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Chinese Poems

咏鹅
Yŏng é

骆宾王
Luò Bīnwáng

É é é
鹅鹅鹅，
Qŭ xiàng xiàng tiān gē.
曲项向天歌。
bái máo fú lǜ shuĭ,
白毛浮绿水，
Hóng zhăng bō qīng bō.
红掌拨清波。

生词(Shēngcí) Vocabulary:
1. 咏( yŏng): v to admire something
2. 项( xiàng): n the back of the neck
3. 掌( zhăng): n the paw of the gander
4. 拨( bō): v to push aside
5. 清波( qīng bō): v the clear wave

English translation:
To Ganders
Luò bīn wáng
goose, goose, goose,
Sing to sky with necks incurving.
White feathers afloat on verdant waters,
Orange palmate feet push the clear water.

Author Brief
Luò bīn wáng(640AD-684AD), a famous poet in Tang Dynasty, wrote this poem at seven years old. He was regarded as the one of the four distinguished poems in early Tang Dynasty.

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