WRITTEN ON THE WALL OF ZAOKOU, JIANGXI
书江西造口壁
Below the Gloomy Terrace flow two rivers clear.
郁孤台下清江水，
How many tears of refugees are swallowed here!
中间多少行人泪。
I gaze afar on land long lost in the northwest,
西北望长安，
Alas! I see but mountain crest on mountain crest.
可怜无数山。
Blue mountains can’t stop water flowing;
青山遮不住?
Eastward the river keeps on going.
毕竟东流去。
At dusk it makes me weep
江晚正愁予，
To hear partridges in mountains deep.
山深闻鹧鸪。