On and away, never ceasing
© 2008
BASID #790
Beth Ames Swartz
On and away, never ceasing
acrylic and mixed media on canvas
36" x 48" (0.91m x 1.22m)
2008
王維 (Wang
Wei,
701–761 a.c.e., Chinese)
臨高臺送黎拾遺
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Look Down from the High Terrace:
Seeing Off Reminder* Li
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相送臨高臺 |
I say goodbye, looking down from
this high terrace
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川原杳何極 |
Where stream and plain stretch in
endless distances.
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日暮飛鳥還 |
At sunset the birds return in
flight
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行人去不息 |
And travelers go on and away,
never ceasing.
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* A Reminder was an official court advisory
position whose job was to counsel the Emperor.
(Du Fu held this job briefly; characteristically, Du Fu’s
conscientiousness compelled him to try to make use of this largely ceremonial
post: he soon caused trouble for himself by offending the Emperor with his
candid advice and was banished to a provincial post.)
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