送李少府贬峡中王少府贬长沙
高适
嗟君此别意何如？ 驻马衔杯问谪居。
巫峡啼猿数行泪， 衡阳归雁几封书。
青枫江上秋帆远， 白帝城边古木疏。
圣代即今多雨露， 暂时分手莫踌躇。
to vice-prefects li and wang degraded and
transferred to xiazhong and changsha
gao shi
what are you thinking as we part from one another,
pulling in our horses for the stirrup-cups?
do these tear-streaks mean wu valley monkeys all weeping,
or wildgeese returning with news from heng mountain?....
on the river between green maples an autumn sail grows dim,
there are only a few old trees by the wall of the white god city....
but the year is bound to freshen us with a dew of heavenly favour --
take heart, we shall soon be together again!