Sunday, December 12, 2010

On the Topic of Mr. Yuan's Villa

題袁氏別業 (賀知章)
主人不相識
偶坐為林泉
莫謾愁沽酒
囊中自有錢

Topic - Yuan - Clan Name - Other - Business (He Zhi Zhang)
Owner - Person - Not - Each Other - Know
Accidental - Sit - Because - Woods - Fountain
Not - Neglect - Worry - Buy - Wine
Purse - Middle - Self - Have - Money

On the Topic of Mr. Yuan's Villa (He Zhi Zhang)
The owner is not an acquaintance
I stop to sit here because of the trees and fountain
Do not worry about buying the wine
I have money in my coin purse

氏: equivalent of Mr. or Mrs., but is placed after the surname

別業: villa

相識: acquaintance

莫謾: do not

囊: This refers to the coin purse that people carried under their clothes.

This poem is about the poet stopping at someone's estates and offering to share a bottle of wine.

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