Friday, January 7, 2011

To Meet By Chance a Heroic Man

逢俠者 (錢起)
燕趙悲歌士
相逢劇孟家
寸心言不盡
前路日將斜

To Meet By Chance - Heroic - Person (Qian Qi)
Yan - Zhao - Sad - Song - Honorific
Each Other - To Meet By Chance - Drama - Meng - House
Inch - Heart - To Say - Not - Finished
Front - Road - Sun - Shall - Inclined

To Meet By Chance a Heroic Man (Qian Qi)
Singers of Elegies of Yan and Zhao
To meet each other by chance at Ju Meng's house
Words cannot express the my feelings
The sun is setting on the road ahead

者: This is used after a noun or adjective to indicate one who is the preceding word.

俠者: A wandering martial artist who protects the innocent. Think from Kwai Chang Caine from Kung Fu.

燕趙: Yan and Zhao are two states from the Warring States Period (476-220 BC).

悲歌: sad songs or elegies

劇孟: Ju Meng. This was a famous person from the Han dynasty who sponsored many of these wandering martial artists.

寸心: feelings

This is about a chance encounter with a martial artist who is perhaps on his way to battle.

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