Poems

• Rock^Star

  13 Jul 11, 21:52

  A poem by 王勃 (650-676)， poet from the Tang dynasty. It is about saying goodbye to a close friend.

  城阙辅三秦，风烟望五津。
  

  cheng2 que1 fu3 san1 qin2, feng1 yan1 wang4 wu3 jin1

  城阙 refers to the towers of the ancient city of Chang An. 三秦 are the surrounding areas. The poet watches his good friend head for äº”æ´¥ (nearby place) amidst the billowing wind and smoke.
  

  与�离别�，�是宦游人。

  yu3 jun1 li2 bie2 yi4, tong2 shi4 huan4 you2 ren2

  � refers to his friend who's a court official. 与�离别� refers to the reluctant feeling of parting ways. �是宦游人 means both are officials who travel around.
  

  海内存知己，天涯若比邻

  hai3 nei4 chun2 zhi1 ji3, tian1 ya2 ruo4 bi3 ling2

  海内存知己 refers to keeping one's close friends within the four seas. 天涯若比邻 means even if friends are on extreme ends of the earth but the feeling is as if both are near each other.
  

  无为在�路，儿女共沾巾。

  wu2 wei4 zai4 qi2 lu4, er2 nv3 gong4 zhan1 jin1

  无为在�路 Don't feel sad on the way there. 儿女共沾巾 means just like the young men and women who wipe their tears with the handkerchief in the same situation.
  

• FireIce

  13 Jul 11, 21:59

  say goodbye one is tt one �白 going away on sampan
  then his fren stomping and singing as he walk to the river
  then got flower
  then got water bery deep
  but his fren send him off is deeper

   

  bromance.

• Rock^Star

  13 Jul 11, 22:00

  This sentence 海内存知己，天涯若比邻, is still commonly used today. Instead of saying to a friend who's going away for a long time, "ç¥�你一路顺风", "è¦�好好ä¿�é‡�”， “è®°å¾—ä¿�æŒ�è�”络” etc....to convey your heartfelt feelings of sadness, you can use that particular sentence.

  It communicates a subtle and yet not too obvious kind of bonding, accompanied by the well wishes from the bottom of the heart.

   

• Rock^Star

  13 Jul 11, 22:04

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  say goodbye one is tt one �白 going away on sampan
  then his fren stomping and singing as he walk to the river
  then got flower
  then got water bery deep
  but his fren send him off is deeper

   

  bromance.

  Got chinese version?

• FireIce

  13 Jul 11, 22:05

  so famous one why u no noe.

• Rock^Star

  13 Jul 11, 22:15

  Right, so much for contribution.

• FireIce

  13 Jul 11, 22:18

  u like so pro like tt i tot u will know one wor

   

   

  nah. the title is 赠周�伦.....i mean...... 赠汪伦.........

   

  《赠汪伦》
  
  �白乘舟将欲行
  忽闻岸上�歌声
  桃花潭花深�尺
  ��汪伦迭我情

• Rock^Star

  13 Jul 11, 22:26

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  u like so pro like tt i tot u will know one wor

   

   

  nah. the title is 赠周�伦.....i mean...... 赠汪伦.........

   

  《赠汪伦》
  
  �白乘舟将欲行
  忽闻岸上�歌声
  桃花潭花深�尺
  ��汪伦迭我情

  Thanks for the sacarsm　:)　But even more thanks for the poem posted....exactly like how you explained earlier.

  "say goodbye one is tt one �白 going away on sampan
  then his fren stomping and singing as he walk to the river
  then got flower
  then got water bery deep
  but his fren send him off is deeper"

  Simple yet meaningful piece.

• FireIce

  13 Jul 11, 22:29

  我是�乱的。

• FireIce

  13 Jul 11, 22:38

  Li Bai is always simple (who dunno tt one lie on the bed and see moon and think of home tt one....)
  
  
  but he likes to use exaggeration
  
  the water where got thousand feet deep......... macham he got measure loh..........

   

  and the other one he early morling leave Betty City one
  
  �辞白�彩云间
  �里江陵一日还
  两岸猿声啼��
  轻舟已过万�山
  

  he wake up damn early bcos he need to leave Betty City
  and he thinking one day can travel thru thousand miles of river
  and as he hear the lao gaos make noises on the riverbanks, the sampan oredi go past ten thousand/million of mountains

   

  so hor, Li Bai good in writing poems..... so 诗情画� worrrr
  but i think his maths not good

• BanguIzai

  14 Jul 11, 00:27

  This one can considered poem or not?  

  http://sgforums.com/forums/1744/topics/371221

• Pinknutri

  14 Jul 11, 09:12

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  Li Bai is always simple (who dunno tt one lie on the bed and see moon and think of home tt one....)
  
  
  but he likes to use exaggeration
  
  the water where got thousand feet deep......... macham he got measure loh..........

   

  and the other one he early morling leave Betty City one
  
  �辞白�彩云间
  �里江陵一日还
  两岸猿声啼��
  轻舟已过万�山

  he wake up damn early bcos he need to leave Betty City
  and he thinking one day can travel thru thousand miles of river
  and as he hear the lao gaos make noises on the riverbanks, the sampan oredi go past ten thousand/million of mountains

   

  so hor, Li Bai good in writing poems..... so 诗情画� worrrr
  but i think his maths not good

  Yeah, Li Bai liked to exaggerate. May be that makes him a good poet. Following is another poem which was over exaggerated. He composed this poem when he stayed overnight at one of the temple on the mountain. To describe the temple was so high up on the mountain, he said in the poem that he could pluck the stars and was afraid to talk becasue he might disturb the peace of the people in heaven.

   

  �白:夜宿山寺

      å�±æ¥¼é«˜ç™¾å°ºï¼Œæ‰‹å�¯æ‘˜æ˜Ÿè¾°ã€‚

      ä¸�敢高声语，æ��惊天上人。

   

      ã€�说明】�这首诗虽然å�ªæ˜¯å†™äº†å±±å¯ºï¼Œå�´äººç•™ä¸‹äº†å……分的想象余地。

      ã€�解释】①å�±æ¥¼--指建筑在山顶的寺庙。

   

• Rock^Star

  14 Jul 11, 11:01

  Originally posted by BanguIzai:

  This one can considered poem or not?  

  http://sgforums.com/forums/1744/topics/371221

  Tongue in cheek can.

• Rock^Star

  14 Jul 11, 11:42

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  Li Bai is always simple (who dunno tt one lie on the bed and see moon and think of home tt one....)
  
  
  but he likes to use exaggeration
  
  the water where got thousand feet deep......... macham he got measure loh..........

   

  and the other one he early morling leave Betty City one
  
  �辞白�彩云间
  �里江陵一日还
  两岸猿声啼��
  轻舟已过万�山

  he wake up damn early bcos he need to leave Betty City
  and he thinking one day can travel thru thousand miles of river
  and as he hear the lao gaos make noises on the riverbanks, the sampan oredi go past ten thousand/million of mountains

   

  so hor, Li Bai good in writing poems..... so 诗情画� worrrr
  but i think his maths not good

  If Li Bai's maths was good,  it would probrably have constricted his vivid imagination. Nice! Keep it coming!

• FireIce

  14 Jul 11, 11:46

  the one about the Loo Mountain waterfall oso
  
  the water flying down 3 thousand feet
  macham milky way drop from the sky
  

• Rock^Star

  14 Jul 11, 12:05

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  the one about the Loo Mountain waterfall oso
  
  the water flying down 3 thousand feet
  macham milky way drop from the sky

  If you know.....you've got to post it here lol....I will post more tonight if possible.

• Rock^Star

  14 Jul 11, 12:08

  Originally posted by Pinknutri:

  Yeah, Li Bai liked to exaggerate. May be that makes him a good poet. Following is another poem which was over exaggerated. He composed this poem when he stayed overnight at one of the temple on the mountain. To describe the temple was so high up on the mountain, he said in the poem that he could pluck the stars and was afraid to talk becasue he might disturb the peace of the people in heaven.

   

  �白:夜宿山寺

      å�±æ¥¼é«˜ç™¾å°ºï¼Œæ‰‹å�¯æ‘˜æ˜Ÿè¾°ã€‚

      ä¸�敢高声语，æ��惊天上人。

   

      ã€�说明】�这首诗虽然å�ªæ˜¯å†™äº†å±±å¯ºï¼Œå�´äººç•™ä¸‹äº†å……分的想象余地。

      ã€�解释】①å�±æ¥¼--指建筑在山顶的寺庙。

   

  This �白 must have had a hell of fun growing up! Tks! Keep it coming!
  

• FireIce

  14 Jul 11, 12:22

  <<望�山瀑布>> is bery long
  but these 4 lines is the more famous part
  
  
  日照香炉生紫烟
  �看瀑布挂��
  飞�直下三�尺
  疑是银河��天

  
  

• BanguIzai

  14 Jul 11, 13:07

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  <<望�山瀑布>> is bery long
  but these 4 lines is the more famous part
  
  
  日照香炉生紫烟
  �看瀑布挂��
  飞�直下三�尺
  疑是银河��天

   

  frankly speaking, i oni heard of tis part b4.  dunno it is very long leh.

• BanguIzai

  14 Jul 11, 13:20

  Originally posted by Rock^Star:

  Tongue in cheek can.

  hehehe

   

  Take that:

   

  虫入鳳巢飛去鳥

  七人頭上長��

  大雨�在橫山上

  �個朋��見了

   

   

• Pinknutri

  14 Jul 11, 15:06

  Originally posted by Rock^Star:

  This �白 must have had a hell of fun growing up! Tks! Keep it coming!
  

  
  I think he was down with luck when he was old. See the poem which he described himself, also exaggerating about his grey hair. He was looking at the reflection of himself in the mirror and questioned how he got his grey hair.

  �白:秋浦歌

      白å�‘三å�ƒä¸ˆï¼Œç¼˜æ„�似个长。

      ä¸�知明镜里，何处得秋霜？

   

      ã€�解释】�①缘--因为，个--这样。这两å�¥ç”¨å¤¸å¼ çš„语言，表达了内心的æ„�闷，②秋霜--指头å�‘如秋霜一样白。�这两å�¥è¯´ï¼šç…§ç�€é•œå­�，简直没法知é�“自己的头å�‘怎么会å�˜å¾—这样的白。通过å�‘自己æ��问，进一步加强了对“æ„�”字的刻划。

• Rock^Star

  14 Jul 11, 16:04

  Originally posted by BanguIzai:

  hehehe

   

  Take that:

   

  虫入鳳巢飛去鳥

  七人頭上長��

  大雨�在橫山上

  �個朋��見了

   

   

  Wah really liak bo q. Is that a riddle?

• Rock^Star

  14 Jul 11, 16:07

  Originally posted by Pinknutri:

  
  I think he was down with luck when he was old. See the poem which he described himself, also exaggerating about his grey hair. He was looking at the reflection of himself in the mirror and questioned how he got his grey hair.

  �白:秋浦歌

      白å�‘三å�ƒä¸ˆï¼Œç¼˜æ„�似个长。

      ä¸�知明镜里，何处得秋霜？

   

      ã€�解释】�①缘--因为，个--这样。这两å�¥ç”¨å¤¸å¼ çš„语言，表达了内心的æ„�闷，②秋霜--指头å�‘如秋霜一样白。�这两å�¥è¯´ï¼šç…§ç�€é•œå­�，简直没法知é�“自己的头å�‘怎么会å�˜å¾—这样的白。通过å�‘自己æ��问，进一步加强了对“æ„�”字的刻划。

  He's quite funny actually....maybe he had a dry sense of humour.

• BanguIzai

  14 Jul 11, 18:30

  Originally posted by Rock^Star:

  Wah really liak bo q. Is that a riddle?

   

  ya riddle 來的。  çŒœä¸€å�¥æˆ�語。

   

  how come everyone above oni talks about Tang poems (& esp. oni Libai) ? 

  got non-Tang ones like here oso haf mah:

  http://sgforums.com/forums/2029/topics/352560

• FireIce

  14 Jul 11, 18:53

  风花雪月