Epigraph to Four Poems of Departure
Ezra Pound
Track 10 on Cathay
Epigraph to Four Poems of Departure Lyrics
Light rain is on the light dust.
The willows of the inn-yard
Will be going greener and greener,
But you, Sir, had better take wine ere
your departure,
For you will have no friends about
you
When you come to the gates of Go.
(Rihaku and Omakitsu)
The willows of the inn-yard
Will be going greener and greener,
But you, Sir, had better take wine ere
your departure,
For you will have no friends about
you
When you come to the gates of Go.
(Rihaku and Omakitsu)
About
Genius Annotation
The epigraphs are drawn from a selections of four poems by Rihaku and Omakitsu (Li Po 李白:《送友人入蜀》《黄鹤楼送孟浩然之广陵》《送友人》 and Wang Wei 王维:《渭城曲》, respectively). These poems are categorized together based on the theme of farewell, and are disseminated wildly for their affectionate appeal to friendship, successful evocation on the sense of nostalgia and solitude.
A Calligraphy version of Wang Wei’s farewell
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