Farewell at Jingling Winehouse | Willow catkins are blown by the Spring gust, while the good smell of flowers fills the winehouse

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by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)

Translation © by Qi Feng Wu

金陵酒肆留別

Language: Chinese (中文)

Our translations: ENG

風吹柳花滿店香，
吳姬壓酒喚客嘗。
金陵子弟來相送，
欲行不行各盡觴。
請君試問東流水，
別意與之誰短長。

Confirmed with Peng Dingqiu 彭定求 (ed.). Quan Tang shi 全唐詩 (Complete Tang Poems), Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1985.

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by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "金陵酒肆留別" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in English, a translation by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968) , "Parting at a Wine-shop in Nanjing", appears in The Jade Mountain, first published 1929 ; composed by John Beckwith.
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Also set in Finnish (Suomi), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [an adaptation] ; composed by Seppo Nummi.
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ENG English (Qi Feng Wu) , "Farewell at Jingling Winehouse", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Farewell at Jingling Winehouse

Language: English after the Chinese (中文)

Willow catkins are blown by the Spring gust, while the good smell of flowers fills the winehouse.
A waitress offers me a tasteful sip of wine.
Jingling companions give their farewells.
We drink, for joy and for grief; for I must leave, yet I wish to stay.
Please ask the river that flows East:
Which one’s longer: the river, or my bonds of friendship?

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a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "金陵酒肆留別"
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This text was added to the website: 2023-07-06
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