孟郊诗
Poems of Meng Jiao
Index
游华山云台观
Visiting Mount Hua to Gaze from Cloud Tower
华岳独灵异 草木恒新鲜 山尽五色石 水无一色泉 |
Mount Hua, solitary, mysterious, Its greenness constantly renewed. At the peak, rainbow rocks and Water from a colorless spring. |
仙酒不醉人 仙芝皆延年 夜闻明星馆 时韵女萝弦 |
Celestial wine does not intoxicate. Immortal mushrooms extend the years. At night, from the Inn of the Morning Star, Comes the tune of Aquarius' trailing strings. |
敬兹不能寐 焚柏吟道篇 |
To show respect here, you cannot sleep -- Burn cypress and chant scripture of the Way. |
-- 孟郊
废话
The 女 constellation is actually only the sieve of Aquarius. The bigram 明星 is the Morning Star, Venus. Five Colors (五色) is the rainbow: blue, yellow, red, white, black.