喜见外弟又言别

李益

十年离乱后， 长大一相逢。

问姓惊初见， 称名忆旧容。

别来沧海事， 语罢暮天钟。

明日巴陵道， 秋山又几重。

A BRIEF BUT HAPPY MEETING WITH MY BROTHER-IN LAW

"MEETING BY ACCIDENT, ONLY TO PART"

Li Yi

After these ten torn wearisome years

We have met again. We were both so changed

That hearing first your surname¹, I thought you a stranger --

Then hearing your given name, I remembered your young face....

All that has happened with the tides

We have told and told till the evening bell....

Tomorrow you journey to Youzhou,

Leaving autumn between us, peak² after peak.