Seeing Off Li Duan (Lu Lun)

Seeing Off Li Duan (Lu Lun)

In the old pass, withered grass spreads everywhere;

this parting is truly cause for sorrow.

Your road leads beyond the cold clouds,

I return home in the time of evening snow.

Orphaned young, I wandered early as a guest;

through many hardships, I came to know you late.

I hide my tears—or rather, weep—and face the empty distance;

amid wind and dust, where shall we meet again?