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Goodbye to Meng Hao-jan
Translated by Herbert A. Giles (1898) · From Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898)
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Dismounted, o'er wine we had said our last say;
Then I whisper, "Dear friend, tell me whither away."
"Alas!" he replied, "I am sick of life's ills
"And I long for repose on the slumbering hills.
" But oh seek not to pierce where my footsteps may stray:
"The white clouds will soothe me for ever and ay."
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Wei, Wang. “Goodbye to Meng Hao-jan.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wang-wei/3/.
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Wei, Wang. “Goodbye to Meng Hao-jan.” Translated by Herbert A. Giles. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wang-wei/3/.
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