Seeing Li Bai In A Dream - Du Fu

There are sobs when death is the cause of parting; but life has its partings again and again, drawn into that bitter southern river. You had sent me not one sign from your exile until you came to me last night in a dream, because I am always thinking of you. I wondered if it was really you, venturing so long a journey. You came to me through the green of a forest, you disappeared into a shadowy fortress, some how in the mesh of a snare you lifted your wings and vanished. I awoke and the low moon glimmer on the rafters seemed to be your face, still floating in the air. There were waters to cross, they were wild and tossing, and if you fell, there were dragons and river-monsters. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T