Relationships
A Greeting on the Huai River
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
We used to be companions on the Kiang and the Han,
And as often as we met, we were likely to be tipsy.
Since we left one another, floating apart like clouds,
Ten years have run like water — till at last we join again.
And we talk again and laugh again just as in earlier days,
Except that the hair on our heads is tinged now with grey. . . .
Why not come along, then, all of us together,
And face the autumn mountains and sail along the Huai?
Codex Note
To My Old Friends from Liang-ch'uan
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Ying-wu, Wei. “A Greeting on the Huai River.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wei-ying-wu/7/.
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Ying-wu, Wei. “A Greeting on the Huai River.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wei-ying-wu/7/.
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