况以胶漆之心，置于胡越之身，进不得相合，退不能相忘，牵挛乖隔，各欲白首。
微之微之，如何如何！
We talked together in the Yung-shou Temple; We parted to the north of the Hsin-ch’ang dyke.
天实为之，谓之奈何！
仆初到浔阳时，有熊孺登来，得足下前年病甚时一札，上报疾状，次叙病心，终论平生交分。
Going home--I shed a few tears, Grieving about things,--not sorry for you.
且云：危惙之际，不暇及他，唯收数帙文章，封题其上曰："他日送达白二十二郎，便请以代书。
"悲哉！
Long, long the road to Lan-t’ien; You said yourself you would not be able to write.
微之于我也，其若是乎！
又睹所寄闻仆左降诗云："残灯无焰影幢幢，此夕闻君谪九江。
Reckoning up your halts for eating and sleeping-- By this time you’ve crossed the Shang mountains.
垂死病中惊坐起，暗风吹雨入寒窗。
"此句他人尚不可闻，况仆心哉！
Last night the clouds scattered away; A thousand leagues, the same moonlight scene. When dawn came, I dreamt I saw your face;
至今每吟，犹恻恻耳。
且置是事，略叙近怀。
It must have been that you were thinking of me. In my dream, I thought I held your hand
仆自到九江，已涉三载。
形骸且健，方寸甚安。
And asked you to tell me what your thoughts were. And _you_ said: “I miss you bitterly,
下至家人，幸皆无恙。
长兄去夏自徐州至，又有诸院孤小弟妹六七人提挈同来。
But there’s no one here to send to you with a letter.” When I awoke, before I had time to speak,
顷所牵念者，今悉置在目前，得同寒暖饥饱，此一泰也。
江州风候稍凉，地少瘴疠。
A knocking on the door sounded “Doong, doong!” They came and told me a messenger from Shang-chou
乃至蛇虺蚊蚋，虽有，甚稀。
湓鱼颇肥，江酒极美。
Had brought a letter,--a single scroll from you! Up from my pillow I suddenly sprang out of bed,
其余食物，多类北地。
仆门内之口虽不少，司马之俸虽不多，量入俭用，亦可自给。
And threw you my clothes, all topsy-turvy. I undid the knot and saw the letter within; A single sheet with thirteen lines of writing.
身衣口食，且免求人，此二泰也。
At the top it told the sorrows of an exile’s heart;