Love Found by Leslie Jonath

Author:Leslie Jonath [Strand, Jessica and Jonath, Leslie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
Published: 2017-12-03T05:00:00+00:00

DREAMING OF LI PO

by Tu Fu

1.

Parted by death, we’d strangle on our tears;

parting in life, we’ve memories to cling to.

There is pestilence south of the river,

you are exiles, and I have not a word.

Old friend, I see you only in dreams,

but you know my heart is with you.

It’s not the same as having your living spirit:

that road’s too long to be measured.

Your spirit is in the heart of green maple,

your spirit returns to the dark frontier.

Tangled in the nets of law, tell me,

how can the spirit soar?

Moonlight fills my room. Your poor face

shines, reflected in the rafters.

The waters are deep, the waves wide.

May peaceful serpents pass you by.

2.

All day, huge clouds roll by.

You, exile, must travel.

Three nights I dreamed of you,

I dreamed we were together.

“I try, I try,” you say, “but

this bitter road is difficult to travel:

winds drive lakes and rivers into waves,

my boat and oars would fail.”

Leaving, you smoothed your long white hair

like a man who embraced his failures.

In Ch’ang-an, they lavish praise on bureaucrats

while you endure and endure.

They say that heaven’s net is wide.

We’re tangles in the web of aging.

Your fame will last ten thousand years

though you are silent, vanished from this world.

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