PagineA Parting Gift to Wang Lun
by Li Po (Li Bai)
Translated by Florence Ayscough & Amy Lowell (1921) · From Fir-Flower Tablets
Li Po gets into a small boat—he is on the point of starting.
Suddenly he hears footsteps on the bank and the sound of singing.
The Peach-Flower Pool is a thousand feet deep,
Yet it is not greater than the emotion of Wang Lun as he takes leave of me.
This poem and this translation are in the public domain. Source text: Project Gutenberg.