《秋晚登樓望南江入始興郡路》是唐代張九齡的五言詩。這首詩寫于張九齡辭官回到家鄉之時（公元716年）。前四句描寫南江泛濫的景象；五到十四句反映了作者在朝中受制、勞碌無成而心不甘的復雜心情；后四句詩人借用陶潛《歸去來詞》“覺今是而昨非”，肯定了辭官的決定。

張九齡·《秋晚登樓望南江入始興郡路》

潦收沙衍出，霜降天宇晶。

伏檻一長眺，津途多遠情。

思來江山外，望盡煙云生。

滔滔不自辨，役役且何成。

我來颯衰鬢，孰云飄華纓。

櫪馬苦踡跼，籠禽念遐征。

歲陰向晼晚，日夕空屏營。

物生貴得性，身累由近名。

內顧覺今是，追嘆何時平。

Climbing a Tall Building on an Autumn Evening: I Gaze to Where the South River Touches the Shih-hsing Road

Chang Chiu-ling

Streaming rivulets draw back, sandflats emerge,

Frost comes down, the sky’s vault, crystalline.

Hunched at the railing, I gaze long and far,

Path and ford draw many emotions of distant places.

Longing comes from beyond the rivers and mountains;

Where my gaze breaks off, clouds and mists arise.

A rolling flood where nothing is distinct—

Oh, what is accomplished from all this constant toil?

I came here, wind shaking my frail white locks,

No one could say it shook ribbons of high office.

A stabled horse suffering cramped restraints,

A caged bird longing for faraway journeys.

The year grows ever darker toward its close.

At the end of day, a pointless restlessness.

All living creatures value fulfilling their natures,

The bonds upon my body grow from recent fame.

I look back, find I’m truly right now—

But when will ease come for sorrow at what is past?

（Stephen Owen 譯）

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