“On the Lake in Autumn” is a five-character quatrain by the late Tang poet Xue Ying. It describes the poet’s boating tour on Lake Taihu in autumn, revealing the poet’s helplessness towards reality.
《秋日湖上》是晚唐诗人薛莹的一首五言绝句，描写了诗人秋日泛舟游览太湖的情形，流露出诗人对现实无可奈何的心情。
《秋日湖上》 薛莹
落日五湖游，烟波处处愁。
浮沉千古事，谁与问东流！
An Autumn Day on the Lake
Xue Ying
I boat at sunset on the lake,
Where mist-veiled waves make the heart break.
who would ask the east-flowing stream
Where sinks or swims the age-old dream?
