Sunday, November 28, 2010

Seeing Off Granary Director Guo

送郭司倉 (王昌齒)
映門淮水綠
留騎主人心
明月隨良掾
春潮夜夜深

See Off - Outer City Wall - Company - Granary (Wang Chang Chi)
Reflect - Door - Huai River - Water - Green
Remain - Ride - Host - Person - Heart
Bright - Moon - Follow - Good - Official
Spring - Tide - Night - Night - Deep

Seeing Off Granary Director Guo (Wang Chang Chi)
The green water of the Huai River reflects on my door
The departing guest remains in the host's heart
The bright moon follows a good official
The spring tide gets deeper every night

郭: surname Guo

司倉: This is the person's title. Red Pine uses "granary director" as the title.

主人: host, owner

淮: Huai River

留騎主人心: I am not sure how to address the 騎 character in this line.

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