李白

宣州謝朓樓餞別校書叔云

棄我去者， 昨日之日不可留；

亂我心者， 今日之日多煩憂。

長風萬里送秋雁， 對此可以酣高樓。

蓬萊文章建安骨， 中間小謝又清發，

俱懷逸興壯思飛， 欲上青天覽明月。

抽刀斷水水更流， 舉杯銷愁愁更愁。

生活在世不稱意， 明朝散發弄扁舟。

Seven-character-ancient-verse

Li Bai

A FAREWELL TO SECRETARY SHUYUN

AT THE XIETIAO VILLA^{1 IN XUANZHOU}

Since yesterday had to throw me and bolt,

Today has hurt my heart even more.

The autumn wildgeese have a long wind for escort

As I face them from this villa, drinking my wine.

The bones of great writers are your brushes, in the School of Heaven,

And I am a Lesser^{2 Xie growing up by your side.}

We both are exalted^{3 to distant thought,}

Aspiring^{4 to the sky and the bright moon.}

But since water still flows, though we cut it with our swords,

And sorrows return, though we drown them with wine,

Since the world can in no way answer our craving^5,

I will loosen my hair tomorrow and take to a fishingboat.