韦应物: 夕次盱眙县/ wei yingwu: mooring at twilight in yuyi district

夕次盱眙县

韦应物

落帆逗淮镇， 停舫临孤驿。

浩浩风起波， 冥冥日沈夕。

人归山郭暗， 雁下芦洲白。

独夜忆秦关， 听钟未眠客。

　

mooring at twilight in yuyi district

wei yingwu

furling my sail near the town of huai,

i find for harbour a little cove

where a sudden breeze whips up the waves.

the sun is growing dim now and sinks in the dusk.

people are coming home. the bright mountain-peak darkens.

wildgeese fly down to an island of white weeds.

…at midnight i think of a northern city-gate,

and i hear a bell tolling between me and sleep.