出生三十年

出生三十年，常游千万里。
行江青草合，入塞红尘起。
炼药空求仙，读书兼咏史。
今日归寒山，枕流兼洗耳。

In my first thirty years of life
I roamed hundreds and thousands of miles.
Walked by rivers through deep green grass
Entered cities of boiling red dust.
Tried drugs, but couldn't make Immortal;
Read books and wrote poems on history.
Today I'm back at Cold Mountain:
I'll sleep by the creek and purify my ears.