陈子昂: 登幽州台歌/ chen ziang: on a gate-tower at yuzhou

登幽州台歌

陈子昂

前不见古人， 后不见来者。

念天地之悠悠， 独怆然而涕下。

　

on a gate-tower at yuzhou

chen ziang

where, before me, are the ages that have gone?

and where, behind me, are the coming generations?

i think of heaven and earth, without limit, without end,

and i am all alone and my tears fall down.