Farewell at Xie Tiao Tower in Xuzhou to Secretary Shu Yun
宣州謝朓樓餞別校書叔雲 · Three Hundred Tang Poems
Farewell at Xie Tiao Tower in Xuzhou to Secretary Shu Yun
Yesterday that cast me off—I cannot make it stay.
Today that roils my heart—it brings me endless grief.
A thousand miles the autumn wind sends the wild geons flying; facing this, we may drink our fill in the high tower.
Your writing has the bone of the Jian'an age, of the Penglai style; and Xiao Xie, too, is fresh and clear.
Both of us harbor soaring spirits and thoughts that would fly—we long to climb the blue sky and embrace the bright moon.
Draw a knife to cut the water, and the water flows on; raise a cup to drown sorrow, and the sorrow only deepens.
Since life in this world brings us no satisfaction, let us tomorrow let down our hair and drift away in a small boat.
宣州謝朓樓餞別校書叔雲
棄我去者，昨日之日不可一作「復」留。
亂我心者，今日之日多一作「足」煩一作「繁」憂。
長風萬里送秋雁一作「鴈」，對此可以酣一作「酧」高樓。
蓬萊一作「蔡氏」文章建安骨，中間小謝又清發。
俱懷逸興壯思飛，欲上青天一作「雲」覽明月一作「日」。
抽刀斷水水更流，舉杯銷愁愁更一作「復」愁。
人生一作「男兒」在世一作「代」不稱意，明朝散髮弄扁舟一作「舉棹還滄洲」。