Two Poems by Yan Xiufu

This text recites the two poems by the Chinese Tang Dynasty poet Yan Xiufu 嚴休復 (died 835/840) that are notated in Complete Tang Poems (Quan Tangshi), commissioned by Emperor Kangxi in 1705, and the largest compilation of poetry from that period. 終日齋心禱玉宸　魂消目斷未 / 逢真　不如一樹瓊瑤蕊　笑對藏 / 花洞裏人　　香車潛下玉龜山　塵 / 世何由覩蕣顏　惟有多情枝 / 上雪　好風吹綴綠雲鬟 My heart, after day-long fasts, has prayed to the Jade Palace, / Yet soul has melted, eyesight failed without Encountering the True! / Much better is this entire tree of jade and jasper stamens, / Smiling as they face this visitor to the Cave of Hidden Flowers! The winged chariot once descended to the Mount of the Jade Tortoise: / In this dusty world, whenever again will we view the visage of Shun? / There are only these snowflakes, full of feeling on the branch, / Blown here by a lovely breeze to ornament green-cloud chignons! (Trans. Stephen Addiss)