Sunday, January 30, 2011

Autumn Wind Song

秋風引 (劉禹錫)
何處秋風至
蕭蕭送雁群
朝來入庭樹
孤客最先聞

Autumn - Wind - Song (Liu Yu Xi)
What - Place - Autumn - Wind - To Arrive
Mournful - Mournful - To Deliver - Goose - Flock
Morning - To Arrive - To Enter - Courtyard - Tree
Lone - Visitor - Very - First - To Hear

Autumn Wind Song (Liu Yu Xi)
Where the autumn wind arrives
The mournful sound delivers a flock of geese
In the morning entering the courtyard and trees
A lonely visitor is the very first to hear

引: Although not in dictionaries as such, this word refers to a Chinese style of lyric poetry or folksong.

何處: where

蕭蕭: the mournful sound of blowing wind

雁: This refers to wild geese rather than domesticated geese (鵝).

群: general term for group/herd/flock/crowd/pack of animals

最先: very first

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