Meng Haoran: At Tan Xi, Looking For a Friend

 

[updated September 2022]

 

At Tan Xi, Looking For an Old Friend

 

檀 溪 寻 故 人
华 伴 成 龙 竹
池 分 跃 马 溪。
田 园 人 不 见
疑 向 武 陵 迷。
Tan Xi Xun Gu Ren

Hua ban cheng long zhu
Chi fen yue ma xi.
Tian yuan ren bu jian
Yi xiang wu ling mi.

 

At Tan Xi, Looking For an Old Friend

Flowers grow dragon-like, halfway up the bamboo
Where the pond divides, my horse jumps over the small stream.
No one has seen you in your fields and gardens
Maybe you have gone into hiding at Wuling.