Getting a Letter from Home
I counted on a traveler to send one,
coming back, he was entrusted with a letter from home.
Today I got the news,
that they are living there where they were before.
Luckily there is nothing wrong with Xiong’er,
but Jizi is the one I dote on most.
Approaching old age, my loneliness in travel is extreme,
pained by these times, the chance to meet is remote.
With graying hair I scurry[1] in the tent palace,
appointed, I attend on the phoenix-belled palanquin.
The north palace towers are filled with demon vapors,
but on the western meadows the white dew begins.
A cool wind, wild geese newly passing,
with autumn rains fish will be born.
Farming in those deserted mountains—
in reflection on what has happened, at last I’ll shoulder a hoe.
单词释义
[1] scurry [ˈskʌri] v. 碎步疾跑;