1, "River Snow"
Tang Dynasty: Liu Zongyuan
Thousands of birds fly away from the mountains, ten thousand paths are lost.
The lone boat Demoiselle Rasa Weng, fishing alone in the snow of the cold river.
Translation:
All the mountains are cut off from birds; all the paths are deserted. The fisherman in his boat on the river wears a straw raincoat and a hat; he fishes alone and is not afraid of being attacked by snow and ice.
2, "The Absolute Sentence"
Tang Dynasty: Du Fu
Two yellow orioles singing in the green willow, a line of egrets on the blue sky.
The window contains a thousand snowy autumns in the West Ridge, and the door is moored to a ship of ten thousand miles in the East Wu.
Translation:
Two orioles sang melodiously among the verdant willows, and a neat line of egrets rushed straight up into the azure sky. As I sat at the window, I could see the year-round snow piling up on the Western Ridge, and ships anchored in front of my door that had traveled far from the Eastern Wu, 10,000 miles away.
3. Spring Snow
Tang Dynasty: Han Yu
The New Year is not yet fragrant, and grass buds are seen at the beginning of February.
The snow is too late for spring, so it goes through the garden trees as flying flowers.
Translation:
The New Year has come and gone, but there were no fragrant flowers to be seen, and it was only in February that I was surprised to find new shoots of grass. The snow was also too late for spring, so it intentionally turned into flowers and flew through the trees in the courtyard.
4, "Snow on the Night of the New Year"
Song Dynasty: Lu You
The north wind blew the snow at the beginning of the fourth night, and Jiarui Tianjiao and the year of the new year.
Half a cup of tusu has not yet been lifted, and the grass in front of the lamp is written with peach symbols.
Translation:
At the beginning of the fourth night, the north wind brought a heavy snowfall; this auspicious snowfall given to us by Heaven came on the night of New Year's Eve, signaling a good harvest for the coming year. Before the glass half full of Tusu wine could be raised in celebration, I was still rushing to write the peach symbols for spring in cursive script under the lamp.
5. "Meeting the Snow and Staying at the Master of Hibiscus Mountain"
Tang Dynasty: Liu Changqing
Sunset is far away from the pale mountains, and the sky is cold and the white house is poor.
The dog barks at the wood door, and the man returns home at night in the wind and snow.
Translation:
The twilight color is pale, and I feel that the road ahead is far away. It was cold and the ground was freezing, so I felt that the people I stayed with were poor. Suddenly, I heard a dog barking at the door of the woodpile, which meant that the owner had returned home at night.