Held up by Head Winds on the Gorge of the Kind Lake?
慈湖夹阻风
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The mast with stretched ropes stands sighing in the air,
The punter soundly sleeps by the white-crested waves.
You should repose your trust in these hemp ropes, howe’er:
Weak as they seem, they can stand a strong wind which raves.
捍索桅竿立啸空， 篙师酣寝浪花中。
故应菅蒯知心腹， 弱缆能争万里风。
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When can I come back to my hometown? Vm at a loss.
Beyond countless blue hills waves rise into the sky.
As cakes are sold in a small boat we come across,
We are glad to find there is a village nearby.
此生归路愈茫然， 无数青山水拍天。
犹有小船来卖饼， 喜闻墟落在山前。
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Abed, I see the setting moon shine far and wide;
Rising, I call the wind and it fills half the sail.
Let us go round the village by the waterside.
How can we in our life encounter no adverse gale?
卧看落月横千丈， 起唤清风得半帆。
且并水村欹侧过， 人间何处不巉岩!