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Waves Sifting Sand: Raising Wine to the East Wind
把酒祝东风，
且共从容。
垂杨紫陌洛城东。
总是当时携手处，
游遍芳丛。
I lift my wine and pledge the east wind: let us take our ease together. By the purple road east of Luoyang where the willows droop — it was always there we walked hand in hand; we roamed through all the flowering groves.
聚散苦匆匆，
此恨无穷。
今年花胜去年红。
可惜明年花更好，
知与谁同？
Meeting and parting, bitterly hurried — this regret without end. This year's blossoms are redder than last year's. It is a pity next year's will be finer still — with whom then shall I share them?
Reading notes
紫陌 refers to roads around the capital; this page corrects the workbook’s 紫遍 to 紫陌. 洛城 means Luoyang. The closing question asks who will share next year’s outing.