Yang Wanli 楊萬里
poet · Song China · 1127–1206
A poet of the Southern Song said to have written more than twenty thousand poems. He caught the small scene before his eyes with a light touch.
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The plums have left a sourness that softens my teeth. The banana tree shares its green with the window gauze. The day is long; I wake from my nap with nothing on my mind, and idly watch the children catching willow down.
梅子留酸軟齒牙，芭蕉分綠與窗紗。
日長睡起無情思，閑看兒童捉柳花。"Waking from a Nap in Early Summer," the first poem, in the Complete Song Poems
later 12th century
Wild chrysanthemums and old moss each mint their coins, golden yellow and copper green vying to be the lovelier. Heaven pays them out to the poor poet, but they buy only clear sorrow, never a field.
野菊荒苔各鑄錢，金黄銅綠兩爭妍。
天公支與窮詩客，只買清愁不買田。"Written in Jest"
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