Complete Tang Poems 《全唐诗》

Who says the inch-long grass can repay the radiance of three spring months?

Plain meaningA child's gratitude can never fully repay a mother's care.

A bright moon rises over the sea; at the ends of the earth, we share this moment.

Plain meaningThough far apart, we are connected beneath the same moon.

I will surely climb to the highest summit and see all the other mountains become small.

Plain meaningAim for the summit and gain the wider view that effort makes possible.

I raise my head and gaze at the bright moon; I lower it and think of home.

Plain meaningMoonlight makes me miss my home.

The distant shadow of the lone sail disappears into the blue sky; only the Yangtze remains, flowing to the horizon.

Plain meaningI keep watching long after my friend has sailed away.

A crane rises through the clouds in the clear sky, carrying poetic feeling into the blue heights.

Plain meaningAutumn can lift the spirit instead of making it fall.

In a lone boat, an old man in a straw cape fishes alone in the snowy river cold.

Plain meaningOne person remains steady in a vast and empty winter world.

From tonight the dew turns white; the moon is brightest in my homeland.

Plain meaningHome always seems brighter when you are far away.

A fine rain softens the capital streets like cream; from afar the grass is green, yet up close it seems absent.

Plain meaningSpring is beginning so quietly that change is easier to see from a distance.

When the great roc rises with the wind, it soars ninety thousand li.

Plain meaningA great ambition can rise with the right moment.

The tide lies level and the two banks open wide; the wind is fair and a single sail hangs full.

Plain meaningThe way ahead is open and the wind is right for moving forward.

Thinking of the endlessness of heaven and earth, alone in sorrow I shed tears.

Plain meaningThe scale of time and the world can make one person's loneliness feel overwhelming.

We look at each other without tiring—only Mount Jingting and I.

Plain meaningNature can be the companion that never exhausts you.

After fresh rain in the empty mountains, the evening air turns autumnal.

Plain meaningRain clears the world and autumn quietly arrives.

In the great desert a lone column of smoke rises straight; over the long river the setting sun is round.

Plain meaningThe frontier landscape is immense, spare, and unforgettable.

To see a thousand miles farther, climb one story higher.

Plain meaningRaise your level if you want a wider view.

The moon sets, crows cry, and frost fills the sky; beside river maples and fishing lights, I lie awake in sorrow.

Plain meaningI cannot sleep on this cold and lonely night.

I stop the carriage because I love the evening maple woods; frost-red leaves are brighter than flowers of the second month.

Plain meaningAutumn can be as vivid and beautiful as spring.

Do not worry that no true friend waits on the road ahead; who under heaven does not know you?

Plain meaningGo forward confidently—you will find people who recognize and value you.

No one knows me in the deep forest; the bright moon comes to shine upon me.

Plain meaningEven in solitude, the moon can feel like quiet company.

The cries of apes on both banks have not ceased, yet the light boat has already passed ten thousand mountains.

Plain meaningSometimes you realize only afterward how much hardship you have already crossed.

In the empty mountains no person can be seen; only the echo of human voices is heard.

Plain meaningThe world can be quiet enough for a distant sound to become vivid.

A red bean is set inside the delicate die; do you know this longing has entered my bones?

Plain meaningI miss you so deeply it feels carved into me.

Beside the sunken boat, a thousand sails pass; before the diseased tree, ten thousand trees enter spring.

Plain meaningNew life and opportunity continue beyond loss and decline.

Sleeping in spring, I do not notice dawn; everywhere I hear birds calling.

Plain meaningSpring arrives gently in light, sleep, and birdsong.

Proud in the spring wind, my horse's hooves fly; in one day I see all the flowers of Chang'an.

Plain meaningThe exhilaration of finally succeeding after hard work.

A time will come to ride the long wind and break the waves; I will set my cloudlike sail straight across the vast sea.

Plain meaningYour chance will come. Keep going toward the larger horizon.

At one backward glance and smile, a hundred charms came alive; the painted beauties of the six palaces lost their color.

Plain meaningHer smile outshines everyone around her.

Alone in a foreign place, I am a stranger; at every festival, I miss my family all the more.

Plain meaningBeing far from home makes special days feel even lonelier.

Cut water with a blade and it flows all the more; raise a cup to drown sorrow and sorrow grows deeper.

Plain meaningTrying to force grief away can make it return even more strongly.

If one has a true friend within the four seas, even the edge of the world feels like next door.

Plain meaningTrue friends remain close, however far apart they are.

When life goes well, enjoy it fully; do not leave the golden cup empty beneath the moon.

Plain meaningCelebrate the good moments while they are here.

Clouds would borrow her robes and flowers her face; spring wind brushes the railing, and the dew glows richly.

Plain meaningHer beauty calls to mind clouds, blossoms, spring wind, and luminous dew.

When his brush falls, wind and rain are startled; when the poem is complete, ghosts and spirits weep.

Plain meaningHis talent is so powerful that it seems to shake heaven and earth.