Lovers Parted

In the Kingdom of Yen a young gallant resides,
In the Kingdom of Chao a fair damsel abides;
No long leagues of wearisome road intervene,
But a chain of steep mountains is set in between.
Ye clouds, on your broad bosoms bear me afar,
The winds for my horses made fast to my car!
Ah, jade lies deep hid in the bowels of earth;
To the fair epidendrum the prairie gives birth;
And the clouds in the sky, they come not at call;
And the fickle breeze rises, alas, but to fall.
And so I am left with my thoughts to repine,
And think of that loved one who ne'er can be mine.