毛泽东·《四言诗·送君延安（1939年7月）》英译

春草碧色，

春水绿波。

送君延安，

快如之何！

A Verse with Four-Character Lines

See you off in Yan’ An

July 1939

Green appear the vernal grasses,

And blue ripple the spring waters.

To see you off in Yan’ an

How happy it is!

The translator’s notes:

       On July 7, 1939, when Mao Zedong gave a speech to students at the Northern Shanxi Public School in Yan’ an, he mentioned a poem written by Jiang Yan (444-505), a writer of the Liang Period of South Dynasty (502-557) in Chinese history. His change of two lines resulted in this poem.