「臼口阻风十日」白居易

洪涛白浪塞江津，处处邅回事事迍。世上方为失途客，

江头又作阻风人。鱼虾遇雨腥盈鼻，蚊蚋和烟痒满身。

老大光阴能几日，等闲臼口坐经旬。

KEPT WAITING IN THE BOAT AT CHIU-K'OU TEN DAYS BY AN ADVERSE WIND 

White billows and huge waves block the river crossing ; 

Wherever I go, danger and difficulty; whatever I do, failure. 

Just as in my worldly career I wander and lose the road, 

So when I come to the river crossing, I am stopped by contrary winds. 

Of fishes and prawns sodden in the rain the smell fills my nostrils ; 

With the stings of insects that come with the fog, my whole body is sore. 

I am growing old, time flies, and my short span runs out, 

While I sit in a boat at Chiu-k'ou, wasting ten days !