<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=373388" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Poem For Wei Ba</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Often a man's life is such<br>that he seldom sees his friends,<br>like the constellations Shen and Shang<br>which never share the same sky.<br>If not this evening, then what evening<br>should we share this lamp light?<br>How long can our youth and vigor last?<br>The hair at our temples is already gray.<br>We inquire about old acquaintances<br>to find that half are ghosts--<br>shocked cries betray<br>the torment of our hearts.<br>How could I have known<br>that it would be twenty years<br>before I again entered<br>your honored home.<br>When we parted last<br>you were yet unmarried;<br>now your sons and daughters<br>line up in a smiling row<br>to greet their father's friend.<br>They ask whence I have come<br>but before I can answer all questions<br>you chase them off<br>to bring wine and cups.<br>In the night rain, chives are cut<br>for the freshly steamed rice<br>mixed with yellow millet.<br>Saying how difficult it has been<br>for us to meet at last,<br>you pour ten cups in a row!<br>But even after ten cups<br>I'm not drunk, being so moved<br>by your lasting friendship.<br>Tomorrow we will be separated<br>by the peaks of mountains,<br>each of our worldly affairs<br>lost to the other's sight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Du+Fu">Du Fu</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=373388" data-title="Poem For Wei Ba de Du Fu" data-description="Often a man's life is such that he seldom sees his friends, like the constellations Shen and Shang which never share the same sky. If not this evening, then what evening should we share this lamp light? How long can our youth and vigor last? The h..."></div> </div> </div>

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