we two officials going opposite ways.
and yet, while China holds our friendship,
and heaven remains our neighbourhood.
(farewell to vice-prefect du setting out for his official post in shu by Wang Bo)
2. o Prince of Friends, you are gone again,
I hear them sighing after you.
(Li Bai:
seeing friends off 3. grasses return again green in the spring,
but O my Prince of Friends, do you??
(Bai Juyi:
)
4. Weicheng is sunny in the rain and light in the dust,
The guest house is green and willow-colored.
I advise you to drink a glass of wine,
There is no reason to go to Yangguan in the west.
(Wang Wei: "Send the Second Envoy of Yuan Dynasty to Anxi")
5. Cold rain entered Wu at night, and
Pingming saw off the guests in Chu Mountain.
(Wang Changling: at hibiscus inn parting with xin jian)
6. Mochow has no confidant in the road ahead,
Everyone in the world knows Jun.
(Gao Shi: Bie Dong Da)
7. Peach Blossom Pond, Three thousands of feet,
Not as good as Wang Lun.
(Li Bai: "A Gift to Wang Lun")
8. The lonely sail is far from the blue sky,
only the Yangtze River flows in the sky.
(Li Bai: a farewell to meng haoran on his way to yangzhou)
9. we watch him through Wheel-Tower Gate going eastward,
leaving behind him only hoof-prints.
(Cen Can: a Song of White Snow in Farewell to Field-Clerk Wu Going Home)
1. Outside the pavilion, by the ancient road,
the grass is blue and the sky is blue.
the evening breeze blows the willow flute,
the sunset is beyond the mountains.
the horizon is a corner of the sea, and
intimate friends are scattered.
A spoonful of turbid wine will make me happy.
Say goodbye to Meng Han tonight.
(Li Shutong: Farewell)
It's not bad to have friends coming from afar.