A PARTING GIFT TO WANG LUN

BY LI T'AI-PO

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.


SAYING GOOD-BYE TO A FRIEND WHO IS GOING ON AN EXCURSION TO THE PLUM-FLOWER LAKE