[updated September 2022]
Send Off Dongwu’s Mayor Zhao Chang, Who Lost His Palace Position, He Returned to Haizhou: (Cut Paper Tree Peony Flowers)
送 东 武 令 赵 昶 失 宫 归 海 州： 减 字 木 兰 花
贤 哉 令 尹
三 仕 已 无 喜 愠。
我 独 何 人
犹 把 虚 名 玷 搢 绅。
不 如 归 去
二 顷 良 田 无 觅 外。
归 去 来 兮
待 有 良 田 是 几 时？
Song Dong Wu Ling Zhao Chang Shi Gong Gui Hai Zhou: (Jian Zi Mu Lan Hua)
Xian zai ling yin
San shi yi zhi wu xi yun.
Wo du he ren
You ba xu ming dian jin shen.
Bu ru gui qu
Er qing liang tian wu mi wai.
Gui qu lai xi
Dai you liang tian shi ji shi ?
Send Off Dongwu’s Mayor Zhao Chang, Who Lost His Palace Position, He Returned to Haizhou: (Cut Paper Tree Peony Flowers)
You were an able and virtuous mayor
After holding several government positions
You are without joy or anger.
For myself, what kind of person am I
Although I have a high reputation, it is still undeserved.
Why don’t I also depart and go back
But I am without good friends and acreage to return to.
Ah, to go back home
How many seasons will it take before
I can have these good friends?
Notes:
[The description at the end of the title inside the parentheses identifies the name of the music which these lines are to be sung to.]
Dongwu: City located in Zhejiang Province.