赠花卿 - 杜甫

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 赠花卿

杜甫 (Du Fu)   唐朝 Tang Dynasty (618-907)

Jǐn chéng sī guǎn rì fēnfēn, bàn rù jiāng fēng bàn rù yún.

锦城丝管日纷纷，半入江风半入云。

Cǐ qǔ zhǐ yīng tiānshàng yǒu, rénjiān néng dé jǐ huí wén?

此曲只应天上有，人间能得几回闻？

★ 杜甫：Du Fu (712 – 770), Du Fu was a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty. Along with Li Bai, he is frequently called the greatest of the Chinese poets.
1. 赠：dedicated to
2. 花卿：Lord Hua
3. 锦城：Chengdu (成都)
4. 丝管：music
5. 纷纷：melodious
6. 半：half
7. 入：enter
8. 江风：wind above river
9. 云：cloud
10. 此曲：this music
11. 应：should
12. 天上：in heaven
13. 人间：world of people
14. 几回闻：rarely heard

The sound of melodious music drifts over the city all day long,
gently floating in the wind above river, slowly rising into the clouds.
Such beautiful music must come from heaven.
One can rarely get to hear it in the world of people.