Li Bai (701–762), also known as Li Po, was a Chinese poet living during the Tang Dynasty.

 

越女词

(五首其一)

长干[1]吴[2]儿女[3],

眉目艳星月。

屐上足如霜,

不着鸦头袜[4]。

《越女词》共五首,是李白漫游吴越时的作品,描写吴越民间女子的容貌和服饰,显示出江南水乡的旖旎风光。诗的风格清新活泼,有浓厚的民歌色彩。这首诗描写吴家儿女美丽的容貌和活泼的姿态。词句不事雕琢,风格质朴,具有典型的太白诗风。

注释:

[1]长干:地名,在今浙江北部。

[2]吴:吴地,在今长江下游江苏南部。

[3]儿女:此指女儿。

[4]鸦头袜:叉头袜。

Songs of the Southern Lass

(I)

The Southern lass is fair and bright,

Her eyes and brows shame moon and stars.

Her feet in sandals are frost-white,

The crow-head shoes would look like scars.