“The boat set sail upon the great river
whose swollen waters stretched to sky's edge.
Sky and waves split apart suddenly—
the district capital's thousands of homes.
Moving on, I can see the town market
and vaguely make out mulberry and hemp.
I turn to gaze back toward my homeland—
only vast floods that stretch to the clouds.”

— Wang Wei

"Written Crossing the Yellow River to Qing-he" (渡河到清河作)

Original

泛舟大河裏，積水窮天涯。天波忽開拆，郡邑千萬家。行復見城市，宛然有桑麻。回瞻舊鄉國，淼漫連雲霞。

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