岑参《逢入京使》

逢入京使^[1]

岑参

故园^[2]东望路漫漫^[3]，

双袖龙钟^[4]泪不干。

马上相逢无纸笔，

凭^[5]君传语报平安。

注释：

[1] 入京使：回京城的使者。

[2] 故园：家乡。

[3] 漫漫：遥远的样子。

[4] 龙钟：沾湿的样子。

[5] 凭：烦；请。

On Meeting a Messenger Going to the Capital

Cen Shen

I look eastward, long, long my homeward way appears;

My old arms tremble and my sleeves are wet with tears.

Meeting you on horseback, with what brush can I write?

I can but ask you to tell my kin I’m all right.

The quatrain is a short message the poet asks the messenger to send home.