王维: 汉江临眺/ wang wei: a view of the han river

汉江临眺

王维

楚塞三湘接， 荆门九派通。

江流天地外， 山色有无中。

郡邑浮前浦， 波澜动远空。

襄阳好风日， 留醉与山翁。

　

a view of the han river

wang wei

with its three southern branches reaching the chu border,

and its nine streams touching the gateway of jing,

this river runs beyond heaven and earth,

where the colour of mountains both is and is not.

the dwellings of men seem floating along

on ripples of the distant sky --

these beautiful days here in xiangyang

make drunken my old mountain heart!