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Seeing a Friend Off on a Long Journey
by Du Fu (712-770)
Translated by Keith Holyoak

Why must you go on such a long journey  
now when the world is torn apart by wars?  
Your friends and family weep to see you leave  
this lonely city astride your saddled horse.  
The summer's green is gone and snows have come.  
The road stays white—travelers shun the course.  
The pain of parting did not begin with us—  
we learned to weep from the wailing of our ancestors. 
 

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