秋日登吳公臺上寺遠眺 - Climbing in Autumn for a View from the Temple on the Terrace of General Wu

秋日登吳公臺上寺遠眺

古 臺 搖 落 後

秋 日 望 鄉 心 

野 寺 人 來 少

雲 峰 水 隔 深

夕 陽 依 舊 壘

寒 磬 滿 空 林

惆 悵 南 朝 事

長 江 獨 至 今

This poem, written by Liu Changqing (劉長卿), was number 133 in the classic collection Three Hundred Tang Poems, which was compiled in roughly 1763, but features work from a period that began in the 7th century and spanned nearly three hundred years.

Here is a literal translation:

古 臺 搖 落 後 - old platform rocks drops back

秋 日 望 鄉 心 - autumn day hope country mind

野 寺 人 來 少 - field temple man come few

雲 峰 水 隔 深 - cloud peak water divide deep

夕 陽 依 舊 壘 - evening sun near old rampart

寒 磬 滿 空 林 - cold stone instrument fill empty forest

惆 悵 南 朝 事 - vexed regretful South face thing

長 江 獨 至 今 - long river single arrive now

And here is a translation from Chinapage.org:

So autumn breaks my homesick heart
Few pilgrims venture climbing to a temple so wild,
Up from the lake, in the mountain clouds. 

Sunset clings in the old defences,
A stone gong shivers through the empty woods. 

Of the Southern Dynasty, what remains?
Nothing but the great River. 

The poet, Liu Changqing, lived during the 8th century. He was a scholar who served under four different emperors and held the position of Governor of Suizhou in Hubei Province. Eleven of Liu's poems feature in Three Hundred Tang Poems.

劉長卿 - Liu Changqing