送李少府贬峡中王少府贬长沙

送李少府贬峡中王少府贬长沙

嗟君此别意何如? 驻马衔杯问谪居。

巫峡啼猿数行泪， 衡阳归雁几封书。

青枫江上秋帆远， 白帝城边古木疏。

圣代即今多雨露， 暂时分手莫踌躇。

Gao Shi

TO VICE-PREFECTS LI AND WANG DEGRADED AND

TRANSFERRED TO XIAZHONG AND CHANGSHA

What are you thinking as we part from one another,

Pulling in our horses for the stirrup-cups?

Do these tear-streaks mean Wu Valley monkeys all weeping,

Or wildgeese returning with news from Heng Mountain?....

On the river between green maples an autumn sail grows dim,

There are only a few old trees by the wall of the White God City....

But the year is bound to freshen us with a dew of heavenly favour --

Take heart, we shall soon be together again!