“A Spring View” by Du Fu (杜甫, 五言律詩, 春望)

Du Fu (杜甫) was a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty who lived from 712-770.

国破山河在， 城春草木深。

Though a country be sundered, hills and rivers endure;

And spring comes green again to trees and grasses

感时花溅泪， 恨别鸟惊心。

Where petals have been shed like tears

And lonely birds have sung their grief.

烽火连三月， 家书抵万金。

…After the war-fires of three months,

One message from home is worth a ton of gold.

白头搔更短， 浑欲不胜簪。

…I stroke my white hair. It has grown too thin

To hold the hairpins any more.

Style: 行書  | Dimensions: 131 x 45 cm