Meeting a Messenger Going to the Capital

逢入京使 · Three Hundred Tang Poems

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English translation 中文原文

Eastward I gaze toward home, the road stretches endlessly,

Both sleeves soaked with tears, my eyes weep without cease.

On horseback we meet—no paper, no brush in hand,

I beg you carry word that I am safe and well.

逢入京使

故園東望路漫漫，雙袖龍鍾淚不乾。

馬上相逢無紙筆，憑君傳語報平安。