孟郊诗
Poems of Meng Jiao
Index
邀花伴
Wishing for a Flower
（自注时在朔方）
(I wrote this while in the north)
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边地春不足 十里见一花 及时须遨游 日暮饶风沙 |
In the borderlands, spring is paltry. Walk two miles; see one flower. Good thing it's time to wander on. This sunset too full of blowing sand. |
-- 孟郊
废话
When I first saw the title, 邀花伴, I thought we were about to see Meng Jiao with a courtesan. Kind of a surprising thought, given what we know of him so far. The title breaks into [invite][flower/courtesan/...][companion]. But I personally hadn't thought of Meng Jiao as one who would pay for sex. He's definitely a pour l'amour and not a pour le sport kind of guy. He, and a courtesan, are more than welcome to have a nice time. Nihil obstat. But as you can see, he's much more likely to be standing in a sandstorm as the sun goes down in the wasteland than visiting a pleasure house in Chang'an.