定風波（莫聽穿林打葉聲）
To the Tune Dingfengbo: Do Not Listen to the Rain
Su Shi 蘇軾 (1037–1101)
Song · 1082

Cold Library · Open Stacks · S-001057 · https://coldlibrary.com/s/001057
Rights: Song dynasty lyric (ci); the author died in 1101. 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/定風波_(莫聽穿林打葉聲) (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/su-shi-calming-the-waves

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莫聽穿林打葉聲，
何妨吟嘯且徐行。
竹杖芒鞵輕勝馬，
誰怕？
一蓑煙雨任平生。

料峭春風吹酒醒，
微冷、
山頭斜照卻相迎。
回首向來蕭瑟處，
歸去、
也無風雨也無晴。

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莫听穿林打叶声，
何妨吟啸且徐行。
竹杖芒鞋轻胜马，
谁怕？
一蓑烟雨任平生。

料峭春风吹酒醒，
微冷、
山头斜照却相迎。
回首向来萧瑟处，
归去、
也无风雨也无晴。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

Do not listen to the rain beating through the woods and on the leaves;
why not chant and whistle and walk on slowly?
Bamboo staff and straw sandals, lighter than a horse:
who's afraid?
A straw cape in the misty rain, and let my whole life go so.

The brisk spring wind blows me sober,
a little cold;
over the hill the slanting sun comes out to meet me.
I look back at the place where it was bleak and blowing,
and go home:
no wind, no rain, and no clear sky either.