The breeze blows the willow-scent in from
the dell,
While Phyllis with bumpers would fain
cheer us up;
Dear friends press around me to bid me
farewell:
Goodbye ! and goodbye !. – and yet just
one more cup…..
I whisper, Thou’lt see this great stream
flow away
Ere I cease to love as I love thee today!
Li Po A.D. 705-762