岑参: 逢入京使/ cen can: on meeting a messenger to the capital

逢入京使

岑参

故园东望路漫漫， 双袖龙钟泪不乾。

马上相逢无纸笔， 凭君传语报平安。

　

on meeting a messenger to the capital

cen can

it's a long way home, a long way east.

i am old and my sleeve is wet with tears.

we meet on horseback. i have no means of writing.

tell them three words: "he is safe."