Tang poems and Song Ci

渡汉江 [1] 宋之问 岭外 [2] 音书断， 经冬复历春。 近乡情更怯， 不敢问来人。 注释： [1] 汉江：水名，是长江的一条支流，这里指襄阳附近的一段汉水。 [2] 岭外：这里指五岭以南的地区。五岭由大庚岭、越城岭、骑田岭、萌诸岭、都庞岭组成，是位于广东、广西和江西、湖南交界处的一座山脉，是长江与珠江的分水岭。 Crossing River Han Song Zhiwen I longed for news on the frontier From day to day, from year to year. Now nearing home, timid I grow, I dare not ask what I would know. This quatrain describes the contradictory mind of the banished poet. 《渡汉江》是唐代诗人宋之问（一说李频）创作的一首诗。这是诗人久离家乡而返归途中所写的抒情诗，意在写思乡情切，表现出诗人对家乡和亲人的挚爱之情和游子远归家乡时激动、不安、畏怯的复杂心理。前两句主要写追叙久居岭外的情况，后两句抒写接近家乡时矛盾的心情。全诗语极浅近，意颇深邃；描摹心理，熨贴入微；不矫揉造作，自然至美。 The poem “Crossing the Han River” is a poem written by Song Zhiwen (or Li Bin), a poet of the Tang Dynasty. It is a lyrical poem written by the poet on his way back to his hometown after a long absence. It is intended to describe his homesickness and expresses his love for his hometown and his relatives, as well as the complex psychological feelings of excitement, anxiety and trepidation of a wanderer returning home. The first two ...

题大庾岭 [1] 北驿 [2] 宋之问 阳月 [3] 南飞雁， 传闻至此回 [4] 。 我行殊未已 [5] ， 何日复归来？ 江静潮初落， 林昏瘴 [6] 不开。 明朝望乡处， 应见陇头梅 [7] 。 注释： [1] 大庾（yǔ）岭：五岭之一。在今江西省大庾县境内，唐时是通向岭南的要道。 [2] 驿：驿舍、亭驿的简称。古代官办的交通站，邮递人员与官员来往可于此停宿。北驿就是大庾岭北面的驿站。 [3] 阳月：阴历十月。《尔雅》：“十月为阳。”故称十月为“阳月”。 [4] 至此回：古代相传到了冬天，北雁南飞，到了大庾岭这个地方便止息下来折回。 [5] 殊未已：还没有停止。殊，还。 [6] 瘴（zhànɡ）：瘴气。旧指南方山林间的热空气，从前人们认为湿热蒸气能使人得疟疾等传染病。 [7] 陇头梅：岭头梅。大庾岭地处亚热带，十月即见梅花。旧时岭上多梅，故又称“梅岭”。沈德潜在《唐诗别裁集》中说：“陇头疑是岭头。”据南朝宋盛弘之《荆州记》记载，陆凯和范晔相善，自江南寄梅花一枝，诣长安，与晔，并赠诗曰：“折梅逢驿使，寄与陇头人。江南无所有，聊赠一枝眷。”诗中的“陇头梅”，当即用其事，形容思乡更切。 At the Northern Post of the Peak of Mumes Song Zhiwen In the tenth moon wild geese south fly; They will turn back at this peak high. But I must farther southward go. When may I come back? Do you know? The river’s calm when ebbs the tide; Dense fog darkens the forest wide. Tomorrow looking for my homeland, I can only see mume trees stand. It was believed that the south-going wild geese would not pass the Peak of Mumes. The banished poet thinks he is not so fortunate as the wild geese for he must...