孟郊诗
Poems of Meng Jiao
Index
长安羁旅
Chang'an Wanderings
听乐别离中 声声入幽肠 晓泪滴楚瑟 夜魄绕吴乡 几回羁旅情 梦觉残烛光 |
We hear music as we say goodbye, Melody bringing back distant emotions. Morning tears like the drip of Chu harp-strings Or night's spirits surrounding Wu country. How often have I had these wandering thoughts Half-dreaming as the candles gutter out? |
-- 孟郊
废话
Bai Juyi heard music as he was saying goodbye. So they forgot about the goodbye and spent the evening with the pipa player. Meng Jiao hears the music and it carries him off to Chu. Again. Imagine something that happened twelve hundred years ago that still mattered so much to you that you can't get it out of your head. Let's see ... Anno Domini 916 ... St. Clement's death? George II crowned in Abkhazia? Ab-where-zia?