柳宗元: 登柳州城楼寄漳汀封连四州刺史/ liu zongyuan: from the city-tower of liuzhou to my four fellow-officials

登柳州城楼寄漳汀封连四州刺史

柳宗元

城上高楼接大荒， 海天愁思正茫茫。

惊风乱飐芙蓉水， 密雨斜侵薜荔墙。

岭树重遮千里目， 江流曲似九回肠。

共来百越文身地， 犹自音书滞一乡。

　

from the city-tower of liuzhou

to my four fellow-officials at zhang,

ding, feng, and lian districts

liu zongyuan

at this lofty tower where the town ends, wilderness begins;

and our longing has as far to go as the ocean or the sky....

hibiscus-flowers by the moat heave in a sudden wind,