唐诗三百首英译 岑参：逢入京使

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岑参

逢入京使

故园东望路漫漫， 双袖龙钟泪不乾。

马上相逢无纸笔， 凭君传语报平安。

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Seven-character-quatrain

Cen Can

ON MEETING A MESSENGER TO THE CAPITAL

It's a long way home， a long way east.

I am old and my sleeve is wet with tears.

We meet on horseback. I have no means of writing.

Tell them three words： “He is safe.”