Taking Leave of A Friend by Ezra Pound (Ft. Li Po)
Taking Leave of A Friend by Ezra Pound (Ft. Li Po)

Taking Leave of A Friend

Ezra Pound & Li Po * Track #12 On Cathay

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Taking Leave of A Friend by Ezra Pound (Ft. Li Po)

Release Date
Fri Jan 01 1915
Performed by
Ezra PoundLi Po
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Chinese Original
送友人
青山橫北郭,白水繞東城。
此地一為別,孤篷萬裡征。
浮雲游子意,落日故人情。
揮手自茲去,蕭蕭班馬鳴。

A translation of a poem by one of China’s most famous poets – Li Bai or Li Po (李白), from the Tang Dynasty.

When Pound originally wrote these translations, collected in the book Cathay he actually did not know Chinese, but was...

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Taking Leave of A Friend Annotated

Blue mountains to the north of the walls,
White river winding about them;
Here we must make separation
And go out through a thousand miles of dead grass.

Mind like a floating wide cloud,
Sunset like the parting of old acquaintances
Who bow over their clasped hands at a distance.
Our horses neigh to each others
as we are departing

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When did Ezra Pound release Taking Leave of A Friend?

Ezra Pound released Taking Leave of A Friend on Fri Jan 01 1915.

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