Don't you see by Wei Bridge north of Chang'an town
Dead wood lies across ancient fields brown
Once it held red and purple hue
Often kept mist and smoke in view
Spring scene, spring breeze, flowers like snow
Fragrant cars, jade coaches always come and go
What traveler didn't strive to climb?
What courtesan didn't come in time?
Courtesans in treasure socks, dragon cloaks rare
Young lords on silver saddles, thousands ride there
Orioles one by one to flowers娇
Blue birds in pairs play with their dear
Thousand-foot long twigs, hundred-foot boughs
Moon cassia, star elms shade and arouse
On coral leaves, mandarin ducks pair
In phoenix nest, young phoenix chicks fare
Nest tilts, branch breaks, phoenix flies away
Twigs dry, leaves fall, wind blows astray
Once fallen, none asks anymore
Eternal ruin, could you know before?
Life's noble or low, no fixed start or end
Swift, fleeting moments, hard to depend
Who can halt the western hill's sun?
Who can dam the eastward river's run?
Han tombs' trees fill Qin's plain wide
Walking back and forth, all pity inside
Since old times, dukes and ministers of high pay
All planned glory for ten thousand years to stay
No more rosy lips and fair face seen
Only hear white thorns and Yellow Springs' sheen
Gold sable fur sometimes traded for fine wine
Jade-decorated whisk just waved, forget the coin
I tell you guests in immortal office seat
Where friendship shows in life and death we meet
At Azure Dragon Tower, you won't come
Before White Crane Mountain, I should roam
Between clouds and sea, meeting distant, hard to date
When will sincere hearts congregate?
I only wish a million years of Yao's reign
I'd be Chao or You, and not complain