[updated September 2022]
Xue the Eighth Departs for Guang Ling
廣 陵 别 薛 八
士 有 不 得 志
棲 棲 吴 楚 间。
廣 陵 相 遇 罢
彭 蠡 泛 舟 還。
樯 出 江 中 树
波 趠 海 上 山。
风 帆 明 日 远
何 处 更 追 攀？
Guang Ling Bie Xue Ba
Shi you bu dei zhi
Qi qi wu chu jian.
Guang ling xiang yu ba
Peng li fan zhou huan.
Qiang chu jiang zhong shu
Bo chuo hai shang shan.
Feng fan ming ri yuan
He chu geng zhui pan ?
Xue the Eighth Departs for Guang Ling
Scholars have no need for will or ambition
Have to work between the regions of Wu and Chu.
When done, meet each other in Guang Ling
Take a boat back to Peng Lake.
Your mast sails away amid the trees on the river
Upon successive ocean waves past the mountains.
By tomorrow the winds will push your sail far away
When can we meet again to recall and reminisce ?
Notes:
Guang Ling: Historical name for the city of Yangzhou in Jiangsu Province.
Wu: A kingdom located around the mouth of the Changjiang (Yangzi River) in the province of Zhejiang during the Western Zhou (12th century-473 BC).
Chu: A kingdom located in most of Hubei and Hunan provinces and parts of many others during the Zhou Dynasty (ca. 1030-223 BC).