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243<br />

临 洮 泛 舟 赵 仙 舟 自 北 庭 罢 使 还 京<br />

Boating at Lintao: Dismissed From Office<br />

Zhao Xianzhou Returns to the Capital From<br />

Beiting 66<br />

白 发 轮 台 使<br />

边 功 竟 不 成<br />

云 沙 万 里 地<br />

孤 负 一 书 生<br />

池 上 风 回 舫<br />

桥 西 雨 过 城<br />

醉 眠 乡 梦 罢<br />

67<br />

东 望 羡 归 程<br />

White haired envoy from Luntai,<br />

In the end your meritorious service at the frontier was<br />

all for nought.<br />

This land <strong>of</strong> clouds and sand for ten thousand li<br />

Let down a scholar such as yourself.<br />

On the lake winds blow the boat about,<br />

West <strong>of</strong> the bridge the rain falls down on the town.<br />

In drunken sleep dreams <strong>of</strong> home dissipate;<br />

Gazing east I envy your return journey.<br />

66 Lintao 临 洮 was a garrison town located west <strong>of</strong> today's Lintan 临 潭 , Gansu province.<br />

67 CSJJZ, p. 142.

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