English Rendering
It's hard to get the carriage on the way,
For every green thing seems to bid me stay!
Just how can I bear to leave these verdant hills
Or the green green streams that have taken my heart away?
Leaving the Wangchuan Villa
- Poetry of Wang Wei
《别辋川别业》Original Text (中文原文)
依迟动车马，惆怅出松萝。
忍别青山去，其如绿水何！
Meaning & Analysis
By Wang Wei
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The Essence of the Verse
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