Passing Through Zuo and Lu, Sacrificing to Confucius and Sighing

經鄒魯祭孔子而歎之 · Three Hundred Tang Poems

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English translation 中文原文

What was it that you, Master, pursued,

Restless and wandering through an age?

The land is still the domain of the Zou clan,

Your dwelling is now the palace of the Lu king.

You sighed at the phoenix, lamenting the failure of your life,

You grieved over the unicorn, bemoaning the exhaustion of the Way.

Today, as I observe the offering between the two pillars,

It must be the same as what you saw in your dream.

經鄒魯祭孔子而歎之

夫子何爲者

栖栖一代中

地猶鄹氏邑

宅即魯王宮

歎鳳嗟身否

傷麟怨道窮

今看兩楹奠

當與夢時同