喜见外弟又言别-Meeting with My Cousin Only to Part Again
喜见外弟又言别
李益
十年离乱后，长大一相逢。
问姓惊初见，称名忆旧容。
别来沧海事，语罢暮天钟。
明日巴陵道，秋山又几重？
Meeting with My Cousin Only to Part Again
Li Yi
After ten long sad years of turbulence and pain
We’ve grown up and are now happy to meet again.
At first I deem you a stranger， ask your surname
And remember your old looks on being told your name.
Long have we talked about great changes in the hard times
Until we hear the tolling of the evening chimes.
To-morrow to Baling you will be on your way；
Once more with mountains between us you’ll be far away.