錢起·《歸雁》

Return of the Wild Geese

Qian QI

瀟湘何事等閑回?水碧沙明兩岸苔。

二十五弦彈夜月，不勝清怨卻飛來。

Why so soon have you come back only with Xiaoxiang in sight?

With bryophyte on both banks, the water is clear and the sand bright.

In the moon light, the twenty-five stringed zither was played,

The tune was so melancholy that I had to take a home flight.