七言古诗

Seven-character-ancient-verse

陈子昂

Chen Ziang

登幽州台歌

ON A GATE-TOWER AT YUZHOU

前不见古人,

Where, before me, are the ages that have gone?

后不见来者;

And where, behind me, are the coming generations?

念天地之悠悠,

I think of heaven and earth, without limit, without end,

独怆然而涕下。

And I am all alone and my tears fall down.