The Young Pine Du Xuhe While young,the pine trees thrusts its head amid tall grass, 自小刺头深草里， Now by and by we find it outgrow weed in mass. 而今渐觉出蓬蒿。 People don't realize it will grow to scrape the sky, 时人不识凌云木， Seeing it tower in cloud,then they know it's high. 直待凌云始道高。

天平山上白云泉 Behold White Cloud Fountain on Sky-blue Mountain , 云自无心水自闲 White cloud enjoy pleasure and water enjoy leisure. 何必奔冲山下去 Why should torrent dash down from the mountain high? 更添波浪向人间! And overflow the human world with waves far and nigh?

To the Bee Luo Yin On the plain or atop the hill, 无论平地与山尖 Of beauty you enjoy your fill. 无限风光尽被占 You gather honey from flowers sweet， 采得百花成蜜后 For whom are you busy and fleet? 为谁辛苦为谁甜

Peach Blossoms in the Temple of Great Forest Bai Juyi All flowers in the spring have fallen and far and wide, 人间四月芳菲尽， But peach blossoms are full-blown on this mountain side. 山寺桃花始盛开。 I oft reget spring's gone without leaving its trace, 长恨春归无觅处， I do not know it's come up to adorn this place. 不知转入此中来。

The End of Sky li Shangyin 春日在天涯 Spring is far,far away 天涯日又斜 Where the sun slant its ray. 莺啼如有泪 If orioles have tear, 为湿最高花 Wet highest flowers here.

Spring on the Southern Rivershore Du Mu Orioles sing for miles amid red blooms and green trees， 千里莺啼绿映红， By hills and rills wine shop streamers wave in the breeze. 水村山郭酒旗风， Four hundred eighty splended temples still remain， 南朝四百八十寺， Of Southern Dynasties in the mist and rain. 多少楼台烟雨中。

Sunset and moonrise on the River Bai Juyi 一道残阳铺水中 The departing sunbeams pave a way on the river 半江瑟瑟半江红 Half of its waves turn red and the other half shiver 可怜九月初三夜 How I love the third night of ninth moon aglow! 露似珍珠月似弓 The dewdrops look like pearls,the cresent like a bow.

Late Spring HanYu 草树知春不久归 The trees and grass know that spring will go away, 百般红紫斗芳菲 Of red blooms and green leaves make gorgeous display. 杨花榆荚无才思 But willow catkins and elm pods are so unwise, 唯解漫天作雪飞 They wish to be flying snow darkening the skies.

Spring Snow HanYu 新年都未有芳华 On vernal day no flowers were in bloom,alas! 二月初惊见草芽 In second moon I'm glad to see the budding grass 白雪却嫌春色晚 But white snow dislikes the late coming vernal breeze, 故穿庭树作飞花 It plays the parting flowers flying through the trees.

A Fisherman's Song on the Orchid stream Daishulun 凉月如眉挂柳湾 The eyebrow-like cool moon hangs over Willow Bay, 越中山色镜中看 The southern mountains seem in the mirror to sway. 兰溪三日桃花雨 Three days rain's fallen with peach petals on the stream 半夜鲤鱼来上滩 At midnight on the beach leap the fish,carp and bream.

月落乌啼霜满天 The crows at moonset cry,streaking the frosty sky, 江枫渔火对愁眠 Facing dim fishing boat neath maples ,said I lie. 姑苏城外寒山寺 Beyond city wall,from the Temple of Cold Hill 夜半钟声到客船 Bells break the ship-borne roamer's dream in midnight still.

Happy Rain on a Spring Night 好雨知时节 Good rain knows its time right 当春乃发生 It will fall when comes spring 随风潜入夜 With wind it steals in night 润物细无声 Mute,it wets everything 野径云俱黑 Over wild lanes dark cloud spreads 江船火烛明 In boat a lantern looms 晓看红湿处 Dawn sees saturated reds 花重锦官城 The town's heavy with blooms

A Quatrain 两个黄鹂鸣翠柳 Two golden orioles sing amid the willows green 一行白鹭上青天 A flock of white egrets fly into the blue sky 窗含西岭千秋雪 My window frames snow-crowned western mountains scene 门泊东吴万里船 My door off says eastward going ships "Goodbye".

The Waterfall in Mount Lu Viewed from Afar 日照香炉生紫烟 The sunlit Censer peak exhales Incese-like cloud 遥看瀑布挂前川 Like an upended stream the cataract sounds loud 飞流直下三千尺 Its torrent dashes down three thousand feet from high 疑似银河落几天 As if the Silver River fell from the blue sky

使至塞上 On Mission To the Frontier 单车欲问边 A single carriage goes to the frontier 属国过居延 An envoy crosses northwest mountains high 征蓬出汉塞 Like tumbleweed I leave the fortress drear 归雁入胡天 As wild geese I come under the Tartarian sky 大漠孤烟直 In boundless desert lonely smokes rise straight 长河落日圆 Over endless river the sun sinks round 萧关逢候骑 I meet a cavalier at the camp gate 都护在燕然 In northern fort general will be found.