Yu Xuanji, Poem for the willows by the river

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赋得江边柳		Poem for the willows by the river
鱼玄机		Yu Xuanji (844?–868?)
翠色连荒岸，烟姿入远楼。影铺秋水面，花落钓人头。根老藏鱼窟，枝低系客舟。萧萧风雨夜，惊梦复添愁。		Jade’s colour joins the river’s barren banks; smoky clouds dance themselves into distant mansions. Reflections spread on the surface of the autumn river; flowers fall on the heads of fishermen. Old roots hide the haunts of fishes; branches bend to moor visiting boats. The night sighs and sighs with wind and rain, and unsettling dreams return more sadness to me.

赋得江边柳

Poem for the willows by the river

鱼玄机

Yu Xuanji (844?–868?)

翠色连荒岸，

烟姿入远楼。

影铺秋水面，

花落钓人头。

根老藏鱼窟，

枝低系客舟。

萧萧风雨夜，

惊梦复添愁。

Jade’s colour joins the river’s barren banks;

smoky clouds dance themselves into distant mansions.

Reflections spread on the surface of the autumn river;

flowers fall on the heads of fishermen.

Old roots hide the haunts of fishes;

branches bend to moor visiting boats.

The night sighs and sighs with wind and rain,

and unsettling dreams return more sadness to me.

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