Selections of Tang Poetry
Song on Ascending the Youzhou Terrace
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Song on Ascending the Youzhou Terrace
By Chen Zi'ang 陳子昂 (661 - 702 CE)
Traditional
登幽州台歌
陳子昂
前不見古人,
後不見來者。
念天地之悠悠,
獨愴然而涕下。
Simplified
登幽州台歌
陈子昂
前不见古人,
后不见来者。
念天地之悠悠,
独抢然而涕下。
Vocabulary
Line 1: 古人 ancients
Line 2: 来者 those that are to come in the future
Line 3: 天地 heaven and earth, 悠悠: eternity
Line 4: 独 alone, 涕 tears
Source: Complete Tang Poems, Scroll 83, 全唐詩 卷八十三 . English translation by Sun Dayu 1983. References
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