The original poem is as follows:
The West Lake is beautiful in a short boat, with meandering green water, long embankments of fragrant grass, and faint music and songs everywhere. ?
The glassy surface of the windless water surface is smooth. Unconsciously, the boat moves and ripples slightly, causing sandbirds to fly across the shore.
The translation is as follows:
The scenery of the West Lake is beautiful, and it is so relaxing to paddle in a light boat. The green lake stretches continuously, and the flowers and plants on the long embankment emit fragrance. There was faint music singing, as if following the boats floating on the lake. ?
The windless water surface was as smooth as glass. It was not felt that the boat was moving forward, only slight waves were rippling beside the boat. Look! The waterfowl that were startled by the boat are flying over the lake shore.
Extended information:
This poem was written in the fourth year of Xining (1071). In June of this year, Ouyang Xiu resigned as the prince's young master and returned to Yingzhou. In late spring, I went to the West Lake to play, and I was so happy that I composed ten poems "Picking Mulberries".
This poem is one of the poems in the group "Picking Mulberries". Describing the scenery of the four seasons is an important part of the lyrics of Ouyang Xiu's "Picking Mulberries". This song ranked first. It writes about the West Lake in spring. Scenery and mood, movement and static, vision and hearing, all correspond and combine in pairs, forming a flowing scenery. The whole poem uses a relaxed and elegant style to describe the beautiful scenery seen while boating on the West Lake in Yingzhou. The "light boat" is used as the basis for observing the scenery. The scenery changes as the boat moves, but the joy of the mood is consistent. The color tone is beautiful, the style is beautiful, and it is full of poetry and painting. It is refreshing and gratifying to read.