Du Mu: Going to Xuanzhou, Leave Behind This Poem at the Chan Zhi Temple in Yangzhou

Going to Xuanzhou, Leave Behind this Poem at the Chan Zhi Temple in Yangzhou

将 赴 宣 州 留 题 扬 州 禅 智 寺

故 里 溪 头 松 柏 双
来 时 尽 日 倚 松 窗。                                                                                          杜 陵 随 苑 已 绝 国
秋 晚 南 游 更 渡 江。

Jiang Fu Xuan Zhou Liu Ti Yang Zhou Chan Zhi Si

Gu li xi tou song bai shuang
Lai shi jin ri yi song chuang.                                                                                                   Du ling sui yuan yi jue guo
Qiu wan nan you geng du jiang.

Going to Xuanzhou, Leave Behind This Poem at the Chan Zhi Temple in Yangzhou

Pair of pine and cedar trees at the stream head like my hometown
Season arrives where the pine trees always lean by the windows.                        Han Dynasty tombs, Sui Dynasty orchards already reveal spent kingdoms
Late autumn, go across the river to travel further south.

Notes:

Xuanzhou: City in Anhui Province, long famous for making fine rice paper.

Yangzhou: Wealthy city from the early salt trade, located in Jiangsu Province.

Chan Zhi Temple: An old Zen temple located in northern Guangdong Province.

Han Dynasty: (206 BC-220 AD)

Sui Dynasty: (581-618 AD)