The Jade Mountain/At Parting

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Harmonizing a Poem by Palace-Attendant Kuo

The Jade Mountain
translated by Witter Bynner and Jiang Kanghu

At Parting by Wang Wei

To Chi-wu Ch'ien Bound Home after Failing in an Examination

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4728163The Jade Mountain — At PartingWitter Bynner and Jiang KanghuWang Wei

AT PARTING

I dismount from my horse and I offer you wine,And I ask you where you are going and why.And you answer: "I am discontentAnd would rest at the foot of the southern mountain.So give me leave and ask me no questions.White clouds pass there without end."