Stay Overnight on the Tonglu River, Write to My Old Guangling Friends
宿 桐 庐 江 寄 广 陵 旧 游
山 暝 闻 猿 愁
苍 江 急 亦 流。
风 鸣 两 岸 叶
月 照 一 孤 舟。
建 德 非 吾 土
维 扬 忆 旧 游。
还 将 两 行 泪
遥 寄 海 西 头。
Su Tong Lu Jiang Ji Guang Ling Jiu You
Shan ming wen yuan chou
Cang jiang ji ye liu.
Feng ming liang an ye
Yue zhao yi gu zhou.
Jian de fei wu tu
Wei yang yi jiu you.
Huan jiang liang xing lei
Yao ji hai xi tou.
Stay Overnight on the Tonglu River, Write to My Old Guangling Friends
Mountains at dusk, hear melancholy monkeys
Blue river, restless flows all night long.
Wind sounds through the leaves on both riverbanks
Moonlight shines on one solitary boat.
Jiande not my hometown area
Weiyang city, missing old friends.
Still both eyes shedding tears
They are in this distant western place.
Notes:
Tonglu River: Short river that flows into Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.
Guangling: A county in Jiangsu Province.
Jiande: A city in western Zhejiang Province near the city of Hangzhou.
Weiyang: District of modern day Xi’an, Shaanxi Province. Located in the then ancient capital of Chang’an and a place for the Weiyang Palace to be built during the Han Dynasty.