The affairs of my hometown

WANG WEI (701-761)

You’ve arrived
from my hometown,
and must know
of its affairs.

When you departed,
was the winter plum
by the silk-framed windows
blooming?

from “Where the World Does Not Follow”, translated by Mike O’Connor

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