Zha Shenxing Poem: Orally Composed on the Blue Stream – 查慎行《青溪口号》

青溪口号[1]

[清]查慎行

来船桅杆高，

去船橹声[2]好。

上水厌滩多，

下水惜滩少。

注释：

[1]口号：口吟，即景赋诗。

[2]橹声：摇橹发出的声音。

Orally Composed on the Blue Stream

Zha Shenxing

Ships come afar, we see masts high;

We hear their oars when they pass by.

Upstream we fear the beaches before;

Downstream we like them to be more.