Han Yu: On the Occasion

On the Occasion of My Return to Tong Guan, Send This to the Honorable Zhang the Twelfth

次 潼 关 先 寄 张 十 二 阁 老 使 君

荆 山 已 去 华 山 来
日 出 潼 关 四 扇 开。

剌 史 莫 辞 迎 候 远
相 公 亲 破 蔡 州 回。

Ci Tong Guan Xian Ji Zhang Shi Er Ge Lao Shi Jun

Jing shan yi qu hua shan lai
Ri chu tong guan si shan kai.                                                                                                  La shi mo ci ying hou yuan
Xiang gong qin po cai zhou hui.

On the Occasion of My Return to Tong Guan, Send This to the Honorable Zhang the Twelfth

I have already left from Mt. Jing and arrived at Mt. Hua
At sunrise all four of the gates at Tong Guan will open up.

Do not stay in the city, come out to meet me
Our high level ministers and I really did fight in Caizhou.

Notes:

Tong Guan: A mountain pass in between the Jing and Hua mountains.

Caizhou: City located in Runan County, Henan Province.

Mt. Jing:  Mountain in western Hubei Province.

Mt. Hua:  Mountain located in Shaanxi Province.