[十暑岷山葛]

by Du Fu

 

十暑岷山葛

三霜楚戶砧

 

參卿休坐幄

蕩子不還鄉

[for ten long summers I wore the cloth of Shu]

by Du Fu

 

for ten long summers     I wore the cloth of Shu

three winters     heard washing blocks of Chu

 

 

once an advisor     honored in the governor’s tent

now only a wanderer     unable to return home

translated from Chinese by George Life
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