Another attempt at adapting Li Po. A note on Chinese-poems.com stated “at this time, the breaking of a willow twig was part of formal leave-taking.”
Laolao Pavilion (after Li Po)
Where do more hearts break under heaven?
This sad pavilion, where visitors part,
the spring wind whispers bitter goodbyes
and willow twigs never mend.
Transliteration from Chinese-poems.com:
Heaven below damage heart place
Laolao see off visitor pavilion
Spring wind know parting sorrow
Not send willow twig green.
First posted here in June 2014.
O at the Edges 
Gorgeous.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you, Ellen.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Haunting
LikeLiked by 2 people
Thank you, Jilanne.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Ting 亭 is the Chinese word for pavilion.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Ha! Welcome to my world of redundancy! So “Laolao Pavilion” would be a better title. Thanks, Mary! I’ll revise it.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Here is the original Chinese text：
天下傷心處，勞勞送客亭。
春風知別苦，不遣柳條青。
Chinese grammar is different to English so the reading of a word-for-word ‘translation’ (like Google translate, for example) may direct a reader onto a different path. While it is valid to free associate, know that you have deviate from the original meaning of Li Bai’s poem.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Oh, yes. That’s why I call these adaptations – the transliterations I use are really launching points.
LikeLiked by 3 people
Lovely
LikeLike
Beautiful adaptation.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks, Randy.
LikeLike