少年離別意非輕

示長安君
王安石
少年離別意非輕，老去相逢亦愴情。
草草杯盤供笑語，昏昏燈火話平生。
自憐湖海三年隔，又作塵沙萬裏行。
欲問歸期何日是，寄書應見雁南征。

Our farewells were not easily said, when we were young.
Our reunions are even more sentimental, now we are aged.
Dishes casually laid, we chattered and bantered;
Candles dimly lit, we recounted life to each other.
Oceans apart we had been, day after day, for the past three years.
Miles away I would travel, in dirt and sand, to the frontier.
When would I return, you are about to ask.
Ask the migrating geese for messages, my dear.