张九龄

感遇其三

幽人归独卧， 滞虑洗孤清，

持此谢高鸟， 因之传远情。

日夕怀空意， 人谁感至精？

飞沈理自隔， 何所慰吾诚？

Five-character-ancient-verse

Zhang Jiuling

THOUGHTS III

The hermit in his lone abode

Nurses his thoughts cleansed of care,

Them he projects to the wild goose

For it to his distant Sovereign to bear.

Who will be moved by the sincerity

Of my vain day-and-night prayer？

What comfort is for my loyalty

When fliers and sinkers can compare？