Crossing the Han River near Xiangyang

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Crossing the Han River

Song Zhiwen 656-712 Beyond the mountain range         no word from home, Already many seasons gone. Nearing my home town         my heart thumps, Cowardly         don't dare ask                  a villager                         if all is well at home.

Dù Hànjiāng

Sòng Zhīwèn 656-712 Lǐngwài yīnshū duàn, Jīng dōng fù lì chūn. Jìn xiāng qīng gèng qiè, Bù gǎn wèn lái rén.

Translator:

Dongbo 東波

Notes: Song Zhiwen was returning from exile in the far south, beyond the Plum Pass in Guangdong, when he crossed the Han River, somewhere between Wuhan and Xiangyang. Not knowing if his family was alive or well, he didn't have the courage to ask a villager who passed by.

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