江  雪   柳宗元 River snow – by Liu Zhong Yen

 

千山鳥飛絕，萬徑人蹤滅。

孤舟蓑笠翁，獨釣寒江雪。

 

Birds deserted in thousands of many a mountain,

Men unseen in ten thousands of many a road,

An old man in straw hat and coir raincoat seen in a solitary boat,

Fishing alone in the cold river of snow.