SNOW

Luo Yin

(833-910, Tang Dynasty)

All say that snow forebodes a bumper year.

What if it should arouse less joy than fear?

There are poor people in the capital,

Who are afraid much bumper snow will fall.

雪

[唐]罗隐

尽道丰年瑞,丰年事若何。

长安有贫者,为瑞不宜多。

About the poet 

Luo Yin, a Chinese Tang Dynasty (618-907) poet whose literature talent was  buried for almost 10 years before finally been discovered. In his later years, the poet chose to live a hermit life. 

About the translator 

Xu Yuanchong (1921-2021) was born in Nanchang in East China's Jiangxi Province. He was a professor of literary translation at Peking University.

About the book 

300 Tang Poems/ Translated by Xu Yuanchong Published by China Intercontinental Press