The Jade Mountain/Wind and Rain

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The Jade Mountain
translated by Witter Bynner and Jiang Kanghu

Wind and Rain by Li Shangyin

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4728339The Jade Mountain — Wind and RainWitter Bynner and Jiang KanghuLi Shangyin

WIND AND RAIN

I ponder on the poem of The Precious Dagger.My road has wound through many years.. . . Now yellow leaves are shaken with a gale;Yet piping and fiddling keep the Blue Houses merry.On the surface, I seem to be glad of new people;But doomed to leave old friends behind me,I cry out from my heart for Shin-fêng wineTo melt away my thousand woes.

(45, 45a)