终南^[1]望余雪

祖咏

终南阴岭^[2]秀，

积雪浮云端。

林表^[3]明霁色^[4]，

城中增暮寒。

注释：

[1] 终南：终南山，在今陕西长安县南五十里，又称秦岭，绵延八百多里，是渭水和汉水的分水岭。

[2] 阴岭：山的北面为阴。终南山在长安之南，从长安望去，看到的是山北部。

[3] 林表：树林的顶部。

[4] 霁色：雨雪过后的阳光。

Snow atop the Southern Mountains

Zu Yong

How fair the gloomy mountainside!

Snow-crowned peaks float above the cloud.

The forest’s bright in sunset dyed,

With evening cold the town’s overflowed.

This poem is well-known for its description of natural beauties: the snow-crowned peaks mingling with floating cloud, and the gloomy forest on the mountainside brightened as if dyed by the setting sun.