Last year was the Chinese Year of the Dragon, and we translated two poems about dragons. With the imminent arrival of the Chinese Year of the Snake, we have translated two poems centered around this creature – the snake.咏史诗·大泽 Poems on History, The Big Swamp 胡曾 (Author: Hu Zeng, 9th century) 白蛇初断路人通，white snake initially stop/block road people pass through 汉祖龙泉血刃红。Han emperor dragon spring blood edge of a sword red 不是咸阳将瓦解，no is Xianyang about to collapse/disintegrate 素灵那哭月明中。white spirit how cry moon bright among