Dreaming of Li Bai (Death's Parting Has Swallowed the Cries)
夢李白 (死別已吞聲) · Three Hundred Tang Poems
Dreaming of Li Bai (Death's Parting Has Swallowed the Cries)
Death has already silenced your voice,
Yet parting in life brings ceaseless grief.
In the miasmic lands of Jiangnan,
You were exiled as a "distant" wanderer—no news since.
An old friend enters my dreams,
Showing that I long remembered you.
I fear this may not be your living soul—
The road is too far, your fate impossible to fathom.
Your soul came amid the green of maple leaves,
Your soul returned through the darkness of frontier passes.
You are now caught in a snare—
How could you possess wings?
The setting moon fills the rafters of my room,
And still I seem to see your face in its light.
The waters are deep, the waves are vast—
Do not let the dragon seize you.
夢李白 (死別已吞聲)
死別已吞聲，生別常惻惻。
江南瘴癘地，逐一作「遠」客無消息。
故人入我夢，明我長相憶。
恐非平生魂，路遠一作「迷」不可測。
魂來楓葉一作「林」青，魂一作「夢」返關塞黑。
君今在羅網，何以一作「似」有羽翼。
落月滿屋梁，猶疑照一作「見」顏色。
水深波浪闊，無使蛟龍得。