The Kindly Rain, by Du Fu
The kindly rain its proper season knows.
With gentle Spring aye born in fitting hour.
Along the...
Poems by Du Fu
Yo-Yang Tower, by Du Fu
Long since the fame of Tung-ting Lake I knew.
At last from Yo-yang Tower its truth I view.
To s...
The Waning Moon, by Du Fu
16th of 8th moon Last night poured forth the Moon's bright golden waves.
And all shall tell how...
To the Moon, by Du Fu
The Autumn drawing up along the Night,
Amidst mankind the Moon casts shadows bright.
The Toad ...
Thoughts of Home, by Du Fu
Amid the jade-green willow trees two golden orioles sing.
Across the clear blue sky a flight of ...
The Tatar Horse, by Du Fu
A Tatar horse from Derbend, all slimness, muscle, bone,
By ears erect like bamboo shoots its...
Snow at Changsha, by Du Fu
Out of the north the snow
Is assaulting Changsha:
Its clouds over Hunan go
(Where few snows a...
The Setting Sun, by Du Fu
The curtain-hooks were gilt as sunset sank.
Springtide along the torrents turns to gloom.
Wafts...
The Runners of Shih Hao, by Du Fu
An incident of civil war The twilight gloamed. At Shih-hao Tsun I stayed.
Night soldiers brough...
The River's Brim, by Du Fu
One day of Spring went stealing to Chang-an River's side
An ancient rustic-weeping. To check his...
The Reinforcements, by Du Fu
At dawn the camp I enter by Loyang's eastern gate.
At eve upon the floating bridge I stand to me...
My Reflection by Night, by Du Fu
Some scattered grass. A shore breeze blowing light.
A giddy mast. A lonely boat at night.
The w...
The Music of the Spheres, by Du Fu
The flutes that pipe in Chin-ch'eng town confuse the light of day.
Half lost in clouds, the riv...
The Mockingbird, by Du Fu
What! Is the mocking bird come?
The Spring, he comes to say,
The Spring is here today.
All s...
The Milky Way, by Du Fu
Often hidden, often bright,
Clearest on an autumn night,
Sometimes covered with the shroud
...