Alas! I sigh with languor - Su Hui

Alas! I sigh with languor
Over the one who wandered from the way.

A Night-mooring on the Jiande River - Meng Hao-jan

While my little boat moves on its mooring of mist,
And daylight wanes, old memories begin....
How wide the world was, how close the trees to heaven,
And how clear in the water the nearness of the moon!

After lunch - Po Chü-i

After lunch–one short nap;
On waking up–two cups of tea.

Dwelling by a stream - Liu Zongyuan

I had so long been troubled by official hat and robe
That I am glad to be an exile here in this wild southland.
I am a neighbour now of planters and reapers.

Spring Beginning - Po Chü-i

The snow melts, days are each time hotter,

Written While Drunk in Lake-View Pavilion on the 27th Day of the Sixth Month - Su Shi

The inky clouds fly in, but do not hide the hills,
As random drops of white rain leap into the boats.

In a Retreat among Bamboos - Wang Wei

Alone I am sitting under close bamboos,
Playing on my lute, singing without words.

City Night - Tahir Hamut Izgil

From the airport to the train station and bus station
Myriad people emerge
Crazily they throw themselves at the city
Seeping with anger into the ground like dirty water, splattered
But I enter its night, walking

The Colour of Life - Ssu-K’ung T’u

Would that we might for ever stay

The rainbow glories of the world,

The blue of the unfathomed sea,

The rare azalea late unfurled,

The Mind - Chu Hsi

The Mind is most spiritual. 

So fine is it that it penetrates the very point of a hair, 

or the smallest blade of grass, 

and I become conscious of them. 

I was born in a time of peace - Cai Yan

I was born in a time of peace,

But later the mandate of Heaven

Was withdrawn from Han Dynasty.

No use fretting over gold, beauty or fame - Loy Ching-Yuen

No use fretting over gold, beauty or fame;

Nurturing these, how can we calm

Our fluttering heart?

Lao-Tze - Anonymous

1.
Back in the depths of ancient time;
Remote, before the Tis began;
Four equal sides denned the earth,

A Poet Looks At The Moon - Chang Jo Hsu

I hear a woman singing in my garden,

But I look at the moon in spite of her.

Heavenly Questions (Section 1) - Ch`u Yuan

'Tis said:

At the beginning of remote antiquity, 

Who was there to transmit the tale? 

When above and below had not yet taken shape, 

By what means could they be examined?

Favour and disgrace are meaningless - Wu Cailan

Favour and disgrace are meaningless —

What's the use of contending?

Song of Snow-white Heads - Cho Wēn-chün

Our love was pure

As the snow on the mountains:

White as a moon

Between the clouds—

He measured out - Mencius

He measured out and commenced his spirit-tower;

He measured it out and planned it.

烈文 (Lie Wen) - Anonymous

Ye, brilliant and accomplished princess,

Have conferred on me this happiness.

Your favours to me are without limit,

Gratitude for New Bounties - Li Yu

Beneath the moon, before the steps, all cherry blossom has fallen,

Enwreathed in smoke, she looks sorrowful lying in bed.