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English translation and interpretation are being reviewed.
春与青溪长。
时有落花至，
远随流水香。
闲门向山路，
深柳读书堂。
幽映每白日，
清辉照衣裳。
English translation
The path ends where the white clouds are, spring is as long as the blue stream.
Now and then fallen petals arrive, bearing fragrance far along the flowing water.
A quiet gate faces the mountain road, deep among willows, a hall for reading.
Soft shade holds the light of day, clear brightness shining upon my robes.
Meaning
A winding mountain path comes down from where the white clouds end, and on both sides of the long stream the spring scenery runs on.
From time to time fallen blossoms drift down with the stream, and from far off one can smell their fragrance in the water.
The quiet bramble gate faces the winding path, and the reading hall is hidden in a dense grove of willows.
Whenever the sunlight pierces the deep shade of the willows, its clear, quiet radiance falls all over my clothes.
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The exact date of this poem is unknown. The poem was supposed to have had a title, which at some point was lost. When Yin Fan of the High Tang included the poem in his Collection of the Spirit and Genius of the Rivers and Mountains, it already had no title, and later generations could only add the two words "Title Missing" to serve as its name.