Tang Yun唐韵

No. 39 · Seven-character quatrain

山行

Walking in the Mountains

Shān Xíng

by Du Mu 杜牧 · 803 – 852

  • Autumn
  • Mountains
  • Colour
远上寒山石径斜Up the cold mountain the stone path slants;
白云生处有人家where the white clouds are born, there are houses.
停车坐爱枫林晚I stop the carriage because I love the maple woods at dusk —
霜叶红于二月花frost-bitten leaves are redder than February flowers.