A morning-rain has settled the dust in Weicheng;
Willows are green again in the tavern dooryard...
Wait till we empty one more cup --
West of Yang Gate there'll be no old friends.
Original Poem:
「渭城曲」
王维
渭城朝雨邑轻尘， 客舍青青柳色新。
劝君更尽一杯酒， 西出阳关无故人。
Interpretation:
This is a fine piece of farewell. The poet’s friend Yuan Er will go to Kuche in Xinjiang, and the poet sees him off in Weicheng.
The first line depicts the scene of Weicheng after the rain. It is a spring morning, and a light rain has just fallen, dampening the dust in the air. The rain washed away the dust on the leaves, and the willow tree showed its different green color, and the guest house showed its green color under the reflection of the willow color.
In the first two lines were written to send off the time, place, and rendered the atmosphere, the last two lines of the tone of a change, do not write after the attention of a long-distance look, but only to capture the end of the seat will be the host of an exhortation, other words seem to need not say more, have been in the unsaid.
This sentence contains the poet’s strong and sincere feelings of farewell.
Poem translator:
Kiang Kanghu
About the poet:
Wang Wei (王维), 701-761 A.D., was a native of Yuncheng, Shanxi Province. Wang Wei was a poet of landscape and idylls. His poems of landscape and idylls, with far-reaching images and mysterious meanings, were widely loved by readers in later generations, but Wang Wei never really became a man of landscape and idylls.
