Wei Yingwu is my friend now

Reprise of that last poem - I think this version's better

This is by a random online painter, but I liked its clouds and rivers for this poem. You can see the painter’s videos here: www.ixigua.com/search/江战平画山水视频

My Pleasure at Meeting an Old Friend from Liangzhou Here on the River Huai
Wei Yingwu

I toured the Han and Yangtze once; we'd meet
And we would roll home drunk, every night.
The rivers flowed, and with them, ten years passed;
As drifting clouds, we two drifted apart.
Today, if greying hair's a sombre chill,
It's thawed by unchanged friendship's warm delight.
So stay and watch the autumn take the hills
Along the Huai; your trip back north can wait.

韦应物  淮上喜会梁州故人
江汉曾为客，相逢每醉还。
浮云一别后，流水十年间。
欢笑情如旧，萧疏鬓已斑。
何因不归去？淮上有秋山。

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Sorry to be pulling repeats on you. It’s the start of the school year, and I’m busy. My evening walks, which are when I usually do my poetry translation, have been cannibalised by lesson prep.

Normal service will resume just as soon as I get these new courses under way.