Homesickness — Page 2
思鄉
Homesickness — page 2 of 2.
Poems in this hub
Cen Shen In the Stony Desert 磧中作 Two full moons measure Cen Shen’s westward journey, but the desert gives no answer to where he will sleep tonight. Wang Wei A Question about the Plum Tree 雜詩三首·其二 All the news of home narrows to one question about blossoms beside a window. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Cen Shen The Ninth Day on Campaign 行軍九日思長安故園 An absent festival cup leads Cen Shen to imagine chrysanthemums blooming beside a battlefield at home in Chang’an. Wei Yingwu Hearing Wild Geese 聞鴈 Rain darkens an autumn night as migrating geese pass overhead. Follow the brief connection between a homesick listener and a familiar distant sound. Cen Shen Sending Cui Back to the Capital 送崔子還京 Cen Shen watches a lone rider return east from the frontier and writes his farewell in September snow. Cen Shen From Alfalfa Peak to My Family 題苜蓿峰寄家人 The Beginning of Spring arrives on the frontier, but Cen Shen’s message home is shaped by tears and what the family cannot see. Li Bai Hearing a Flute in Luoyang on a Spring Night 春夜洛城聞笛 Li Bai’s spring-night flute in Luoyang, with pinyin and English notes explaining the unseen player, the Breaking the Willow tune, and feelings of home. Li Bai A Traveler’s Song 客中行 A host’s fragrant wine makes the boundary between home and elsewhere disappear. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Gao Shi Hearing a Flute on the Frontier 塞上聽吹笛 A frontier flute turns the tune Falling Plum Blossoms into imagined flowers carried through the passes in Gao Shi's night scene. Gao Shi New Year's Eve Away from Home 除夜作 An inn's cold lamp keeps Gao Shi company on New Year's Eve as he imagines home thinking of him and another year whitening his hair. Li Bai Crossing Jingmen: A Farewell 渡荊門送別 The mountains give way to plains, yet the river seems to accompany the traveler from home. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Zhang Ji Night Mooring at Maple Bridge 楓橋夜泊 Zhang Ji’s Maple Bridge night mooring, with pinyin, English translation, and notes on troubled sleep, riverside lights, and a temple bell reaching the boat. Zhang Ji At a Post Station 郵亭 Dismounting beside fading flowers, Zhang Ji recognizes a repeated cost of military service: every flowering season finds him away from home. Liu Changqing At the New Year 新年作 The new year deepens a displaced speaker's longing for home. Follow the thought that spring returns before he can, and the closing memory of an earlier exile. Qian Qi Returning Geese 歸雁 Qian Qi gives geese a mythic reason to leave the beautiful Xiao-Xiang region: moonlit zither music whose sorrow is too much to bear.