Also having one of his lyrics adapted by Ezra Pound as "The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter" and dying while trying to embrace the moon, this is for 10 points, what classical Chinese poet?
Short lyrics like "Song of the Forge" and "She Spins Silk," in translation by Arthur Waley, show this poet's love of workday subject matter. He describes listening to the song "Falling Plum Blossoms" in his "Listening to a Flute Player in Yellow Crane Pavilion," and his favorite subject can be seen in his complaint that "Shantung wine can't get me drunk" in a poem dedicated to his contemporary Tu Fu. Also having one of his lyrics adapted by Ezra Pound as "The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter" and dying while trying to embrace the moon, this is for 10 points, what classical Chinese poet?
Short lyrics like "Song of the Forge" and "She Spins Silk," in translation by Arthur Waley, show this poet's love of workday subject matter.
{Li Po} [or {Li Bo} or {Li Bai}]