Deliver This Reply to Senior Official Qizhou Yuan
送 岐 州 源 长 史 归
握 手 一 相 送
心 悲 安 可 论？
秋 风 正 萧 索
客 散 孟 尝 门。
故 驿 通 槐 里
长 亭 下 槿 原。
征 西 旧 旌 节
从 此 向 河 源。
Song Qi Zhou Yuan Zhang Shi Gui
Wo shou yi xiang song
Xin bei an ke lun ?
Qiu feng zheng xiao suo
Ke san meng chang men.
Gu yi tong huai li
Chang ting xia jin yuan.
Zheng xi jiu jing jie
Cong ci xiang he yuan.
Deliver This Reply to Senior Official Qizhou Yuan
Offer to shake hands with one another
Our melancholy hearts and minds calm enough for conversation?
Autumn winds blow straight, bleak and chilly
Visitors of the Meng Chang household also scattered.
Old government rest station connects to Huaili
Long pavilion at Jinyuan further along.
Making a long journey west with an old section of a battlefield banner
From here on, we turn towards the source of the Yellow River.
Notes:
Meng Chang: A man who was a second level prime minister to the emperor. When he was at home, he had a large household of servants, advisors and workers. When he died, they scattered to find other jobs, or just go home.
Jinyuan: District within the provincial capital city of Shanxi Province, Taiyuan.