zǎo fā bái dì chéng

zǎo
bái
chéng
zhāo
bái
cǎi
yún
jiān
 
qiān
jiāng
líng
huán
 
liǎng
àn
yuán
shēng
zhù
 
qīng
zhōu
guò
wàn
chóng
shān
 
zǎo early / morning
fà, fā, pò hair; to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop; Secondary fermentation
bái white / snowy / empty / blank / bright / clear / plain / pure / gratuitous
emperor
chéng city walls / city / town
zhāo, cháo to face / towards / facing / direct / a dynasty / the imperial court / (abbr.) Korea, esp. N. Korea; morning
bid farewell / diction / resign / say goodbye / take leave / decline
bái white / snowy / empty / blank / bright / clear / plain / pure / gratuitous
emperor
cǎi (bright) color / variety / applause / applaud / (lottery) prize; colored / variegated
yún cloud / (abbr.) for Yunnan / surname; (classical) to say
jiàn, jiān between / among / space / (measure word); interstice / separate
qiān a swing; thousand
village / within / inside; Chinese mile / neighborhood / li, a Chinese unit of length = one-half kilometer / hometown; inside / internal / interior
jiāng river
líng mound / tomb / hill / mountain
one / single / a
Japan / day / sun / date / day of the month
huán, hái (surname) / pay back / return; also / in addition / more / still / else / still / yet / (not) yet
liǎng both / two / ounce / some / a few / tael
àn bank / shore / beach / coast
yuán ape
shēng sound / voice / (a measure word, used for sounds) / tone / noise
mourn / to cry / hoof
bù, bú (negative prefix) / not / no; (when directly preceding a tone 4) / not / no
zhù to live / to dwell / to reside / to stop
qīng light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / soft
zhōu boat
already / to stop / then / afterwards
guò (experienced action marker) / to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / (surname) / excessively / too-
wàn (surname); 10,000; Wan (surname) / ten thousand / a great number
chóng, zhòng heavy / serious; to double / to repeat / repetition / iteration / again / a layer
shān mountain / hill

Translations

In the bright early morning, the emperor set out from the city

From the imperial court, the pure emperor Jian set forth alone.

He passed a thousand villages, rivers and hills in a single day.

From some shore came the sound of an ape, so he stopped

his light boat and afterwards lived among the hills again.

IW

The new emperor set forth from the city at dawn

The imperial court sent him off with applause and fireworks.

Though he should walk a thousand miles a day,
cross a thousand rivers, climb a thousand mountains,
yet he would not be done.

On some shore a voice cries out hoarsely ‘Don't stop’/

Calmly the emperor goes on to climb ten thousand more.

LJW

Setting out early one morning from Baidi city gates

I look back and bid farewell to Baidi, bright amongst the mists

A thousand miles of rivers and hills ahead; one day I'll return

On both banks of the river I hear monkeys cry, but I do not stop

My small boat has already sailed past 1000 hills, and 1000 more

DJW