孟郊诗
Poems of Meng Jiao
Index
送陆畅归湖州因凭题故人皎然塔陆羽坟
Accompanying Lu Chang back to Huzhou because my friends are relying on me to visit the stupa where Lu Yu is buried
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淼淼霅寺前 白蘋多清风 昔游诗会满 今游诗会空 |
Pouring rain, in front of the temple, White duckweeds gather in the fresh breezes. Of old, poems were full of friendship. Now this fullness finds no place in poems. |
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孤吟玉凄恻 远思景蒙笼 杼山砖塔禅 竟陵广宵翁 |
Chanting alone, treasuring heartache, Distant thoughts are trapped in misty landscapes. On oak-covered slopes, a brick stupa, Final resting place, noble darkness. |
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饶彼草木声 仿佛闻馀聪 因君寄数句 遍为书其丛 |
Abundant here, voices of bough and blossom, As if all things intelligently spoke. It's because of you, and all your verses, that Make your way into and fill our poems. |
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追吟当时说 来者实不穷 江调难再得 京尘徒满躬 |
Pursuing poetry, you once said that Reality just poured in on you. A river's tunes are hard to reproduce. Dusty mound, covering you in vain. |
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送君溪鸳鸯 彩色双飞东 东多高静乡 芳宅冬亦崇 |
I wish I could be with you, like wild ducks, Colorful, flying in pairs to the east. Many high and peaceful places there, in the east -- Fragrant graves, cold and lofty. |
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手自撷甘旨 供养欢冲融 待我遂前心 收拾使有终 |
My hands gather up your sweet works, Offerings you made of joy and harmony. Wait for me. I have a few things to do to Tidy up and I'll be done. |
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不然洛岸亭 归死为大同 |
Not in this stupa on the banks of the Luo But after death, the great togetherness. |
-- 孟郊
废话
A few remarks. One of the nuances of 游, which usually means to "travel or wander" is "friendship." In the Tang mind, the two go together. Wild ducks, when written 鸳鸯, are symbols of fidelity and inseperableness. The Great Union or 大同 was, in later neo-confucian eras, a utopian vision of society. I believe that in the Tang era, it is the achievement of unity after death in Buddhist thought.