孟郊诗
Poems of Meng Jiao
Index
过彭泽
Through Peng Marsh
扬帆过彭泽 舟人讶叹息 不见种柳人 霜风空寂历 |
Sails lift on Peng Marsh. Boatmen sigh in admiration. The planters of these willows are gone. Hard times, then empty desolation. |
-- 孟郊
废话
Peng was an ancient kingdom and an enemy of the Shang Dynasty. That's about all we know about it. The willows it planted must have endured. How beautiful is a two-thousand year old willow?