TUNE: THE SOUTH RECALLED

Huangfu Song

(Tang Dynasty)

Candle-wick burned,

Red cannas painted on the screen dark turned.

I dreamed of mume-fruit rip'ring on the Southern shore,

Of flute-songs played adrift one rainy night of yore,

Of whispers lost

In running stream below the bridge beside the post.

梦江南

[唐]皇甫松

兰烬落,屏上暗红蕉。

闲梦江南梅熟日,夜船吹笛雨萧萧,人语驿边桥。

About the poet 

Huangfu Song was a Tang Dynasty (618-907) poet who has created many works to dedicate to women.

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