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lnhammerHe’s moved, and though it’s near the city
The footpath goes through hemp and mulberries.
Beside the hedge, chrysanthemums
Are not yet blooming though autumn comes.
I knock on the gate—no dog barks.
I have to ask his western neighbor,
Who answers, “He’s gone into the mountains
But he returns home every sunset.”
寻陆鸿渐不遇
移家虽带郭，
野径入桑麻。
近种篱边菊，
秋来未著花。
扣门无犬吠，
欲去问西家。
报到山中去，
归来每日斜。
Lu Hongjian, better known as Lu Yu, was the author of The Classic of Tea. Idioms: bloom is literally “show flowers” and sunset is “sun(light) slant,” and those aren’t the only examples of flowery language.
And that’s the 80th and final 5-character regulated verse of Part 5. The next section, Part 6, is a slightly shorter one of 7-character equivalents, but I think I’ll take on a few other random poems before tackling it. Partly because, okay I’ll admit it, that part includes a bunch of famous ones by Du Fu and Li Shangyin, who both intimidate me. But also to clear my palette of the rhythm of this form.
---L.
The footpath goes through hemp and mulberries.
Beside the hedge, chrysanthemums
Are not yet blooming though autumn comes.
I knock on the gate—no dog barks.
I have to ask his western neighbor,
Who answers, “He’s gone into the mountains
But he returns home every sunset.”
寻陆鸿渐不遇
移家虽带郭，
野径入桑麻。
近种篱边菊，
秋来未著花。
扣门无犬吠，
欲去问西家。
报到山中去，
归来每日斜。
Lu Hongjian, better known as Lu Yu, was the author of The Classic of Tea. Idioms: bloom is literally “show flowers” and sunset is “sun(light) slant,” and those aren’t the only examples of flowery language.
And that’s the 80th and final 5-character regulated verse of Part 5. The next section, Part 6, is a slightly shorter one of 7-character equivalents, but I think I’ll take on a few other random poems before tackling it. Partly because, okay I’ll admit it, that part includes a bunch of famous ones by Du Fu and Li Shangyin, who both intimidate me. But also to clear my palette of the rhythm of this form.
---L.
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