Chang Gan Melody (1) and (2)

By Cui Hao (Tang Dynasty)

Where are you from, Sir?

I live around Heng Tang.

The reason why I stopped the boat to ask you

Perhaps we are from the same town.

My home is next to Jiujiang River,

I come and go on the edge of this River.

We both are from Chang Gan,

but we didn't know each other since childhood.

长干曲（一）

崔颢（唐）

君家何处住？妾住在横塘。

停舟暂借问，或恐是同乡。

长干曲（二）

家临九江水，来去九江侧.

同是长干人，自小不相识。

Creative background

"Chang Gan Qu/Melody" is the old title of "Ancient Ci of Zaqu" in the Yuefu of the Southern Dynasty.

About Cui Hao

Cuihao is a famous poet of Tang Dynasty, His poems are famous, but his deeds are rarely circulated.

I have something to say

This poem make me think of another Ci, it is created by Li Zhiyi in Song Dynasty,

我住长江头，君住长江尾。 日日思君不见君，共饮长江水。

此水几时休，此恨何时已。只愿君心似我心，定不负相思意。