汉江临眺

王维

楚塞三湘接， 荆门九派通。

江流天地外， 山色有无中。

郡邑浮前浦， 波澜动远空。

襄阳好风日， 留醉与山翁。

A VIEW OF THE HAN RIVER

Wang Wei

With its three southern branches reaching the Chu border,

And its nine streams touching¹ the gateway² of Jing,

This river runs beyond heaven and earth,

Where the colour of mountains both is and is not.

The dwellings³ of men seem floating along

On ripples⁴ of the distant sky --

These beautiful days here in Xiangyang

Make drunken my old mountain heart!