咸阳城西楼晚眺 – 許渾

一上高城万里愁，蒹葭杨柳似汀洲。

溪云初起日沉阁，山雨欲来风满楼。

鸟下绿芜秦苑夕，蝉鸣黄叶汉宫秋。

行人莫问当年事，故国东来渭水流。

Evening Overlooking from Western Tower of Xiangyang City

by Xu Hun (Tang Dynasty)

Upon the tower, my myriad miles of woes grow,
As I behold reeds and willows like isles below.
Creekside, clouds rise as the sun sets yon the temple,
Afore a storm, the tower’s filled with wind’s fierce blow.
In the weed-crept Qin Garden, dusk birds take shelter,
In the leaf-laden Han Hall, cicadas cry woe.
O, wayfarer, mayst thou ask not of the bygones,
The River Wei still flows east from the homeland, though.

Tr. Ziyuzile

27/09/2024