View of Dongtinghu from thr top of Yueyanglou

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Mounting Yueyang Tower

Du Fu 712-770 Long ago          I heard of Dongting Lake, Now at last         I mount Yueyanglou. To east and west          lands of Wu and Chu, I float here         between heaven and earth                 between day and night No news         of friends and family Old and sick          on a lonely boat War horses thunder         north of  mountain passes, I lean on my carriage          and weep.

Dēng Yuèyánglóu

Dù Fǔ 712-770 Xī wèn Dòngtíng shuǐ, Jīnshàng Yuèyánglóu. Wú Chū dong nan chè, Qiánkūn rìyè fú. Qīnpéng wú yī zì, Loǎbìng yǒu gū zhōu. Yuèmǎ guānshān běi, Píng xuān tìsì liú.

Translator:

Dongbo 東波

Notes: Du Fu visited here late in life on his way down river from the Three Gorges, where he had spent several unhappy years.

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