Tang Yun唐韵

No. 63 · Seven-character quatrain

竹枝词

Bamboo Branch Song

Zhú Zhī Cí

by Liu Yuxi 刘禹锡 · 772 – 842

  • Love
  • Rivers
  • Folk Song
杨柳青青江水平The willows are green, the river is level;
闻郎江上唱歌声I hear my love singing out on the water.
东边日出西边雨The sun rises in the east, rain falls in the west —
道是无晴却有晴they say there is no clear weather, but there is.