朱熹《九曲棹歌》
一曲
一曲溪边上钓船,
幔亭峰影蘸晴川。
虹桥一断无消息,
万壑千岩锁翠烟。
a fishing boat harbouring by the stream; in the green mists of Wuyi, forbidding rock pavilions and towering cliffs over the river;
a broken passage. No pasaran
二曲
二曲亭亭玉女峰,
插花临水为谁容。
道人不复寻仙去,
一片闲云任往还。
The lady of Jade’s slender beauty rising from the waters [插花临水], do you see? 一片闲云任往还 [no longer seeking, a cloud idly passing through]
三曲
三曲君看架壑船,
不知停棹几何年。
桑田海水今如许,
泡影空花亦偶然。
The hanging boat coffins of the extinct people… what remains? 桑田海水今如许,
what emptiness 泡影空花亦偶然
四曲
四曲东西两石岩,
岩花垂露碧毵毵。
金鸡叫罢无人见,
月满空山水满潭。
五曲
五曲山高云气深,
长时烟雨暗平林。
林间有客无人识,
欸乃声中万古心。
the middle in which the ancient depths are recalled, revisited but neither heard nor known
六曲
六曲苍屏绕碧湾,
茅茨终日掩柴关。
客来倚棹岩花落,
猿鸟不惊春意闲。
七曲
七曲移船上碧滩,
隐屏仙掌更回看。
却怜昨夜峰头雨,
添得飞泉几道寒。
the hidden, undisturbed, closed – the sense of immortals. the traveler is lingering, leaning to the shores, looking back.
八曲
八曲风烟势欲开,
鼓楼岩下水萦回。
莫言此处无佳景,
自是游人不上来。
The people have not come this far…
九曲
九曲将穷眼豁然,
桑麻雨露见平川。
渔郎更觅桃源路,
除是人间别有天。
A possibility lies with an opening to mulberries, rain-soaked plains. An other sky [人间别有天] opens for the seeking traveler.