Tang Yun唐韵

No. 54 · Ancient verse

登幽州台歌

Song of Climbing Youzhou Terrace

Dēng Yōuzhōu Tái Gē

by Chen Zi'ang 陈子昂 · 661 – 702

  • Time
  • Solitude
  • History
前不见古人Before me, I do not see the ancients;
后不见来者behind me, I do not see those still to come.
念天地之悠悠I think of heaven and earth, endless, endless —
独怆然而涕下and alone, in despair, the tears fall.