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Qìng Quán Ān Táo HuāPeach Blossoms at Qingquan Hermitage 庆全庵桃花

Xie Fangde (谢枋得, also known as )｜Southern Song｜seven-character quatrain

Xie Fangde on living in hiding, worried peach petals floating out will lead people in.

Original Chinese text with pinyin

寻得桃源好避秦
xún dé táo yuán hǎo bì qín

桃红又见一年春
táo hóng yòu jiàn yī nián chūn

花飞莫遣随流水
huā fēi mò qiǎn suí liú shuǐ

怕有渔郞来问津
pà yǒu yú láng lái wèn jīn

Simplified characters; traditional title: 慶全庵桃花.

I found a Peach Blossom Spring, a good place to hide from the world;

the peach blossoms are red again — another year's spring.

Petals, don't drift away on the flowing water,

or some fisherman may come asking the way.

Original translation by Poetune — literal but poetic, written for this site.

寻得桃源好避秦 · xún dé táo yuán hǎo bì qín — I found a Peach Blossom Spring, a good place to hide from the world;

桃红又见一年春 · táo hóng yòu jiàn yī nián chūn — the peach blossoms are red again — another year's spring.

花飞莫遣随流水 · huā fēi mò qiǎn suí liú shuǐ — Petals, don't drift away on the flowing water,

怕有渔郞来问津 · pà yǒu yú láng lái wèn jīn — or some fisherman may come asking the way.

Xie Fangde on living in hiding, worried peach petals floating out will lead people in. The scene stays with you.

Xie Fangde on living in hiding, worried peach petals floating out will lead people in.

Xie Fangde, a Song loyalist, wrote verse of unbroken resolve.

Lifetime: 1226–1289. Other famous works: Peach Blossoms at Qingquan Hermitage (庆全庵桃花).