From Yelang, Post a Letter to My Wife
南 流 夜 郎 寄 内
夜 郎 天 外 怨 离 居
明 月 满 中 音 信 疏。
北 雁 春 归 春 欲 尽
南 来 不 得 豫 章 书。
Nan Liu Ye Lang Ji Ni
Ye lang tian wai yuan li ju
Ming yue man zhong yin xin shu.
Bei yan chun dang chun yu jin
Nan lai bu de yu zhang shu.
From Yelang, Post a Letter to My Wife
Yelang sky outside, blame me for being away from our home
Full and bright moonlight, news sparse and distant.
Geese almost gone to the north at the end of spring
Here in the south no letter has arrived from Yuzhang.
Notes:
Yelang: Ancient region of a confederation of rural peoples in western Guizhou Province.
