崔涂·《旅怀》英译

水流花谢两无情，送尽东风过楚城。

蝴蝶梦中家万里，子规枝上月三更。

故园书动经年绝，华发春唯满镜生。

自是不归归便得，五湖烟景有谁争？

Thoughts for Home

Cui Tu

Water flows and flowers fade mercilessly alike,

And I send East Wind beyond Chucheng (1).

In a fond dream, I see my home thousands of miles afar,

Yet when I wake up was a cuckoo in my sight on a twig and the moon at midnight.

Not a letter from home for years,

And time turns my hair grey on temples.

Home I return not. If I do,

Could not the magnificent scene of Five Lakes be mine?