唐朝(Tang Dynasty)四大诗人：白居易(bái jǖ-yì)的“赋得古草原送别”

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賦得古原草送別Fùde Gǔ Yuáncǎo Sòngbié
[poetic essay][] [ancient] [open plains] [grass] [see off] [depart]
Farewells on Grassland

離離原上草，Lí lí yuán shàng cǎo,
[lush][lush] [open plains] [on] [grass]
Lush grass on the plains,

一歲一枯榮。yí suì yì kū róng.
[one] [year] [one] [wither] [thrive]
in one year, withers and thrives once each.

野火燒不盡，Yěhuǒ shāo bù jìn,
[wild] [fire] [burn] [not] [exhaust]
Wildfire does not burn it completely;

春風吹又生。chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng.
[spring] [wind] [blow] [again] [live]
when spring winds blow, it lives again.

遠芳侵古道，Yuǎn fāng qīn gǔdào,
[far] [fragant] [invade] [ancient] [road]
Afar, fragrance occupies ancient roads;

晴翠接荒城。qíng cuì jiē huāngchéng.
[fine] [jade-green] [connect] [deserted] [city]
a fine jade-green stretches to a ruined city.

又送王孫去，Yòu sòng wángsūn qù,
[again] [see off] [Mr. Wang] [leave]
Once more I see off a my friend, Mr. Wang;

萋萋滿別情。qī qī mǎn bié qíng.
[lush] [lush] [full] [depart] [emotion]
the lush grasses full of the emotion of departure.



NOTES
赋得 refers to using the work of previous writers as a topic. The titles of such poems are prefixed with 賦得 to indicate this.
原 in the poem is 原野 – ‘plains’ or ‘open country’.
离离 in the first line is a compound for describing the appearance of lush grass.
晴翠 refers to the vivid green of the grass in the sunlight.
Source: 赋得古原草送别 – 百度百科