题西林壁》

横看成岭侧成峰，远近高低各不同。

不识庐山真面目，只缘身在此山中。

英文翻译：

Viewed sideways, a mountain range;

Viewed endwise, a peak—

The view changes with the stance one takes.

Of Mount Lu’s true face I know nothing,

Only because I am lost in its very midst.

4. 《江城子·密州出猎》

老夫聊发少年狂，左牵黄，右擎苍。

锦帽貂裘，千骑卷平冈。

为报倾城随太守，亲射虎，看孙郎。

英文翻译：

An old man’s folly¹ mimics² youth—

Left hand leash³ a yellow hound,

Right hand perch⁴ a falcon⁵ proud.

Silk-hatted, sable-coated,

A thousand horsemen sweep the hills.

To repay the town’s fervor⁶ for their governor,

I’ll shoot the tiger myself—

Like Sun Lang of old!