Lu Yu: Recall a Dream

 

Recall Dreams

 

记 梦
梦 里 都 忘 困 晚 途
纵 横 草 疏 论 迁 都。
不 知 尽 挽 银 河 水
洗 得 平 生 习 气 无?
Ji Meng

Meng li dou wang kun wan tu
Zong heng cao shu lun qian dou.
Bu zhi jin wan yin he shui
Xi dei ping sheng xi qi wu?

 

Recall Dreams

Inside dreams, forget all experiences of being trapped
Instead I was set free, writing to the emperor about a new capital.
Did not realize I could even reverse the flow of the heavenly river
Able to wash away all of my life’s bad habits?

 

Notes:

Heavenly River: the Milky Way.