Just Beginning to Enter the Huai River: Four Four-Line Poems: No. 4
初 入 淮 河： 四 绝 句
中 原 父 老 莫 空 谈
逢 着 王 人 诉 不 堪
却 是 归 鸿 不 能 语
一 年 一 度 到 江 南。
Chu Ru Huai He: Si Jue Ju
(4)
Zhong yuan fu lao mo kong tan
Feng zhe wang ren su bu kan.
Que shi gui hong bu neng yu
Yi nian yi du dao jiang nan.
Just Beginning to Enter the Huai River: Four Four-Line Poems: No. 4
I cannot share with the people our secret plans, use only small talk
Meeting palace people who know well my enduring pains and sorrow.
Even the returning geese not able to speak at will
Every year they can travel to Jiangnan without government assistance.