送李少府貶峽中王少府貶長沙

送李少府貶峽中王少府貶長沙

嗟君此別意何如? 駐馬銜杯問謫居。

巫峽啼猿數(shù)行淚， 衡陽歸雁幾封書。

青楓江上秋帆遠， 白帝城邊古木疏。

圣代即今多雨露， 暫時分手莫躊躇。

Gao Shi

TO VICE-PREFECTS LI AND WANG DEGRADED AND

TRANSFERRED TO XIAZHONG AND CHANGSHA

What are you thinking as we part from one another,

Pulling in our horses for the stirrup-cups?

Do these tear-streaks mean Wu Valley monkeys all weeping,

Or wildgeese returning with news from Heng Mountain?....

On the river between green maples an autumn sail grows dim,

There are only a few old trees by the wall of the White God City....

But the year is bound to freshen us with a dew of heavenly favour --

Take heart, we shall soon be together again!