Separation on the River Kiang
Ezra Pound & Li Po * Track #11 On Cathay
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Album Cathay
- #1Preface to Cathay
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- #2Song of the Bowmen of Shu
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- #3The Beautiful Toilet
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- #4The River Song
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- #5
The River Merchant’s Wife: A LetterEzra Pound & Li Po
- #6Poem by the Bridge at Ten-Shin
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- #7The Jewel Stairs’ Grievance
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- #8Lament of the Frontier Guard
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- #9Exile’s Letter
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- #10Epigraph to Four Poems of Departure
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- #11Separation on the River Kiang
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- #12Taking Leave of A Friend
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- #13Leave-Taking Near Shoku
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- #14The City Of Choan
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- #15South-Folk In Cold Country
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- #16Sennin Poem By Kakuhaku
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- #17A Ballad of the Mulberry Road
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- #18Old Idea of Choan by Rosoriu
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- #19To-Em-Mei’s “The Unmoving Cloud”
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Separation on the River Kiang by Ezra Pound (Ft. Li Po)
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Ezra PoundLi PoSeparation on the River Kiang Annotated
Ko-jin goes west from Ko-kaku-ro,
The smoke flowers are blurred over the river.
His lone sail blots the far sky.
And now l see only the river,
The long Kiang, reaching heaven.
Rihaku
Separation on the River Kiang Q&A
When did Ezra Pound release Separation on the River Kiang?
Ezra Pound released Separation on the River Kiang on Fri Jan 01 1915.
summary of this song
Kojin, a sailor, heads down the river Kiang, his sails catching the evening sunset glow & the smoke of the city.
explanation of this song?
there is the transcendent moment of the man in serious sailing towards the divine place of hierophany in the same manner as the ritual smoke on the river ascends to the gods as well–mimicking Ko-jin’s journey