Jian jian yin 簡簡吟

by Bai Juyi 白居易 (772–846)

Dynasty: Tang 唐 (618–907)

Notes: This poem includes one or more characters that are incompatible with the database. They are marked by placeholders. You can find the characters in question under the following Unicodes: F[1] = [U+25250]

Included in: Peng Dingqiu 彭定求 (ed.). Quan Tang shi 全唐詩 (Complete Tang Poems) Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1985. 435.4822.

Translations

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  • Erwin von Zach (1872–1942): Das Lied von der kleinen Chien-chian –
    in: Zach, Erwin von. Hightower, James Robert (ed.). Han-Yü's poetische Werke, Harvard-Yenching Institute studies. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1952. Vol. 7.

蘇家小女名簡簡，芙蓉花F1柳葉眼。 十一把鏡學點妝，十二抽鍼能繡裳。 十三行坐事調品，不肯迷頭白地藏。 玲瓏雲髻生花樣，飄颻風袖薔薇香。 殊姿異態不可狀，忽忽轉動如有光。 二月繁霜殺桃李，明年欲嫁今年死。 丈人阿母勿悲啼，此女不是凡夫妻。 恐是天仙謫人世，只合人間十三歲。 大都好物不堅牢，彩雲易散琉璃脆。