杲杲

杲杲

1. (literary, ideophonic, of the sun) bright

   • 其雨其雨，杲杲出日。願言思伯，甘心首疾。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     其雨其雨，杲杲出日。愿言思伯，甘心首疾。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Qí yǔ qí yǔ, gǎogǎo chū rì. Yuàn yán sī bó, gān xīn shǒu jí. [Pinyin]

     O for rain! O for rain!
     But brightly the sun comes forth.
     Longingly I think of my husband,
     Till my heart is weary, and my head aches.

   • 但迎杲杲初生日，莫補蒼蒼已死天。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     但迎杲杲初生日，莫补苍苍已死天。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 1961, Nie Gannu, Poem written as preface to The Song of Youth (《題〈青春之歌〉》)

     Dàn yíng gǎogǎo chūshēng rì, mò bǔ cāngcāng yǐ sǐ tiān. [Pinyin]

     May we welcome the splendid newborn sun
     and cease repairing a vast dead heaven.