故人以北爱荒凉
        
            [gù rén yĭ bĕi ài huāng liáng]
        
        
            Translating roughly to 'Northward of old friends lies desolate love'. This evokes a poetic expression reflecting nostalgia tinged with loneliness or abandonment. It implies moving on into an unexplored territory emotionally marked by loss of past intimacies.