Meng Haoran ：To Zhang, Climbing Orchid Mountain on an Autumn Day

My translation is short a line despite, I think, including much of the original sense and feeling – rare to be more compact that the original Chinese! Any suggestions about the missing line? 

The northern hills are cloaked in clouds of white
and to my recluse friend this brings delight.
To visit is a test: to climb the height
-feel with the wild goose in its fading flight-
Yet fear to climb in sunset’s fading light.
Clear autumn spurs on my desire to burning.
Across the sand the villagers returning
from work pause at the river’s edge to rest.
Against the sky trees fringe the mountain’s crest,
Beneath, a sand bar shining like the moon.

When we next meet, I’ll bring a jug or two
and share a drunken festival with you.

北山白云里        Bei3 shan1 bai2 yun2 li3
隐着自怡悦        Yin3 zhd3 zi4 yi2 yue4
相望式登高        Xiang1 wang4 shi4 deng1 gao1
心随雁飞灭        Xin1 sui2 yan5 fei1 mie4
愁因薄暮起        Chou2 yin3 bo2 mu4 qi3
兴是清秋发        Xing4 shi4 qing1 qiu1 fa1
时见归村人        Shi2 jian4 gui1 cun1 ren2
沙行渡头歇        Sha1 xing2 du4 tou2 xie1
天边树若荞        Tian1 bian1 shu4 ruo4 qiao2
江畔洲如月        Jiang1 pan4 zhou1 ru2 yue4
何当载酒来        He2 dang1 zai4 jiu3 lai2
共醉垂阳节        Gong4 zui4 chui2 yang2 jie2

Word for word translation:

North mountain white cloud in
Hermit self happy please
Mutual see try climb high
Heart like goose fly fade
Sorrow reason dusk increase
Desire be clear autumn cause
Now see return villagers
Sand walk crossing edge rest
Heaven edge tree like grass
River bank islet like moon
When bring wine bring
Together drunk near Yang festival

Nostalgia in Early Winter – Meng Hao Ran

The trees let fall their leaves; the geese pass heading south;
The north wind blows cold above the river’s mouth.
My childhood home is cradled in the Xiang River’s bend
Far and far beyond where Chuguo’s clouds end.
Shed among strangers, my tears have all run dry.
A lone sail hovers between the sea and sky.
What has become of the ferry? Where has it gone?
The calm sea at sunset spreads on and on.

早寒有怀
木落雁南度
北风江上寒
我家襄水曲
遥隔楚云端
乡泪客中尽
孤帆天际看
迷津欲有问
平海夕漫漫

mù luò yàn nán dù
木 落 雁 南 度

běi fēng jiāng shàng hán
北 风 江 上 寒

wǒ jiā xiāng shuǐ qū
我 家 襄 水 曲

yáo gé chǔ yún duān
遥 隔 楚 云 端

xiāng lèi kè zhōng jǐn
乡 泪 客 中 尽

gū fān tiān jì kàn
孤 帆 天 际 看

mí jīn yù yǒu wèn
迷 津 欲 有 问

píng hǎi xī màn màn
平 海 夕 漫 漫

Tree shed goose south cross
North wind river on cold
My home Xiang water bend
Far distance Chu cloud edge
Home tears travel in exhausted
Solitary sail sky edge watch
Lost ferry wish have ask

Level sea dusk wide Trees shed leaves, and geese are flying south;
The north wind blows, here on the river it’s cold.
My home is at the bend of the waters of Xiang,
Far beyond the edge of the clouds of Chu.
Travelling, I’ve exhausted my tears for home,
I watch a lone sail at the heavens’ end.
The ferry’s gone- who can I ask where?
Darkness falls beside the level sea.

Wang Wei #2: Returning Home

回乡偶书

少小离家老大回
乡音无改鬓毛衰
儿童相间不相识
笑问客从何处来

When I was young I left my home and kin;
Now in my middle age back home I’ve come.
My  accent is still thick, my hair’s grown thin.
The children don’t recognize me, nor I them.
Laughing, they ask me where I’m from.

shǎo xiǎo lí jiā lǎo dà huí
少 小 离 家 老 大 回
When young leave home, grown old return

xiāng yīn wú gǎi bìn máo shuāi
乡 音 无 改 鬓 毛 衰
local accent not have altered, hair on the temples has receded

ér tóng xiāng jiān bù xiāng shí
儿 童 相 间 不 相 识
Children among each other not acquainted

xiào wèn kè cóng hé chǔ lái
笑 问 客 从 何 处 来
Laughing ask visitor where he is from