寄黃幾復
For Huang Jifu
Huang Tingjian 黃庭堅 (1045–1105)
Song · 1085

Cold Library · Open Stacks · S-001059 · https://coldlibrary.com/s/001059
Rights: Song dynasty poem; the author died in 1105. Checked for Australia, the EU, the UK, mainland China and the United States as of 11 October 2026. Guidance, not legal advice.
Source: Wikisource, https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/寄黄幾復 (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/huang-tingjian-for-huang-jifu

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我居北海君南海，寄雁傳書謝不能。
桃李春風一杯酒，江湖夜雨十年燈。
持家但有四立壁，治病不蘄三折肱。
想得讀書頭已白，隔溪猿哭瘴煙藤。

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我居北海君南海，寄雁传书谢不能。
桃李春风一杯酒，江湖夜雨十年灯。
持家但有四立壁，治病不蕲三折肱。
想得读书头已白，隔溪猿哭瘴烟藤。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

I live by the northern sea, you by the southern;
I would send a letter by the wild goose, but it declines.
Peach and plum in the spring wind, one cup of wine;
rivers and lakes in the night rain, ten years of lamplight.
To keep house you have only four bare walls;
to heal the sick you need no thrice-broken arm.
I imagine you reading, your hair already white,
across the stream, apes crying in the vines of the fever mist.