刘长卿: 饯别王十一南游/ liu changing: on seeing wang leave for the south

饯别王十一南游

刘长卿

望君烟水阔， 挥手泪沾巾。

飞鸟没何处？ 青山空向人。

长江一帆远， 落日五湖春。

谁见汀洲上， 相思愁白苹？

　

on seeing wang leave for the south

liu changing

toward a mist upon the water

still i wave my hand and sob,

for the flying bird is lost in space

beyond a desolate green mountain....

but now the long river, the far lone sail,

five lakes, gleam like spring in the sunset;

and down an island white with duckweed

comes the quiet of communion.