南征 杜甫

南征    杜甫 (712-770)

春岸桃花水，雲帆楓樹林。
偷生長避地，適遠更沾襟。
老病南征日，君恩北望心。
百年歌自苦，未見有知音。

Going Far South Afield            Du Fu (712-770)

On the banks of the river peach blossoms bloom in the vernal spell,

Over the rolling water I rear my boat’s sail,

Making my way through the boundless maple weald,

Leading an ignominious life all over the places I’ve straggled,

Now going far south I can’t stop my tears pour,

Getting old and ailing I still have to go far south afield,

I should have gone back north to the capital and be on His Majesty’s behoof,

All my flair I’ve wrought in my poems’ concocting throes,

Up till now I still have not met with any applausive approval.