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Leaving Chuzhou
花光浓烂柳轻明，
酌酒花前送我行。
The flower-light is thick and brilliant, the willows softly bright; they pour out wine before the flowers to speed me on my way.
我亦且如常日醉，
莫教弦管作离声。
I too will get drunk as on any other day—only let not the strings and pipes sound a parting air.
Reading notes
滁 is Chuzhou. 莫教 means “do not let”; 教 is read jiào in modern Mandarin in this causative sense. 弦管 means strings and wind instruments. 常日醉 speaks of getting drunk as on an ordinary day; 离声 is farewell music.