李白: 金陵酒肆留别/ li bai: parting at a wine-shop in nanjing

金陵酒肆留别

李白

风吹柳花满店香， 吴姬压酒唤客尝。

金陵子弟来相送， 欲行不行各尽觞。

请君试问东流水， 别意与之谁短长。

　

parting at a wine-shop in nanjing

li bai

a wind, bringing willow-cotton, sweetens the shop,

and a girl from wu, pouring wine, urges me to share it

with my comrades of the city who are here to see me off;

and as each of them drains his cup, i say to him in parting,

oh, go and ask this river running to the east

if it can travel farther than a friend's love!