Guesting (Five Lü)

★ Guesting (Five Lü) ☆ Poetry by Yu Wuling (? -? , Tang Dynasty, China) ☆ Translation by Luo Zhihai (1954-, China) Chu people sang the bamboo branch song Wanderer’s tears on the clothes Guesting in the foreign land for long Often dreamt of return at the cold night A letter didn’t be written in reply But all the leaves flew away from the thousand trees Would cross the Dongting water south Less messages should be received 注： 1）楚，中国古代南方。 2）洞庭水，即洞庭湖，中国第二大淡水湖，位于湖南省北部，长江荆江河段南岸。 Note: 1) Chu, south of China in ancientry. 2) Dongting Water, namely Dongting Lake. The second largest freshwater lake in China. It is located in the northern part of Hunan Province, the South Bank of Jingjiang reach of Yangtze river. 2015年5月7日翻译 On May 7,2015, Translation ◆ Chinese Text ★ 客中（五律） ☆ 于武陵 诗 楚人歌竹枝 游子泪沾衣 异国久为客 寒宵频梦归 一封书未返 千树叶皆飞 南过洞庭水 更应消息稀 诗载《全唐诗》