Crossing the River

Crossing the River

In the self-narrative style，the poet told us his whereabouts of being sent into exile to the southern area of the Changjiang River.It clearly showed us the conflict between his noble sentiment and the dark social reality.

I've been loving peculiar costume ever since childhood.

Even up to my old age I've never weakened this hobby.

I love to carry a long sword hanging at my waist.

I always wear a lofty hat reaching to the heaven.

I love the exquisite pearl of the moon.

I make my body decorated with jade.

The manners and morals of the time are dirty.

I'm going to leave because no one knows me.

I drive a wagon pulled by two black and white dragons.

I visit God's jade garden together with Emperor Shun.

I climbed up to the top of the towering Mount Kunlun.

I enjoyed delicious food made of flowers of jade trees.

My life is long as heaven and earth.

My body is bright as sun and moon.

What a pity there is no one knowing me in Jiangnan！

I have to cross Xiang River and the Changjiang River at dawn.

I boarded Ezhu and turned back looking afar.

The chilly wind is blowing sadly and drearily.

I let my horse stroll slowly at side hill.

I let my wagon stop before the forest.

I went by a boat upstream in Yuanjiang River.

I pulled the oar and forcibly beat the water.

The boat went up and down with waves.

It stopped and swirled in great vortexes.

I started off from Wang Zhu in the morning.

I put up for the night at Chen Yang at night.

So long as I persist in acting with integrity，

What's the matter for me in a poor place？

But I hesitated when I arrived at Xupu.

I'm perplexed not knowing where to go.(https://www.daowen.com)

The dense forest is dark and dim.

This is the place monkeys live in.

The towering mountains covered the sun.

It's drizzling at the foot of the mountains.

Suddenly the snow flakes are flying in the vast sky.

The sky is filled with black clouds misty and gloomy.

I am so poor that I've never enjoyed happiness all my life.

I have to live in the high mountains and the lonely forest.

But I cannot change my mind and go with the stream.

Surely I would live in poverty and frustration all my life.

Detesting the world and its ways Jieyu shaved off his hair.

Critisizing the society Sanghu went naked everywhere.

The devoted persons were not put in important positions.

It's extremely difficult for the wise people to be promoted.

Wu Zixu suffered from disaster at last.

Bigan was killed with his heart cut off.

All things are like this throughout the history.

No use for me to blame the present people.

If I want to go on a right way without any hesitation，

I'll suffer disasters with brightness not coming again！

The end：

Phoenixes fly to remote places every day.

Sparrows and crows build nests in temples.

All things go down on the luck of ruixiang and xinyi.

Both of them died at last in the grasses and forests.

Stinking things are fully used.

Fragrant things are ill treated.

Yin and yang were put in places upside down.

Manners and morals were changed irregularly.

I cherish loyalty but get dejected in the end.

I'd better go far away without any hesitation！