绝句 · A Quatrain — 杜甫 (Tang Dynasty)
两个黄鹂鸣翠柳
liǎng gè huáng lí míng cuì liǔ
一行白鹭上青天
yī háng bái lù shàng qīng tiān
窗含西岭千秋雪
chuāng hán xī lǐng qiān qiū xuě
门泊东吴万里船
mén bó dōng wú wàn lǐ chuán
English translation
Two golden orioles sing in the green willows, / a line of white egrets climbs the blue sky. / My window frames a thousand autumns of snow, / at my door, boats from ten thousand miles away.
About this poem
Du Fu paints four framed views in four lines — two orioles, white egrets, snow peaks, and river boats.
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