,
Red lotuses faded of fragrance, drifting into dust.
Jade bones face the fierce western wind;
My deepest grief: letting this fresh autumn slip away in idleness.
A Chu flute sobs its mournful, broken tune.
Who is that leaning from the western tower in pale moonlight?
Tall woods catch the last dying light of day,
While evening cicadas lament and sigh.
Green stone-blocks echo rhythmic washing-tunes;
The silver well-frame drops its fallen leaves.
Cold dew dampens robes beneath the paulownia shade;
Gathering cool blossoms, I chant of autumn snow.
I sigh for separations far too light.
My lapel brims with melancholy thoughts
That only courtyard crickets try to tell.
A traveler tuning Shang notes, hesitant and shy,
My sorrowed song drags on; the jade pitcher flaws in secret.
Kingfisher fans neglected by imperial grace,
Red lotuses faded of fragrance, drifting into dust.
Jade bones face the fierce western wind;
My deepest grief: letting this fresh autumn slip away in idleness.
A Chu flute sobs its mournful, broken tune.
Who is that leaning from the western tower in pale moonlight?
Classical Chinese & Pinyin
煙水闊。
高林弄殘照，晚蜩悽切。
碧砧度韻，銀牀飄葉。
衣溼桐陰露冷，採涼花、時賦秋雪。
嘆輕別。
一襟幽事，砌蛩能說。
客思吟商還怯。
怨歌長、瓊壺暗缺。
翠扇恩疏，紅衣香褪，翻成消歇。
玉骨西風，恨最恨、閒卻新涼時節。
楚簫咽。
誰倚西樓淡月。
高林弄殘照，晚蜩悽切。
碧砧度韻，銀牀飄葉。
衣溼桐陰露冷，採涼花、時賦秋雪。
嘆輕別。
一襟幽事，砌蛩能說。
客思吟商還怯。
怨歌長、瓊壺暗缺。
翠扇恩疏，紅衣香褪，翻成消歇。
玉骨西風，恨最恨、閒卻新涼時節。
楚簫咽。
誰倚西樓淡月。
Philological Direct Translation
Misty waters vast.
Tall woods play with lingering sunbeams, evening cicadas are desolate and plaintive.
Green washing-blocks pass rhythms, silver well-frames scatter leaves.
Garments damp in paulownia shade where dews are cold, gathering cool flowers, at times composing autumn snow.
Sighing over light partings.
A lapel of secluded matters, courtyard crickets are able to speak.
Traveler's thoughts chanting Shang mode yet timid.
Lament songs long, jade pitcher secretly flawed.
Kingfisher fans favor sparse, red lotus fragrance fades, turning into dissolution.
Jade bones in western wind, grief most of all, leaving idle the new cool season.
Chu flutes sob.
Who leans against the western tower in faint moonlight.
Tall woods play with lingering sunbeams, evening cicadas are desolate and plaintive.
Green washing-blocks pass rhythms, silver well-frames scatter leaves.
Garments damp in paulownia shade where dews are cold, gathering cool flowers, at times composing autumn snow.
Sighing over light partings.
A lapel of secluded matters, courtyard crickets are able to speak.
Traveler's thoughts chanting Shang mode yet timid.
Lament songs long, jade pitcher secretly flawed.
Kingfisher fans favor sparse, red lotus fragrance fades, turning into dissolution.
Jade bones in western wind, grief most of all, leaving idle the new cool season.
Chu flutes sob.
Who leans against the western tower in faint moonlight.