Early Departure on Mount Shang

Early Departure on Mount Shang

by Wen Tingyun

translated by Xu Yuanchong

At dawn I rise and my cab bells begin

To ring, but in thoughts of home I am lost.

The cock crows as the moon sets over thatched inn;

Footprints are left on wood bridge paved with frost.

The mountain path is covered with oak leaves;

The post house bright with blooming orange trees.

The dream of my homeland still haunts and grieves

With mallards playing on the pool with geese.

商山早行

[唐]温庭筠

晨起动征铎，客行悲故乡。

鸡声茅店月，人迹板桥霜。

槲叶落山路，枳花明驿墙。

因思杜陵梦，凫雁满回塘。