Translations of "共欢新故岁，迎送一宵中" by Li Shimin?
I think the translations you provided does not accurately reflect the literal Chinese meanings. Although I do not know other published translation, I can explain the poem word by word, so that you can have a better understanding of its meaning.
In the first part &quot;共欢新故岁&quot;: &quot;共&quot; means &quot;together&quot;. &quot;欢&quot; means &quot;happy&quot; or in this case &quot;celebrate&quot;. &quot;新&quot; means &quot;new&quot;. &quot;故&quot; means &quot;old&quot; and in this case, it means &quot;the past&quot;. &quot;岁&quot; means &quot;age&quot; in modern Chinese, but here in ancient Chinese, it also means &quot;year&quot;.
In the second part &quot;迎送一宵中&quot;: &quot;迎&quot; means &quot;welcome&quot;. &quot;送&quot; means &quot;send&quot; or &quot;farewell&quot;. &quot;一&quot; means &quot;one&quot;. &quot;宵&quot; means &quot;night&quot;. &quot;中&quot; means &quot;within&quot; in this case.
So the poem should mean &quot;Together we celebrate the new and old year. The welcoming of the new year and the farewell to the old year are both within this night.&quot;
What I wrote is just a literal translation. There might be other translations as Chinese and English are culturally different and it is very hard to translate literature works. Also, ancient Chinese often have multiple meanings so it is also very difficult to interpret poems using modern Chinese. Hence, different people will definitely have different interpretations.