239 李端 聽箏 translation: Listening to the Zither, by Lǐ Duān

This is a translation and annotation of the poem 聽箏 (Tīng Zhēng), “Listening to the Zither”, by the Tang dynasty poet 李端 (Lǐ Duān). The poem is #239 in the collection 300 Tang Poems. 聽箏 Tīng Zhēng [listen] [zither] Listening to the Zither 鳴箏金粟柱， míng zhēng jīn sù zhù [sound] [zither] [gold] [millet] [peg] Sounding the zither, its bridges like golden grain; 金粟 can also mean &ldquo;osmanthus&rdquo;…