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Wang Wei - To Qiwu Qian Bound Home After Failing an Examination.

2014-11-07 8 Dailymotion

In a happy reign there should be no hermits; <br />The wise and able should consult together.... <br />So you, a man of the eastern mountains, <br />Gave up your life of picking herbs <br />And came all the way to the Gate of Gold -- <br />But you found your devotion unavailing. <br />...To spend the Day of No Fire on one of the southern rivers, <br />You have mended your spring clothes here in these northern cities. <br />I pour you the farewell wine as you set out from the capital -- <br />Soon I shall be left behind here by my bosomfriend. <br />In your sail-boat of sweet cinnamon-wood <br />You will float again toward your own thatch door, <br />Led along by distant trees <br />To a sunset shining on a far-away town. <br />...What though your purpose happened to fail, <br />Doubt not that some of us can hear high music.<br /><br />Wang Wei<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-qiwu-qian-bound-home-after-failing-an-examina/

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