Separation by death must finally be choked down, <br />but separation in life is a long anguish, <br /> <br />Chiang-nan is a pestilential land; <br />no word from you there in exile. <br /> <br />You have been in my dreams, old friend, <br />as if knowing how much I miss you. <br /> <br />Caught in a net, <br />how is it you still have wings? <br /> <br />I fear you are no longer mortal; <br />the distance to here is enormous. <br /> <br />When your spirit came, the maples were green; <br />when it went, the passes were black. <br /> <br />The setting moon spills light on the rafters; <br />for a moment I think it's your face. <br /> <br />The waters are deep, the waves wide; <br />don't let the river gods take you.<br /><br />Du Fu<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dreaming-of-li-bai-1/
