王安石·《寄蔡天启》英译

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伫立东冈一搔首，冷云衰草暮迢迢。

What Is There in Sight?

Wang An-shi

Along the moat, over the bridge I go, stumping with my staff into the waning twilight. Where in the depths of autumn is a kindred soul to be found?

At the top of a hill I stop, bewildered. What is there in sight but withered reeds stretching to the dim distance under a cold cloudy darkening sky!