Leaving the capital,I climb this tower.
Can I return home like late autumn flower?
The sky is vast,the setting sun is far;
The water clear,the waves much colder are.
Clouds rise above the western-mountain trees;
O'er river dunes fly south-going wild geese,
The boundless land outspread 'neath gloomy skies,
How gloomy I feel while I stretch my eyes!
去国登兹楼，怀归伤暮秋。
天长落日远，水净寒波流。
秦云起岭树，胡雁飞沙洲。
苍苍几万里，目极令人愁。
In present-day Shanxi Province.
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