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| The Selected Poems of Li Po | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reverence-Pavilion Mountain, Sitting Alone The birds have vanished into deep skies A last cloud drifts away, all idleness. Inexhaustible, this mountain and I gaze at each other, it alone remaining. At Golden-Ridge Tucked into the earth, Golden-Ridge City, the river curving past, flowing away: there were once a million homes here, and crimson towers along narrow lanes. A vanished country all spring grasses now, the palace buried in ancient hills, this moon remains, facing the timeless island across Hou Lake waters, empty. |
Drinking Alone Beneath the Moon Among the blossoms, a single jar of wine. No one else here, I ladle it out myself. Raising my cup, I toast the bright moon, and facing my shadow makes friends three, though moon has never understood wine, and shadow only trails along behind me. Kindred a moment with moon and shadow, I've found a joy that must infuse spring: I sing, and moon rocks back and forth; I dance, and shadow tumbles into pieces. Sober, we're together and happy. Drunk, we scatter away into our own directions: intimates forever, we'll wander carefree and meet again in Milky Way distances. |
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