CALLING AT AN OLD FRIEND'S FARM
- Meng-Hao-jan (A.D. 689-740)


My old friend cooked chicken and millet,
invited me home to his farm.
Green hills grow around the edge of his village.
Green hills slope away from its walls.
We dined looking out at his vegetable garden,
took wine, talking of hemp and mulberry.
I'll wait till the day of Double Ninth,
then come again for chrysanthemum flowers.



(trans.by Richard Burton)