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Du Fu Poems
- Advent Of Spring The city has fallen: only the hills and ...
- Full Moon Above the tower -- a lone, twice-sized moon. On ...
- Lone Wild Goose Alone, the wild goose refuses food and ...
- Morning Rain A slight rain comes, bathed in dawn light. I ...
- Moonlit Night Tonight at Fu-chou, this moon she ...
- Ballad Of The Army Carts Wagons rattling and banging, horses...
- Alone, Looking For Blossoms Al...
Du Fu was a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. Along with Li Bai (Li Bo), he is frequently called the greatest of the Chinese poets. His greatest ambition was to serve his country as a successful civil servant, but he proved unable to make the necessary accommodations. His life, like the whole country, was devastated by the An Lushan Rebellion of 755, and his last 15 years were a time of ... more »
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Advent Of Spring
The city has fallen: only the hills and rivers remain.
In Spring the streets were green with grass and trees.
Sorrowing over the times, the flowers are weeping.
The birds startled my heart in fear of departing.
The beacon fires were burning for three months,
A letter from home was worth ten thousand pieces of gold.
I scratch the scant hairs on my white head,
And vainly attempt to secure them with a hairpin.
I like the poems.So amazing and it influenced me to write more poems too.
Very few poets have influenced the generation that followed them, he is one of them. Those who read his work will do nothing but Admire.
Tu Fu (or Du Fu) is one of the greatest classical Chinese poets, along with Li Po (or Li Bai) . He wrote taoist poetry even if he remained devoutly linked to the more formal morality of Confucianism.
A poem by Tu Fu: 'A View of Taishan'
What shall I say of the Great Peak? –
The ancient dukedoms are everywhere green,
Inspired and stirred by the breath of creation,
With the Twin Forces balancing day and night.
..I bare my breast toward opening clouds,
I strain my sight after birds flying home.
When shall I reach the top and hold
All mountains in a single glance?
to P.H.:
don't you think that the other page - the one under the name TU FU - should be erase, as the 19 poems there are also listed here?
there is another page dedicated to Du FU...
that page is under the name:
Tu Fu (712-770 / Gong County / China)
Mr Jeff Mcguire who do you consider as a skillful translater? do you have names or ways to advice translators without making much of noisy complains. Let us complain constructively.
Oh, and why is there a picture of Li Bai on Du Fu's page? Li Po is a great poet and I respect him, but he doesn't need to invade the identities of other poets! If nothing is done, all poet portraits on this site may be replaced by Li Bai in uncharacteristic greed!
Wong Moli, unfortunately poetry must be translated or it will become lost to a tiny subset of a subset of people who speak the author's Native Tongue. Poetry is always inaccurate in translation; the worst offence that a translator can commit is to translate too accurately. English is not Chinese, so any playful wordings and double meanings will be lost. In order for people like me to Know Tu Fu, I must be introduced to him through a skillful translator who knows the deep secrets of Poetics.
Too terrible, the English translation is too terrible! Du Fu's poems can be only read in chinese.
Too terrible, the English translation is too terrible! Du Fu's poems can be only read in chinese.