Tuesday, December 11, 2018
How Often After This?
Du Fu (712-770), "Haphazard Inspirations: Quatrains," IV, in The Poetry of
Du Fu. Translated and Edited by
Stephen Owen (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2016), vol. 2, p. 347:
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The second month is already through, the third month comes along,
gradually aging, I'll meet the spring how often after this?
Don't brood on the endless troubles beyond the immediate,
and finish the limited number of cups in the time while you're alive.
