泊秦淮

On the Qinhuai River

Du Mu

Cold water is shrouded in mists with sands bathed  in moonlight.

Near a wineshop by Qinhuai River my boat moors at night.

About a conquered nation's poor fate singing girls know nothing.

On the river's other side, Back Courtyard Flowers they are still singing.

About

Du Mu（AD 803～852）was a famous poet who lived at the end of the Tang Dynasty（AD618～907）. The Back Courtyard Flowers is a poem attributed to Chen Shubao（AD 553～604）, an emperoro of the southern Dyanasties who busied himself with pleasures while his country was being attacked. Qinhuai is a river which runs through the Nanjing City.

Qinhuai River/秦淮河

泊秦淮

杜牧

烟笼寒水月笼沙

夜泊秦淮近酒家

商女不知亡国恨

隔江犹唱后庭花

说明

    杜牧（803～852）是唐朝（618～907）晚期的著名诗人。《后庭花》是一首当时很流行的诗歌，其作者是陈叔宝，即南朝陈后主。此人在当皇帝期间，只顾享乐，丝毫不去理会敌军的入侵。秦淮河是一条流经南京市区的河流。