Qiang Village
Du Fu



Towering red cloud west
Sun base down level ground
Wicker gate bird sparrow chirp
Return traveller thousand li to
Wife children surprised I be present
Start calm more wipe tears
Life disorder meet float swing
Life still chance succeed
Neighbour satisfied top of wall
Sigh also sob
Night late watch hold candle
Opposite like dream
Red clouds tower in the west,
The sun is sinking on the plain.
A sparrow chirps on the wicker gate,
I return from a thousand li away.
My wife and children are shocked to see me,
She calms herself and wipes her tears.
I floated through this disordered life,
By chance I still have reached my goal.
The neighbours all lean over the wall,
And they as well are sighing and sobbing.
Late at night we hold a candle,
And face each other as in a dream.


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