<p>In modern script:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>唐　賈至　《西亭春望》</strong></p>
<p>日長風暖柳青青　北雁歸飛人窅冥</p>
<p>岳陽城上聞吹笛　能使春心滿洞庭</p>
</blockquote>
<p>With the character variants inserted in their place:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/QvIdF.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/QvIdF.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>

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2020-01-10T08:04:55.247Z
Looks like there's an English translation here (https://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/luo-zhihai/overlooking-in-spring-in-the-western-pavilion/), but it's not great. I'll post it here in case the link dies: Long day, warm wind and green willows / 
Northern geese fly into the gloom / 
On the wall of the Yueyang City someone flutes / 
Full of Dongting with the spring moods
Mou某
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2020-01-10T08:08:45.600Z
@user3306356 oh come on...it's not *that* bad. I've given worse translations on this site.
dROOOze
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2020-01-10T08:11:03.660Z
Haha, well it was "the gloom," that really got me.
Mou某
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2019-05-13T08:53:09.117Z
2019-05-13T08:53:09.117Z
2020-06-17T09:50:11.587Z
dROOOze
<p>I recently got an old Japanese Orihon (folding book) which has a lengthy passage in seal script - my assumption was that Japanese seal script would be the same as Chinese seal script, but if I'm wrong about that please correct me!
I managed to translate one title (not pictured) within the book as '將進酒', so given that the book contains a Li Bai poem I'm assuming it may be a collection of Chinese poems.</p>

<p>I know that these things are very hard to translate, so if anyone is able to do it I am very thankful in advance. I don't necessarily need the whole thing translated into English too; just if someone could let me know roughly what it is (e.g a poem, a story, a description etc.).</p>

<p>Thanks,
Thomas.</p>

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2019-05-13T08:07:05.450Z
This is the full text of [西亭春望](https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/%E8%A5%BF%E4%BA%AD%E6%98%A5%E6%9C%9B).
dROOOze
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2019-05-13T08:22:08.873Z
Wow @droooze, thanks for the quick answer! I guess it must be some kind of Chinese poem compilation, then.
TKNZ
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Passage in Seal Script - 18th C Japanese Book of Chinese Poems (Poem identified: 唐・賈至《西亭春望》)
# Passage in Seal Script - 18th C Japanese Book of Chinese Poems (Poem identified: 唐・賈至《西亭春望》)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-05-13)

I recently got an old Japanese Orihon (folding book) which has a lengthy passage in seal script - my assumption was that Japanese seal script would be the same as Chinese seal script, but if I'm wrong about that please correct me!
I managed to translate one title (not pictured) within the book as '將進酒', so given that the book contains a Li Bai poem I'm assuming it may be a collection of Chinese poems.

I know that these things are very hard to translate, so if anyone is able to do it I am very thankful in advance. I don't necessarily need the whole thing translated into English too; just if someone could let me know roughly what it is (e.g a poem, a story, a description etc.).

Thanks,
Thomas.

[![Seal Script Passage](https://i.sstatic.net/VCW5X.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/VCW5X.jpg)

**Tags:** translation, character-identification, seal

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: This is the full text of [西亭春望](https://zh.wikisource.org/zh-hant/%E8%A5%BF%E4%BA%AD%E6%98%A5%E6%9C%9B).  
> **username_0**: Wow @username_1, thanks for the quick answer! I guess it must be some kind of Chinese poem compilation, then.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-05-13. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

In modern script:

> **唐　賈至　《西亭春望》**
>
> 日長風暖柳青青　北雁歸飛人窅冥
>
> 岳陽城上聞吹笛　能使春心滿洞庭

With the character variants inserted in their place:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/QvIdF.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/QvIdF.png)

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Looks like there's an English translation here (https://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/luo-zhihai/overlooking-in-spring-in-the-western-pavilion/), but it's not great. I'll post it here in case the link dies: Long day, warm wind and green willows /  Northern geese fly into the gloom /  On the wall of the Yueyang City someone flutes /  Full of Dongting with the spring moods  
> **username_1**: @user3306356 oh come on...it's not *that* bad. I've given worse translations on this site.  
> **username_2**: Haha, well it was "the gloom," that really got me.  

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