山行 · A Mountain Walk — 杜牧 (Tang Dynasty)
远上寒山石径斜
yuǎn shàng hán shān shí jìng xié
白云生处有人家
bái yún shēng chù yǒu rén jiā
停车坐爱枫林晚
tíng chē zuò ài fēng lín wǎn
霜叶红于二月花
shuāng yè hóng yú èr yuè huā
English translation
Far up the cold mountain the stone path slants, / where white clouds rise, there are homes. / I stop my carriage, loving the maple woods at dusk — / frost-bitten leaves redder than February flowers.
About this poem
An autumn hike: the poet stops his carriage just to watch the maple leaves redder than spring flowers.
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