More Translations from the Chinese, by Arthur Waley, [1919], at sacred-texts.com
[56] TO A TALKATIVE GUEST
(A.D. 836)
The town visitor's easy talk flows in an endless stream;
The country host's quiet thoughts ramble timidly on.
"I beg you, Sir, do not tell me about things at Ch‘ang-an;
For you entered just when my harp was tuned and lying
balanced on my knees."