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Bidding a Friend Farewell at Ching-men Ferry
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
Sailing far off from Ching-mên Ferry,
Soon you will be with people in the south,
Where the mountains end and the plains begin
And the river winds through wilderness. . . .
The moon is lifted like a mirror,
Sea-clouds gleam like palaces,
And the water has brought you a touch of home
To draw your boat three hundred miles.
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Po, Li. “Bidding a Friend Farewell at Ching-men Ferry.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/150/.
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Po, Li. “Bidding a Friend Farewell at Ching-men Ferry.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/150/.
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