旅宿 杜牧

旅宿    杜牧 (803-852)

旅館無良伴，凝情自悄然。
寒燈思舊事，斷雁驚愁眠。
遠夢歸侵曉，家書到隔年。
滄江好煙月，門繫釣魚船。

Putting Up at a Hostel in My Sojourn       

Du Mu (803-852)

Without a companion I put up in a hostel,

Brooding over my life amidst dismals,
Under the chilly lamp things past I recall,
Sleeping in glum I am unsettled by the lone wild goose’s warble,
Returning from my long dream trip back to my homeland as twilight befalls,
Letters from home take more than a year to reach me in my hostel,
Mists and moonlight over the roving river are relishable,
What’s more delightful is a fishing boat is tied at my threshold.