Relationships

Parting at a Wine-shop in Nan-king

by Li Po 701–762

Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)

Relationships

A wind, bringing willow-cotton, sweetens the shop,
And a girl from Wu, pouring wine, urges me to share it
With my comrades of the city who are here to see me off;
And as each of them drains his cup, I say to him in parting,
Oh, go and ask this river running to the east
If it can travel farther than a friend's love!

MLA

Po, Li. “Parting at a Wine-shop in Nan-king.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/163/.

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Po, Li. “Parting at a Wine-shop in Nan-king.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/li-po/163/.

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