及第后归觐，留别诸同年

白居易【唐】

 十年常苦学，一上谬成名。

擢zhuó promote第未为贵，贺亲方始荣。

时辈六七人，送我出帝城。

轩车动行色，丝管举离声。

得意减别恨，半酣轻远程。

翩翩马蹄疾，春日归乡情。

[11] AFTER PASSING THE EXAMINATION

(A.D. 800)

For ten years I never left my books;

I went up and won unmerited praise.

My high place I do not much prize;

The joy of my parents will first make me proud.

Fellow students, six or seven men,

See me off as I leave the City gate.

My covered couch is ready to drive away;

Flutes and strings blend their parting tune.

Hopes achieved dull the pains of parting;

Fumes of wine shorten the long road.

Shod with wings is the horse of him who rides

On a Spring day the road that leads to home.