文／唐．韋應物（737～792）

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悽悽去親愛，泛泛入煙霧。

歸棹洛陽人，殘鐘廣陵樹。

今朝為此別，何處還相遇。

世事波上舟，沿洄安得住？

──選自《全唐詩》

Selected Works by Wei Yingwu

Wei Yingwu (737 - 792, Tang Dynasty)

English translation: Venerable Zhi Yue

Setting Out on the Yangtze River:

For Secretary Mr. Yuan

Mournful it is to part from friends and kin,

Drifting as my vessel enters the mist;

With oars set to return for Luoyang,

The bells toll from the trees of Guanglin.

Today, the morning marks our farewell─

When and where shall we meet again?

The affairs of the world like a boat in waves,

Pushed by the current─where is there to stay?

── from Quan Tang Shi

(Complete Collection of Tang Poems)