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Yīng Zhào Fù Dé Chú YèNew Year's Eve 应诏赋得除夜

Shi Qing (史青, also known as Shih Ch'ing)｜Early Tang｜five-character regulated verse

New Year's Eve: the old year ends and spring is about to begin.

Original Chinese text with pinyin

今岁今宵尽
jīn suì jīn xiāo jǐn

明年明日催
míng nián míng rì cuī

寒随一夜去
hán suí yī yè qù

春逐五更来
chūn zhú wǔ gēng lái

Simplified characters; traditional title: 應詔賦得除夜. This is a long poem; only the best-known lines are shown, and “……” marks omitted passages.

Note on the text: This page presents a well-known excerpt; the full poem is longer in the traditional corpus.

This year ends with this very night;

next year, tomorrow, comes hurrying on.

The cold leaves with this one night;

spring follows at the fifth watch.

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

今岁今宵尽 · jīn suì jīn xiāo jǐn — This year ends with this very night;

明年明日催 · míng nián míng rì cuī — next year, tomorrow, comes hurrying on.

寒随一夜去 · hán suí yī yè qù — The cold leaves with this one night;

春逐五更来 · chūn zhú wǔ gēng lái — spring follows at the fifth watch.

New Year's Eve: the old year ends and spring is about to begin. The scene stays with you.

New Year's Eve: the old year ends and spring is about to begin.

Shi Qing is known for a New Year's Eve poem on an imperial theme.

Lifetime: fl. late 7th c.. Other famous works: New Year's Eve (应诏赋得除夜).