'楊萬里 水中山花影 translation: Reflection of Mountain Flowers in Water, by Yang Wanli'
This is a translation and annotation of the poem 水中山花影 (Shuǐ Zhōng Shānhuā Yǐng), ‘Reflection of Mountain Flowers in Water’, by the Southern Song Dynasty Chinese poet 楊萬里 (Yáng Wànlǐ).
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水中山花影 Shuǐ Zhōng Shānhuā Yǐng [water] [in] [mountain] [flower] [reflection] Reflection of Mountain Flowers in Water
閉轎那知山色濃， Bì jiào nàzhī shān sè nóng, [stop] [sedan] [where] [know] [mountain] [appearance] [thick] Stopping the sedan, unexpectedly the mountains appear dense;
山花影落水田中。 shānhuā yǐng luòshuǐ tiánzhōng. [mountain] [flower] [reflection] [fall] [water] [field] [in] mountain flowers are reflected falling in the rice fields.
水中細數千紅紫， Shuǐzhōng xì shù qiān hóngzǐ, [water] [in] [fine] [number] [thousand] [red] [purple] In the water, enumerated: several thousand, red and purple;
點對山花一一同。 diǎn duì shānhuā yīyī tóng. [item] [pair] [mountain] [flower] [one] [one] [same] no pair of mountain flowers is the same.
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