韦应物

长安遇冯著

客从东方来， 衣上灞陵雨。

问客何为来？ 采山因买斧。

冥冥花正开， 扬扬燕新乳。

昨别今已春， 鬓丝生几缕。

Five-character-ancient-verse

Wei Yingwu

ON MEETING MY FRIEND FENG ZHU

IN THE CAPITAL

Out of the east you visit me,

With the rain of Baling still on your clothes,

I ask you what you have come here for；

You say： "To buy an ax for cutting wood in the mountains"

……Hidden deep in a haze of blossom,

Swallow fledglings chirp at ease

As they did when we parted, a year ago……

How grey our temples have grown since them！