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To So Kin of Rakuyo ancient friend Chancellor of	A
Gen	B
Now I remember that you built me a special tavern	C
By the south side of the bridge at Ten Shin	D
With yellow gold and white jewels we paid for songs	E
and laughter	F
And we were drunk for month on month forgetting the	G
kings and princes	H
Intelligent men came drifting in from the sea and from	I
the west border	F
And with them and with you especially	J
There was nothing at cross purpose	K
And they made nothing of sea crossing or of mountain	L
crossing	M
If only they could be of that fellowship	N
And we all spoke out our hearts and minds and without	O
regret	P
And when I was sent off to South Wei	Q
smothered in laurel groves	R
And you to the north of Raku hoku	M
Till we had nothing but thoughts and memories in	D
common	L
And then when separation had come to its worst	S
We met and travelled into Sen Go	M
Through all the thirty six folds of the turning and	T
twisting waters	U
Into a valley of the thousand bright flowers	U
That was the first valley	J
And into ten thousand valleys full of voices and pine	V
winds	W
And with silver harness and reins of gold	X
Out came the East of Kan foreman and his company	J
And there came also the True man of Shi yo to meet	Y
me	J
Playing on a jewelled mouth organ	L
In the storied houses of San Ko they gave us more	Z
Sennin music	M
Many instruments like the sound of young phoenix	A2
broods	A2
The foreman of Kan Chu drunk danced	B2
because his long sleeves wouldn't keep still	C2
With that music playing	M
And I wrapped in brocade went to sleep with my	D2
head on his lap	E2
And my spirit so high it was all over the heavens	A2
And before the end of the day we were scattered like	M
stars or rain	F2
I had to be off to So far away over the waters	A2
You back to your river bridge	G2
	-
And your father who was brave as a leopard	H2
Was governor in Hei Shu and put down the barbarian	L
rabble	I2
And one May he had you send for me	J
despite the long distance	A2
And what with broken wheels and so on I won't say it	J2
wasn't hard going	M
Over roads twisted like sheep's guts	A2
And I was still going late in the year	K2
in the cutting wind from the North	L2
And thinking how little you cared for the cost	M2
and you caring enough to pay it	J2
And what a reception	L
Red jade cups food well set on a blue jewelled table	I2
And I was drunk and had no thought of returning	M
And you would walk out with me to the western corner	F
of the castle	I2
To the dynastic temple with water about it clear as	A2
blue jade	N2
With boats floating and the sound of mouth organs and	T
drums	A2
With ripples like dragon scales going grass green on the	G
water	F
Pleasure lasting with courtezans going and coming	M
without hindrance	A2
With the willow flakes falling like snow	M
And the vermilioned girls getting drunk about sunset	P
And the water a hundred feet deep reflecting green	O2
eyebrows	A2
Eyebrows painted green are a fine sight in young	M
moonlight	P2
Gracefully painted	Q2
And the girls singing back at each other	F
Dancing in transparent brocade	N2
And the wind lifting the song and interrupting it	J2
Tossing it up under the clouds	A2
And all this comes to an end	R2
And is not again to be met with	S2
I went up to the court for examination	L
Tried Layu's luck offered the Choyo song	M
And got no promotion	L
and went back to the East Mountains	A2
White headed	Q2
And once again later we met at the South bridge head	T2
And then the crowd broke up you went north to San	U2
palace	A2
And if you ask how I regret that parting	M
It is like the flowers falling at Spring's end	R2
Confused whirled in a tangle	I2
What is the use of talking and there is no end of talking	M
There is no end of things in the heart	V2
I call in the boy	W2
Have him sit on his knees here	X2
To seal this	A2
And send it a thousand miles thinking	M

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