On Meeting A Messenger To The Capital by Ts’en Ts’an

It’s a long way home, a long way east.
I am old and my sleeve is wet with tears.
We meet on horseback. I have no means of writing.
Tell them three words: “He is safe.”

translated by Witter Bynner & Kiang Kang-hu

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