[updated September 2022]
Send Off Yuan Gong, Going To a Hubei Islet To Find the Dao Buddhist Master Zhang Luan
送 元 公 之 鄂 渚 寻 观 主 張 骖 鸾
桃 花 春 水 漲
之 子 忽 乘 流。
岘 首 辞 蛟 浦
江 中 问 鹤 楼。
赠 君 青 竹 杖
送 尔 白 苹 洲。
应 是 神 仙 子
相 期 汗 漫 遊。
Song Yuan Gong Zhi E Zhu Xun Guan Zhu Zhang Can Luan
Tao hua chun shui zhang
Zhi zi hu cheng liu.
Xian shou ci jiao pu
Jiang zhong wen he lou.
Zeng jun qing zhu zhang
Song er bai ping zhou.
Ying shi shen xian zi
Xiang qi han man you.
Send Off Yuan Gong, Going To a Hubei Islet, To Find the Dao Buddhist Master Zhang Luan
Springtime river when peach blossoms open
You suddenly can take advantage of the rising river flows.
At the Xian Mountain riverhead, you take leave of the Flood Dragon at the river’s edge
From the middle of the river to the Crane Tower.
As a gift I give to you a green bamboo staff
Send you off to Bai Pingzhou.
To meet this immortal spirit
I await for the time when we together can wander about, travel this part of the river.
Notes:
Flood Dragon: Creature of mythology who can stir up massive rain storms.
Crane Tower: A place where white cranes fly the immortals up into the sky bound for Paradise.
Bai Pingzhou: A village downriver that can only be reached by boat.