A Letter from the Yangtze River to Yuan the Elder
初發揚子寄元大校書 · Three Hundred Tang Poems
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A Letter from the Yangtze River to Yuan the Elder
With heavy heart I leave my dear ones, drifting into the mist and haze.
The oars turn homeward toward Luoyang; fading bells sound through the trees of Guanglang.
Today we part like this—where shall we meet again?
Life is a boat on the waves—how can it hold its course against the current?
初發揚子寄元大校書
悽悽去親愛，泛泛入煙霧。
歸棹洛陽人，殘鐘廣陵樹。
今朝此爲別，何處還相遇。
世事波上舟，沿洄安得住。