On the Height

On the Height

by Du Fu

translated by Xu Yuanchong

The wind so swift, the sky so wide, apes wail and cry;

Water so clear and beach so white, birds wheel and fly;

The boundless forest shed its leaves shower by shower;

The endless river rolls its waves hour after hour.

A thousand miles from home, I'm grieved at autumn's plight;

Ill now and then for years, alone I'm on this height.

Living in times so hard, at frosted hair I pin;

Cast down by poverty, I have to give up wine.

登高

[唐]杜甫

风急天高猿啸哀，渚清沙白鸟飞回。

无边落木萧萧下，不尽长江滚滚来。

万里悲秋常作客，百年多病独登台。

艰难苦恨繁霜鬓，潦倒新停浊酒杯。