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Goodbye
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
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We parted at the gorge and cried "Good cheer!"
The sun was setting as I closed my door;
Methought, the spring will come again next year,
But he may come no more.
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Wei, Wang. “Goodbye.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wang-wei/1/.
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Wei, Wang. “Goodbye.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wang-wei/1/.
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