Dreaming of Li Bai (Wandering Clouds Travel All Day)
夢李白 (浮雲終日行) · Three Hundred Tang Poems
Dreaming of Li Bai (Wandering Clouds Travel All Day)
**Dreaming of Li Bai**
Clouds drift all day long; the wanderer has not come for a long time.
For three nights I have dreamed of you often, so dear to me, revealing your intent.
You told me of your return, always pressed and hurried, bitterly lamenting how hard the journey was.
On the rivers and lakes there are many storms and waves—
the boat and oars fear capsizing.
You go out the door, scratching your white head,
as if burdened by the ambitions of a lifetime.
Caps and carriages fill the capital,
yet this man alone stands haggard and worn.
Who says the net of heaven is vast and wide?
Growing old, your talent only brings you hardship.
A name that lasts a thousand autumns and ten thousand years—
a lonely affair, all that remains behind.
夢李白 (浮雲終日行)
浮雲終日行，遊子久不至。
三夜頻夢君，情親見君意。
告歸常局促，苦道來不易。
江湖多風波一作「秋多風」，舟楫恐失墜。
出門搔白首，若一作「苦」負平生志。
冠蓋滿京華，斯人獨憔悴。
孰云網恢恢，將老身一作「才」反累。
千秋萬歲名，寂寞身後事。