Presented at Parting #2, Du Mu (Tang Shi #296)
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lnhammerI feel so much though I seem unfeeling:
I wake by the wine-jar but can’t even smile
A candle with a heart’s reluctant to part—
In my place it drips down tears until dawn.
赠别之二
多情却似总无情，
唯觉樽前笑不成。
蜡烛有心还惜别，
替人垂泪到天明。
“Wick” and “heart” are homophones (xīn).
—L.
I wake by the wine-jar but can’t even smile
A candle with a heart’s reluctant to part—
In my place it drips down tears until dawn.
赠别之二
多情却似总无情，
唯觉樽前笑不成。
蜡烛有心还惜别，
替人垂泪到天明。
“Wick” and “heart” are homophones (xīn).
—L.