Veteran's Day

One more Li Po poem as translated by Sam Hamill in his Crossing the Yellow River.

Parting

We cross the river narrows
and continue deep into the land of Chu.

Soon the mountains drop onto a plain
the river crosses, flowing into Heaven.

The moon reflects the wide, blank sky;
clouds rise into terraces and towers.

Good-bye. You ride the waters of our home
though you sail ten thousand miles.