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Li Po - Early departure from White King City
Identifier
016731
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
An allegory of life's journey.
A description of the experience
From Li Po and Tu Fu Poems – translated and with an introduction by Arthur Cooper [Penguin classics]
Early departure from White King City
At dawn we leave White King
its clouds all coloured
For passage to Kiang-ling
in one sun’s circuit
While both banks’ gibbons cry
calls still unceasing
Our light boat has gone by
many fold mountains