THE LUNAR NEW YEAR'S DAY

Wang Anshi

Northern Song Dynasty

With crackers' cracking noise the old year passed away;

The vernal breeze brings us warm wine and warm spring day.

The rising sun sheds light on doors of each household,

New peachwood charm is put up to replace the old.

元日

[北宋]王安石

爆竹声中一岁除,春风送暖入屠苏。

千门万户曈曈日,总把新桃换旧符。

About the poet 

Wang Anshi was a Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) poet respected as one of the most influential poets and political thinkers of his time.

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 

Golden Treasury of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Poetry Translated by Xu Yuanchong & Xu Ming Published by China Intercontinental Press, Beijing, 2019