1. Listening to the flute in Shouxiang City at night

The author is Li Yi? of the Tang Dynasty

The sand in front of Huile Peak is like snow, and the moon outside Shouxiang City is like frost.

I don’t know where to play the reed pipe, and I have to march all night to see my hometown.

Translation

The sand in front of Huile Peak is as white as snow, and the moonlight outside the city is like autumn frost. I don't know where the melancholy reed pipes were blowing, and all of them looked at their hometown overnight.

2. Hearing the Flute in Luocheng on a Spring Night

The author is Li Bai? Tang Dynasty

Whose jade flute is flying quietly, spreading into the spring breeze all over Luocheng.

Hearing the broken willows in this nocturne, no one can forget the love of his hometown.

Translation?

Whose exquisite flute secretly makes a melodious sound? As the spring breeze blows, it spreads throughout Luoyang. In tonight's music, hearing "Breaking Willows" from my hometown, who wouldn't feel homesick due to this?

3. Listening to the Zheng

The author Li Duan? The Tang Dynasty

The Zheng is played with golden millet pillars, in front of the jade house with plain hands.

If you want to get Zhou Lang's attention, you always mistakenly play the string.

Translation

The guzheng with its golden millet shaft makes a beautiful sound, and the beauty who plays it with bare hands sits in front of the jade room.

She tried her best to win Zhou Lang's favor, but you see she deliberately plucked the wrong strings from time to time.

4. Hearing the flute on a spring night

Author Li Yi? Dynasty Tang Dynasty

The flute is played in the cold mountains to call for the return of spring, and the immigrants look at each other with tears in their clothes.

There are endless geese in Dongting all night long, and they all fly north before dawn.

Translation

In the cold mountains, the flute is played to call for the return of spring to the earth, and the people who have been banished look at each other and their clothes are wet with tears.

Countless wild geese that stayed by the Dongting Lake at night flew north eagerly before dawn.

5. Listen to the tune of flowing water

Author Wang Changling? Tang Dynasty

The lonely boat faces the maple forest under the faint moon, sharing the music of the kite and the guest's heart.

The mountains are covered with thousands of raindrops, and the broken strings are covered with deep traces of tears.

Translation

On the first day of the month, a solitary boat is facing the maple forest, and he is ordered to play the zheng to entertain the guests.

The mountains are shrouded in thousands of layers of rain and mist, and the broken strings seem to turn the rain into tears.