《清溪行》是唐代大诗人李白创作的一首诗。此诗是李白被“赐金返还”离开京城后游池州时所作，前六句从不同角度描写清溪水的清澈，末二句表现出悲凉的气氛。全诗创设了一个悲切凄凉的清寂境界，寄寓诗人喜清厌浊的情怀，流露出诗人因远离家乡、思念家乡内心的孤寂与落寞，以及胸怀济世之才的诗人内心难以言传的抑郁悲伤之情。

李白·《清溪行》

清溪清我心，水色异诸水。

借问新安江，见底何如此？

人行明镜中，鸟度屏风里。

向晚猩猩啼，空悲远游子。

Ballad of the Ching Rivers（Rewi Alley 译）

Li Pai

These rives so clear that they

cleanse my heart to stare into

them, so different are they from

other river waters; I asked this

Hsinan River why it was so clean?

If you see a man walking on its

banks, in the distance it seems

that he is crossing a gleaming

mirror; if a bird flies over, it

is as if it is above some brilliant

painted screen; but yet at evening

cranes call, voicing the melancholy

of travelers.

Song of the Clear Stream（许渊冲 译）

Li Bai

The Clear Stream clears my heart;

Its water flows apart.

I ask the River New,

“Why transparent are you?”

On mirror bright boats hie;

Between the screens birds fly.

At dusk the monkeys cry;

In vain the wayfarers sigh.