送李中丞归汉阳别业

刘长卿

流落征南将， 曾驱十万师。

罢归无旧业， 老去恋明时。

独立三边静， 轻生一剑知。

茫茫江汉上， 日暮复何之。

A FAREWELL TO GOVERNOR LI ON HIS WAY HOME TO HANYANG

Liu Chanqing

Sad wanderer, once you conquered the South,

Commanding a hundred thousand men;

Today, dismissed and dispossessed,

In your old age you remember glory.

Once, when you stood, three borders were still;

Your dagger¹ was the scale of life.

Now, watching the great rivers, the Jiang and the Han,

On their ways in the evening, where do you go?