The Jade Mountain/On a Gate-Tower at Yo-chou

by Chen Zi'ang

Ch'ên Tzǔ-ang

昂子陳

ON A GATE-TOWER AT YU-CHOU

Where, before me, are the ages that have gone?And where, behind me, are the coming generations?I think of heaven and earth, without limit, without end,And I am all alone and my tears fall down.