For Meng Hao-Jan

Portrait of Li Po
Li Po 701–762

I love Master Meng. Free as a flowing breeze, He is famous Throughout the world.

In rosy youth, he cast away Official cap and carriage. Now, a white-haired elder, he reclines Amid pines and cloud.

Drunk beneath the moon, He often attains sagehood. Lost among the flowers, He serves no lord.

How can I aspire to such a high mountain? Here below, to his clear fragrance, I bow.

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