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
