Parting at the Southern Riverside By Bai Juyi (Tang Dynasty)

Parting at the Southern Riverside

By Bai Juyi (Tang Dynasty)

At the southern riverside we’re plaintively parting,

in the autumn the west wind is soughing.

My heart is broken once you turn around to me,

rest your heart to go and don't look back again.

南浦别

白居易(唐)

南浦凄凄别,西风袅袅秋。

一看肠一断,好去莫回头。

Introduction of related words

  1. southern riverside: It is often called farewell place.

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There are many ancient poems about seeing off in China, and many things can be compared to seeing off, such as willows. In Chinese characters, the pronunciation of “willows” is similar to “leaving”; Sometimes we also choose a representative place as a farewell, such as “the southern riverside”.

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