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Bodhisattva Barbarian: Written on the Wall at Zaokou
郁孤台下清江水，
中间多少行人泪。
西北望长安，
可怜无数山。
Below Yugu Terrace flows the clear river water, and in it how many tears of travellers! I gaze northwest toward Chang'an—alas for the countless hills.
青山遮不住，
毕竟东流去。
江晚正愁余，
山深闻鹧鸪。
The green hills cannot hold it back; after all it flows eastward. Evening on the river, and sorrow upon me; deep among the hills I hear the partridge cry.
Reading notes
This page follows the version with 西北望长安 and 毕竟东流去; alternatives include 东北是长安 and 毕竟江流去. 愁余 also appears as 愁予; both 余 and 予 mean “me” here.