Liu Yi's I'd Seek The Serene Woods And Fountain For Union 相逢不多合 赖是向林泉 Poem by Frank Yue

ZI WEN: "Asking Myself"
- by Liu Yi
- Translated by Frank C Yue

I ask myself about the "Son of Peng City" -
By whom have you been given this insanity?
Spilling out m'wine guts, they are like the ocean wide;
My poetic boldness is as huge as the sky.
A sharp but broken sword would just the scabbard waste;
On a decaying qin, no sound string would e'er stay.
Though we have met, there is not much communion;
I'd seek the serene woods and fountain for union.


《自问 》唐 • 刘叉

自问彭城子，何人授汝颠？
洒肠宽似海，诗胆大如天。
断剑徒劳匣，枯琴无复弦。
相逢不多合，赖是向林