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Lin Bu (Chinese: 林逋; 967–1028) a Song Dynasty poet who spent much of his later life in solitude, while admiring plum blossoms, on a cottage by West Lake in Hangzhou. His courtesy name was Junfu (君復).
Lin is well known for his romantic poems. One example of his works, titled Everlasting Longing is shown below:
相思令
吴山青.
越山青.
兩岸青山相對迎.
爭忍有離情.
君淚盈.
妾淚盈.
羅帶同心結未成.
江邊潮已平.
Everlasting Longing
The northern hills so green,
The southern hills so green,
They greet your ship which sails river between.
My grief at parting is so keen.
Tears streaming from your eyes,
Tears streaming from my eyes,
In vain we tried to join by marriage ties.
I see the silent river rise.
Lin is well known for his romantic poems. One example of his works, titled Everlasting Longing is shown below:
相思令
吴山青.
越山青.
兩岸青山相對迎.
爭忍有離情.
君淚盈.
妾淚盈.
羅帶同心結未成.
江邊潮已平.
Everlasting Longing
The northern hills so green,
The southern hills so green,
They greet your ship which sails river between.
My grief at parting is so keen.
Tears streaming from your eyes,
Tears streaming from my eyes,
In vain we tried to join by marriage ties.
I see the silent river rise.