Traveling Tom Sharp

1. A traveler stops at the station, unhappy that his home is far away. He looks at the long bridge— another river he needs to cross. Egrets are naturally royal birds; the full length of the river and the green woods belong to them. The cross over as they wish. 2. I thought it would be good to grow old in Hainan Village, but the emperor called me back to make two words from ten. As I wait for my boat, falcons vanish in the distance. Mountains become plains as the roof of the sky descends.

澄迈驿通潮阁二首 苏轼

一 倦客愁闻归路遥，眼明飞阁俯长桥。 贪看白鹭横秋浦，不觉青林没晚潮。 二 余生欲老海南村，帝遣巫阳招我魂。 杳杳天低鹘没处，青山一发是中原。