What was the full translation of Tang Bohu's Song of the Peach Blossom Nunnery?

Answer 1

The full text of Tang Bohu's "Song of the Peach Blossom Nunnery" is translated as follows:

The Peach Blossom Monastery was located on Peach Blossom Island outside Chang Gate of Suzhou. Peach blossoms bloomed on the island, and the peach blossoms in the nunnery were as white as snow. In front of the nunnery, a stream flowed through the peach blossom forest. Peach blossoms of various colors bloomed by the stream, as beautiful as brocade.

There was a talented scholar named Bo Hu who lived in the Peach Blossom Monastery. He had created many excellent poems. One day, he was playing on Peach Blossom Island and suddenly had an inspiration to write this song,"Song of the Peach Blossom Nunnery."

Song:

In the Peach Blossom Monastery, the Peach Blossom Immortal planted peach trees.
Picking peach blossoms to eat, never hungry for a lifetime.

In this poem, Bo Hu used the image of peach blossoms to describe the short and impermanence of life to express his feelings and thoughts about life. This poem was known as one of the quatrains of the Tang Dynasty and a classic in Suzhou literature because of its concise and beautiful style and profound ideology.