The Solitary Goose
孤雁 · Three Hundred Tang Poems
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The Solitary Goose
Several lines vanish into the frontier—
a lone shadow, where does it go?
In evening rain it cries out, lost;
over the cold pond it hesitates to descend.
Past islet clouds it flies low and dark;
past border mountains the cold moon follows.
It may not meet the arrow or the string,
yet its solitary flight arouses suspicion.
孤雁
幾行歸塞盡，片影一作「念爾」獨何之。
暮雨相呼失，寒塘欲下遲。
渚雲低暗渡，關月冷相隨。
未必逢矰繳，孤飛自可疑。