Sadness of men 恼煞人
Again the sun’s red wheel rolls to the West
One of my guilty pleasures is translating from Classical Chinese, which is to modern Chinese what Latin is to modern Romance languages like French and Spanish. I translate mostly into my mother’s tongue with is Russian, but you will see an English translation here and there too. I do not aim to create a proper poetical interpretation but rather to accurately transmit the meaning and the emotions of the original.
Again the sun’s red wheel rolls to the West
Once Zhuan Deru went to the outhouse and saw a devil
The husband asked his wife: do you prefer it long or short?
The road keeps climbing to mountains, rocky and cold
В день влюбленных воспеваю в стихах всеми цветами расшитое платье красавицы Ван
Ответ Вэнь Чэну
Провожаю шаофу Яня в ссылку в Чжэнский Чэньчжоу