Chuzhou West Brook, Wei Yingwu (Tang Shi #272)
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lnhammerI much prefer this sheltered grass beside the brook.
Above, an oriole sings from a shadowed tree.
The spring tide brings on rain—evening comes apace.
Out in the open, an unmanned ferry drifts across.
滁州西涧
独怜幽草涧边生，
上有黄鹂深树鸣。
春潮带雨晚来急，
野渡无人舟自横。
Chuzhou is a little north of the lower Yangzi, west of Nanjing. The ferry is apparently for crossing a nearby lake. That’s “tide” as in sea-tide, not time of year, and no I don’t get what it has to do with the rain.
—L.
Above, an oriole sings from a shadowed tree.
The spring tide brings on rain—evening comes apace.
Out in the open, an unmanned ferry drifts across.
滁州西涧
独怜幽草涧边生，
上有黄鹂深树鸣。
春潮带雨晚来急，
野渡无人舟自横。
Chuzhou is a little north of the lower Yangzi, west of Nanjing. The ferry is apparently for crossing a nearby lake. That’s “tide” as in sea-tide, not time of year, and no I don’t get what it has to do with the rain.
—L.
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