第十六拍 (5 columns in standard script) 去時只覺天蒼蒼，歸日始知胡地長。 重陰白日落何處？秋鴈所向應南方。 平沙四顧自迷惑，遠近悠悠隨鴈行。 征途未盡馬跡盡，不見行人邊草黃。
On my way here I noticed only the vast blue sky. In the days of my return I realized how distant is the nomads’ land. In the overcast sky it is difficult to know where the sun sets, But the direction in which the geese fly must be the south. Looking in all directions, across the flat sands, one easily gets confused, So we follow the geese, near and far away. Long before the end of the journey no more horse tracks can be seen. No other humans are in sight, only the yellow grass of the steppes.
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16. The Journey Continues
Date: 2021-09-20 02:30 pm (UTC)去時只覺天蒼蒼，歸日始知胡地長。
重陰白日落何處？秋鴈所向應南方。
平沙四顧自迷惑，遠近悠悠隨鴈行。
征途未盡馬跡盡，不見行人邊草黃。
On my way here I noticed only the vast blue sky.
In the days of my return I realized how distant is the nomads’ land.
In the overcast sky it is difficult to know where the sun sets,
But the direction in which the geese fly must be the south.
Looking in all directions, across the flat sands, one easily gets confused,
So we follow the geese, near and far away.
Long before the end of the journey no more horse tracks can be seen.
No other humans are in sight, only the yellow grass of the steppes.