Banquet of Visitors Return, I Go Back in the Evening: Six-Character Lines
宴 客 夜 归 六 言
月 在 荔 枝 梢 上
人 行 抹 利 花 间。
但 觉 胸 吞 碧 海
不 知 身 落 南 蛮。
Yan Ke Ye Gui Liu Yan
Yue zai li zhi shao shang
Ren xing mu li hua jian.
Dan jue xiong tun bi hai
Bu zhi shen luo nan man.
Banquet of Visitors Return, I Go Back in the Evening: Six-Character Lines
Moonlight goes into lizhi tree twig tips
People walk between the tree peony flowers and blossoms.
Felt my chest big enough to contain the bluish-green ocean
Did not realize how life could be as a fallen leaf in southern exile.
Notes:
Lizhi trees also known as “lychee” trees.