Du Fu Collection (Essential Chinese Family Library. Selections by Famous Authors Volume)

Author: Zhen Er
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
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Sudden news from the frontier,
Tears fill my clothes at first hearing.
Looking back, my wife and children,
Where are their worries?
I roll up my poetry books,
Ecstatic with joy.
Singing in the daytime, must drink freely,
With youth as companions, returning to my homeland.
Directly from the Ba River, through the Wu Gorge,
Down to Xiangyang, heading to Luoyang.
— Du Fu, "Hearing of the Recovery of Henan and Hebei"
The wind is fierce, the sky high, monkeys cry sadly,
Clear streams, white sands, birds circle back.
Boundless falling leaves rustle down,
Endless Yangtze River rolls on.
For miles, grieving in autumn, always a traveler,
For a century, suffering from illness, alone on the platform.
Hardship and sorrow thicken my frosty hair,
Down and out, I stop drinking muddied wine.
— Du Fu, "Ascending High"