Member Poem

Fisherman’s Gully

Huangfu Ran (716-769)
 
 
I’d like for us to chase the tides beyond,
But time is up for us as fishing men;
Now face-to-face, aware we will not meet—
The end has come, we must begin again.
 
 

 
 
Transliteration and Notes
 
Fisherman (Noun-Suffix) Gully
 
Wish pursue Huai-River current above
Temporary pause fisherman (noun-suffix) gully
Each-other look-at know not see
End is time return first
 

• The title has the suffix, “寄趙員外裴補闕,” meaning that it’s a poem to send off Zhao State Landlord Pei as he leaves to fill a vacancy.