Visiting the Temple of Golden Hill
游金山寺
My native town lies where the River takes its source,
As official I go downstream to the seaside.
Tis said white-crested waves rise ten feet high at full tide,
On this cold day the sand bears traces of their force.
我家江水初发源， 宦游直送江人海。
闻道潮头一丈高， 天寒尚有沙痕在。
There stands a massive boulder south of Central Fountain,
Emerging or submerged as the tides fall or rise.
I climb atop to see where my native town lies,
But find by riverside green mountain on green mountain.
中泠南畔石盘陀， 古来出没随涛波。
试登绝顶望乡国， 江南江北青山多。
Home-sick, I will go back by boat lest I be late,
But the monk begs me to stay and view the setting sun.
The breeze ripples the water and fine webs are spun;
Rosy clouds in mid-air like fish-tails undulate.
羁愁畏晚寻归楫， 山僧苦留看落日。
微风万顷靴文细, 断霞半空鱼尾赤。
Then the moon on the river sheds her new-born light,
By second watch she sinks into the darkened skies.
From the heart of the river a torch seems to rise,
Its flames light up the mountains and the crows take flight
是时江月初生魄， 二更月落天深黑。
江心似有炬火明， 飞焰照山栖乌惊。
Bewildered, I come back and go to bed, lost in thought:
It's not a work of man or ghost. Then what is it?
It must be the River God’s warning for me to quit
And go to my home-town, which I can’t set at nought.
怅然归卧心莫识， 非鬼非人竟何物。
江山如此不归山， 江神见怪警我顽。
Thanking the God，I say I’m reluctant to stay，
If I won’t go home, like these waves I，ll pass away!
我谢江神岂得已， 有田不归如江水!