唐诗：咏鹅 Tang Dynasty Poem: Song for Goose

Following is one of the key pieces that we've been studying in June: Song for Goose (yong-e 咏鹅), a classic Chinese poem by Luo, Binwang in early Tang Dynasty. It was believed that this poem was composed when the poet was merely seven years old. Yet it was so perfectly written and rhymed that even nowadays almost all the school age children in China can recite it.


咏 鹅
Song for the Goose
（唐）  骆 宾 王
(Tang Dynasty)  Luò Bīnwáng

鹅， 鹅，鹅，
Goose, goose, goose,

曲 项 向 天 歌。
She is singing towards the sky, with her beautiful neck bending in such lovely curve.

白 毛 浮 绿 水，
Her pure white feather coat floats on the Jade green water

红 掌 拨 清 波。
Her red feet stir crystal wave on the lake surface.


Instead of merely reading the poem, we now actually can sing it. Here's an online link to the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrvA59XR4dY