Lament Atop Youzhou Pagoda... By Chen Zi'Ang (D. Circa 700 Ce) Poem by Eugene Levich

Lament Atop Youzhou Pagoda... By Chen Zi'Ang (D. Circa 700 Ce)



People who lived before me I cannot see.
Those who will live after are hidden from me.
I contemplate the vast remoteness of heaven to earth.
Alone! Depressed! My tears fall!

登幽州臺歌 Deng1 You1zhou1 tai2 ge1

陳子昂 Chen2 Zi3ang2

前不見古人 Qian2 bu4 jian4 gu3 ren2
後不見來者 Hou4 bu4 jian4 lai2 zhe3
念天地之悠悠 Nian4 tian1 di4 zhi1 you1 you1
獨愴然而涕下 Du2 chuang4 ran2 er2 ti4 xia4

Friday, April 4, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: depression
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Bri Edwards 16 May 2016

I hope he/she got over her/his sorrow. Was there no person in the 'present' to comfort her/him? ? I shall assume the translation is spoton. (Spot on; spot-on? ?) . :) bri

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