Evening Views from the Seaside Pavilion
望海楼晚景三首
The rising tide comes in from the sea in a row，
Below the Pavilion in a twinkling heaps up snow.
From now on you should come with the coming tidal bore
And you can see silver mountains twenty times more.
海上涛头一线来， 楼前指顾雪成堆。
从今潮上君须上， 更看银山二十回。
The wind blows rain into the Pavilion slant-wise,
Fine verse should be composed in praise of the grand view.
After the rain the sea turns green, no tide will rise,
The lightening flashes like a snake of golden hue.
横风吹雨人楼斜， 壮观应须好句夸。
雨过潮平江海碧， 电光时掣紫金蛇。
Where blue hills sever, there stands a pagoda tall,
People on either shore answer each other’s call.
The strong wind in an autumn evening will bring
The sound of ringing bells and beating drums to Xixing.
青山断处塔层层， 隔岸人家唤欲膺。
上秋风晚来急， 为传钟鼓列西兴。