It is difficult to meet as it is difficult to part

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The closing verse of Planescape: Torment¹ — an English rendering of a Tang-dynasty poem by Li Shangyin², on parting, time, and the end of feeling.

It is difficult to meet as it is difficult to part, The north wind has weakened; hundreds of flowers fade way, When the Spring worms die, the silk shall never come again, When the candle wax becomes ash, tears shall stop.

Planescape: Torment (Black Isle Studios, 1999). ↩︎

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It is difficult to meet as it is difficult to part