終南望餘雪

終南陰嶺秀,
積雪浮雲端。
林表明霽色,
城中增暮寒。

祖詠

How lovely is this northern slope of Zhongnan!
Piled with fresh snow, above the cloud it leaps;
The sun emerging, the trees regain their colour,
But to the city a colder evening creeps.

Translated by Xu Yuanzhong

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