Fishing snow

江雪
柳宗元
千山鸟飞绝，
万径人踪灭。
孤舟蓑笠翁，
独钓寒江雪。

Snow on River

LIU Zongyuan

A thousand mountains are clear of flying birds,
Ten thousand paths are free of human traces.
Yet a fishing man on a solitary boat sitting with a bamboo hat,
Not fishing fishes but the snowflakes on the freezing river.

俺曾见金陵玉殿莺啼晓，秦淮水榭花开早，谁知道容易冰消!眼看他起朱楼，眼看他宴宾客，眼看他楼塌了！这青苔碧瓦堆，俺曾睡风流觉，将五十年兴亡看饱。那乌衣巷不姓王，莫愁湖鬼夜哭，凤凰台栖枭鸟。残山梦最真，旧境丢难掉，不信这舆图换稿！诌一套《哀江南》，放悲声唱到老。

出自《桃花扇》