Emerald tent with gemstone sides—an open moonlit camp;
Golden wine-jar and jade wine-cup—a floating orchid petal.
Year after year, age after age, always his escort makes way;
For long and long, for ever and ever, music ascends harmonious.
翠幕珠帏敞月营,
金罍玉斝泛兰英。
岁岁年年常扈跸,
长长久久乐升平。
This one? This isn’t as good. It’s got technique and flattery, and not much else. Oh well. (Source)
(I will get back to 300 Tang Poems, really I will. Maybe I should skip the rest of Du Mu and move on.)
---L.
Golden wine-jar and jade wine-cup—a floating orchid petal.
Year after year, age after age, always his escort makes way;
For long and long, for ever and ever, music ascends harmonious.
翠幕珠帏敞月营,
金罍玉斝泛兰英。
岁岁年年常扈跸,
长长久久乐升平。
This one? This isn’t as good. It’s got technique and flattery, and not much else. Oh well. (Source)
(I will get back to 300 Tang Poems, really I will. Maybe I should skip the rest of Du Mu and move on.)
---L.