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Meeting Hermit Husi Descending Zhongnanshan

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Mist shrouded Zhongnanshan viewed from Xian's Xianggusi

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Meeting Hermit Husi Descending Zhongnanshan

        Li Bo 699-762

At dusk descending green peak
        a mountain moon at my back.
Glancing back at the trail
        dark gray
                traced on blue green mountain.
Together
        we arrive at your rustic hut,
Your young helper
        opens the brushwood gate.
Bamboos line the secluded path
        daikon fronds
                brush my traveler's cloak.
Happily we chat and rest a bit
        with good wine by our side.
All night songs of wind and pine
        as the melody ends
                the milkyway fades,
I'm high as a kite
        you seem happy too,
Blithe and carefree
        we forget the world's cares.

Xià Zhōngnánshān Yù Húsī Shanren Sù Zhìjiǔ

Lǐ Bó 699-762

Mù cóng bìshān xià.
Shān yuè suí rén guì.
Què gù suǒ lái jìng,
Cāngcāng héng cuìwēi.
Xiāng xié jí tiánjiā,
Tóng zhì kāi jing fēi.
Yuán zhú rù yōujìng,
Qīng luó fú xíngyī.
Huān yán désuǒ qì,
Měijiǔ qīng? gòng huī.
Cháng gēyín sōng fēng,
Qū jìn hé xīng xī.
Wǒ zuì jūn fù lè,
Táorán gòng wàngjī.

Translator: Dongbo 東波

Notes:
See second translation under title 'Down From Zhongnanshan'.