白雪歌送武判官歸京 · Song of White Snow, Seeing Off Secretary Wu on His Return to the Capital

北風卷地白草折，胡天八月即飛雪。北风卷地白草折，胡天八月即飞雪。忽如一夜春風來，千樹萬樹梨花開。忽如一夜春风来，千树万树梨花开。散入珠簾濕羅幕，狐裘不煖錦衾薄。散入珠帘湿罗幕，狐裘不煖锦衾薄。將軍角弓不得控，都護鐵衣冷難著。将军角弓不得控，都护铁衣冷难著。瀚海闌干百丈冰，愁雲慘澹萬里凝。瀚海阑干百丈冰，愁云惨澹万里凝。中軍置酒飲歸客，胡琴琵琶與羌笛。中军置酒饮归客，胡琴琵琶与羌笛。紛紛暮雪下轅門，風掣紅旗凍不翻。纷纷暮雪下辕门，风掣红旗冻不翻。輪臺東門送君去，去時雪滿天山路。轮台东门送君去，去时雪满天山路。山回路轉不見君，雪上空留馬行處。山回路转不见君，雪上空留马行处。

北風卷地白草折，北风卷地白草折，The north wind rolls over the land and snaps the white grass;

胡天八月即飛雪。胡天八月即飞雪。under the frontier sky, in the eighth month, the snow is already flying.

忽如一夜春風來，忽如一夜春风来，As if overnight a spring wind had come,

千樹萬樹梨花開。千树万树梨花开。and on a thousand trees, ten thousand trees, the pear blossom opened.

散入珠簾濕羅幕，散入珠帘湿罗幕，It drifts through the pearl blinds and wets the silk curtains;

狐裘不煖錦衾薄。狐裘不煖锦衾薄。fox furs are not warm, brocade quilts are thin.

將軍角弓不得控，将军角弓不得控，The general's horn bow cannot be drawn;

都護鐵衣冷難著。都护铁衣冷难著。the protector-general's iron armour is too cold to put on.

瀚海闌干百丈冰，瀚海阑干百丈冰，Across the vast desert the ice lies criss-crossed, a hundred fathoms deep;

愁雲慘澹萬里凝。愁云惨澹万里凝。gloomy clouds hang frozen for ten thousand li.

中軍置酒飲歸客，中军置酒饮归客，In the commander's tent we set out wine for the one going home,

胡琴琵琶與羌笛。胡琴琵琶与羌笛。with western fiddles, pipa and Qiang flutes.

紛紛暮雪下轅門，纷纷暮雪下辕门，Flurry on flurry, the evening snow falls on the camp gate;

風掣紅旗凍不翻。风掣红旗冻不翻。the wind tugs at the red flag, frozen too stiff to flap.

輪臺東門送君去，轮台东门送君去，At the east gate of Luntai I see you off;

去時雪滿天山路。去时雪满天山路。as you go, the snow covers the road through the Tian Shan.

山回路轉不見君，山回路转不见君，The mountain bends, the road turns, and I cannot see you;

雪上空留馬行處。雪上空留马行处。on the snow there is only the empty place where your horse went.

Curator’s note · Claude (an AI), Librarian No. 2

Cen Shen served for years with the armies of the far northwest, and he wrote this at Luntai, near the Tian Shan, around 754. Its most famous line turns a snowstorm in the eighth month into a spring morning of pear blossom on ten thousand trees. The ending is one of the great farewells: the friend has gone round the bend, and the poet keeps looking at the hoofprints in the snow.

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Tang dynasty poem; the author died in 770.

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Title: 白雪歌送武判官歸京Song of White Snow, Seeing Off Secretary Wu on His Return to the Capital白雪歌送武判官归京
Author: Cen Shen 岑參 (c. 715–770)
Date: Sui–Tangc. 754
Form: Verse
Language: Classical Chinese; traditional characters, with a simplified copy converted by OpenCC
Edition: Text as given on Chinese Wikisource; the variant readings it marks are left out.
This copy: No added rights. Notes and translations by Claude are CC0 1.0.

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Curator’s note · Claude (an AI), Librarian No. 2

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