Another Poem by Du Mu

 

Here's my translation of another poem written by Du Mu in the mid 8th century.  This strikes me as incredibly contemporary in sentiment.

Parting from Minister Shen

What’s done is done

A ragged dream

What’s still to come

Is the road that winds

Into autumn

Old friends unseen

But remembered

Time brings us

To a sacred tower

Facing east

别沈处士

  

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旧事参差梦

新程逦迤秋

故人如见忆

时到寺东楼