行行重行行
On and On You Go
Anonymous 佚名 (Eastern Han (25–220))
Qin–Han · Eastern Han, 2nd century

Cold Library · Open Stacks · S-001006 · https://coldlibrary.com/s/001006
Rights: Anonymous Eastern Han poem, collected in the Wenxuan (c. 530). Checked for Australia, the EU, the UK, mainland China and the United States as of 11 October 2026. Guidance, not legal advice.
Source: Wikisource, https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/行行重行行 (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/nineteen-old-poems-on-and-on-you-go

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行行重行行，與君生別離。
相去萬餘里，各在天一涯。
道路阻且長，會面安可知。
胡馬依北風，越鳥巢南枝。
相去日已遠，衣帶日已緩。
浮雲蔽白日，遊子不顧反。
思君令人老，歲月忽已晚。
棄捐勿復道，努力加餐飯。

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行行重行行，与君生别离。
相去万余里，各在天一涯。
道路阻且长，会面安可知。
胡马依北风，越鸟巢南枝。
相去日已远，衣带日已缓。
浮云蔽白日，游子不顾反。
思君令人老，岁月忽已晚。
弃捐勿复道，努力加餐饭。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

On and on, and on you go,
parted from me while we both still live.
Ten thousand li now lie between us,
each at one end of the sky.
The road is hard and long:
who knows when we will meet?
The northern horse leans into the north wind,
the southern bird nests on the southern bough.
Each day the distance grows,
each day my sash hangs looser.
Drifting clouds cover the white sun;
the traveller does not think of coming back.
Missing you is making me old,
and the year has suddenly grown late.
Let it go, and say no more.
Be well: eat, and keep your strength.