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On the Road Toward the Southern Pass

Nguyen Du 1765-1820 Now the jade order         has been carried down                  from the palace in the clouds, My lone carriage sets off         on a thousand league journey                  across the Han pass. All the way accompanied only          by my white hair, For twenty days          all that I have seen                  are green mountains. My lord's benevolence          is like the sea                 impossible to repay, The spring rains are so fertile         but in my bones                  I still feel the cold. The King's roads are flat and wide         no need to ask the way, North of the Ming River          is Changan.

Nánguān Dàozhōng

Ruǎn Yōu 1765-1820 Yù shū pěng xià wǔ yún duān, Wànlǐ dānchē dù Hànguān. Yīlù xié lái wéi báifà, Èr xún suǒjiàn dàn qīng shān. Jūn ēn cì hǎi háowú bào, Chūnyú rúgāo gǔ zì hán. Wángdào dàng píng xiū wènxùn, Míng jiāng běi shàng shì Chángān.

Translator:

Liam Kelley 翻譯者

Notes: Written as Nguyen Du set off on his long journey to the celestial throne in Peking. From Liam Kelley's great book, Beyond The Bronze Pillars, Envoy Poetry and the Sino-Vietnamese Relationship, U of Hawaii Press.

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