LI BAI WRITES TO MÊNG HAO-RAN

Master, I hail you from my heart,
And your fame arisen to the skies. . . .
Renouncing in ruddy youth the importance of hat and chariot,
You chose pine-trees and clouds; and now, white-haired,
Drunk with the moon, a sage of dreams,
Flower-bewitched, you are deaf to the Emperor . . .
High, mountain, how I long to reach you,
Breathing your sweetness even here.

(Translation by Witter Bynner)

#LiBai #MêngHaoRan #WitterBynner

TAKING LEAVE OF WANG WÊI
By Mêng Hao-Ran

Slow and reluctant, I have waited
Day after day, till now I must go.
How sweet the road-side flowers might be
If they did not mean good-bye, old friend.
The Lords of the Realm are harsh to us
And men of affairs are not our kind.
I will turn back home, I will say no more,
I will close the gate of my old garden.

(Witter Bynner, translator)

#MêngHaoRan #孟浩然 #WangWêi #王維 #TangPoetry #LeaveTaking #friendship

TAKING LEAVE OF WANG WÊI
By Mêng Hao-Ran

Slow and reluctant, I have waited
Day after day, till now I must go.
How sweet the road-side flowers might be
If they did not mean good-bye, old friend.
The Lords of the Realm are harsh to us
And men of affairs are not our kind.
I will turn back home, I will say no more,
I will close the gate of my old garden.

#MengHaoRan #WangWei #TangPoetry #LeaveTaking #friendship

Breathe and watch something beautiful:

#書法 #孟浩然 #春曉 #Calligraphy #MengHaoRan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN7NkyLH6BA

Meng Haoran: „Jesienna wspinaczka na górę Lan by zamieszkać z Zhang Wu”

北山白雲裡， 隱者自怡悅；

Północny szczyt w białych chmurach skryty,
ukrywający się tutaj ze sobą samymi w pokoju.

#ZhangWU #秋登蘭山寄張五 #MengHaoran #孟浩然 #poezja #Tang #wiersze #Chiny #唐詩三百首 #300wierszyTang #kultura #klasyka

https://zawielkimmurem.net/2022/11/07/meng-haoran-jesienna-wspinaczka-na-gore-lan-by-zamieszkac-z-zhang-wu/