Random Jottings

商山早行 - 溫庭筠
晨起動徵鐸,客行悲故鄉。
雞聲茅店月,人跡板橋霜。
槲葉落山路,枳花明驛牆。
因思杜陵夢,鳧雁滿回塘。

Leaving Early from Mt Shang - Wen Tingyun

As dawn rises carriage bells ring,
the traveler sets out, longing for home.
Roosters cry from thatched roofs still moonlit,
footprints on bridges still thick with frost.
The mountain road scattered with oak leaves,
the walls of the way station glowing with petals.
I’m reminded of my dream of the Duling tombs,
ducks and geese filling the ponds.

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