Introduction | 1
1 “Taking Leave of a Friend,” Ezra Pound | 4
2 “A Farewell,” Herbert Giles | 8
3 送友人 (Seeing Off a Friend) | 12
4 Categorical Comparatives, with Wang Li | 16
5 “Sending Off (a) Friend(s)” | 20
6 “Le depart d’un ami,” Judith Gautier | 24
7 “Saying Good-Bye to a Friend,” Amy Lowell and Florence Ayscough | 28
8 “Adieu,” W. J. B. Fletcher | 32
9 “Valedicit amico,” Angelo Zottoli | 36
10 “Geleit,” Alfred Forke | 40
11 “Taking Leave of a Friend,” Obata Shigeyoshi | 44
12 “Je reconduis un ami,” Bruno Belpaire | 48
13 “Le chanson d’adieu,” Jean-Marie Guislain | 52
14 “Farewell to a Friend,” Henry Hart | 56
15 “A Farewell to a Friend,” Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu | 62
16 “J’ai reconduit mon ami . . . ,” Tchou Kia Kien and Armand Gandon | 66
17 “Saying Farewell to a Friend,” Robert Payne | 72
18 語譯 (Paraphrase), Xu Zhengzhong | 76
Digression: Peng 蓬 vs. Peng 篷 | 82
19 “Farewell to a Friend,” Adet Lin | 86
20 “Taking Leave of a Friend,” Innes Herdan | 90
21 “Farewell to a Friend,” Xu Yuanchong | 94
22 “taking leaves (1),” “parting friend,” Harry Gilonis | 98
23 Tonal Balance: Ping 平 and Ze 仄 | 102
24 “Seeing Off a Friend,” Jonathan Stalling | 106
25 “Seeing Off a Friend,” Gregory Whincup | 110
26 “Seeing Off a Friend,” Edward Chang | 114
27 “Seeing Off a Friend,” Red Pine / Bill Porter | 118
28 Yinsong: In Song | 122
29 “Seeing Off a Friend,” Timothy Billings | 130
Epilogue: What’s in a Name? The Sonnet | 152
Acknowledgments | 163
Notes | 165
Credits | 177
References | 179
